acf_form NOT creating new Post

• katart

• February 20, 2015 at 2:59 am

I seem to have the correct code based on the documentation, but a new post is not being created.

This is what I have in the functions.php file:

function my_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
	if ( $post_id != 'new' ) {
		return $post_id;
    }
    $post = array(
        'post_status' => 'publish',
        'post_type' => 'post',
	   'post_title' => $_POST['fields']['field_54e6020d07a17'],
	   'post_content' => $_POST['fields']['field_54db8cd72d3c2']
    );  
    $post_id = wp_insert_post($post); 
    $_POST['return'] = add_query_arg( array('post_id' => $post_id), $_POST['return'] );    
    return $post_id;
}
add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post' );

And this is what I have on the template page:

 acf_form( array(
							'post_id' => 'new',
							'fields' => array( 'field_54e6020d07a17', 'field_54db8cd72d3c2' ),
							'updated_message' => 'Post Created'
						));

I do have the acf_form_head() on the top of the template page and the acf_form is within the Loop.

How can I get this to create a new post?

• katart

• February 20, 2015 at 4:07 am

I resolved my problem by changing the fields name from ['fields'] to ['acf']

The problem I am having now is editing a post. Here is the code in the functions.php file:

add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post' );
function my_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
  	
	if( $post_id != 'new_post' ) {
		return $post_id;
	}
  
    $post = array(
        'post_status'  => 'publish',
	   'post_title'  =>  $_POST['acf']['field_54e6020d07a17'],
	   'post_content'  =>  $_POST['acf']['field_54db8cd72d3c2'],
        'post_type'  => 'post' ,
    ); 
  
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
    $_POST['return'] = add_query_arg( array('post_id' => $post_id), $_POST['return'] ); 
  
    return $post_id;
}

Here is the acf_form on the Add Post page template:

acf_form( array(
	'post_id' => 'new_post',
	'fields' => array( 'field_54e6020d07a17', 'field_54db8cd72d3c2' ),
	'updated_message' => 'Post Created'
));

Here is the acf_form on the Edit Post page template:

acf_form( array(
	'post_id'	=> $_GET['post_id'],
	'fields' => array( 'field_54e6020d07a17', 'field_54db8cd72d3c2' ),
	'submit_value'	=> 'Update the post!'
));

Can anyone help me figure this one out? Thanks

• katart

• February 20, 2015 at 9:05 am

I’ve decided to come at this from a different angle and found a solution. All I need to save is the Post Title and Post Content which is really simple to do with v5 acf_form. But I want to use a “Basic” wysiwyg editor and remove the ability to upload media.

Here is the solution I came up with

Here is the code on the Create Post page template:

acf_form( array(
	'post_id' => 'new_post',
	'new_post' => array(
		'post_status' => 'publish',
		'post_type' => 'post',
		'post_title' => $_POST['acf']['_post_title']
	),
	'post_title' => true,
	'post_content' => true,
	'submit_value' => __('Publish', 'ppt-church'),
	'updated_message' => __('Your post has been published', 'ppt-church')
));

Here is the code on the Edit Post page template:

$post_id = $_GET['post_id'];
acf_form( array(
	'post_id' => $post_id,
	'post_title' => true,
	'post_content' => true,
	'submit_value' => __('Update Post', 'ppt-church'),
	'updated_message' => __('Your post has updated', 'ppt-church')
));

I use $_GET to get the post ID from the URL

Here is the code in the functions.php file:

// Change Post Content Type
add_filter( 'acf/get_valid_field', 'change_post_content_type');
function change_post_content_type( $field ) {
		
	if($field['type'] == 'wysiwyg') {
		$field['tabs'] = 'visual';
		$field['toolbar'] = 'basic';
		$field['media_upload'] = 0;
	}
		
	return $field;
		
}

I hope this helps anyone