Reply To: Schedule Post with Frontend Form?

• dhacree

• October 31, 2015 at 12:31 am

Hi,

Thanks so much for the response. I apologize I am not very advanced with using php.

This is what my current form looks like:

<?php acf_form_head(); ?>

<?php /* The loop */ ?>
			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>

				<?php 
				
				
		
				acf_form(array(
				
					'post_id'		=> 'new_post',
					'post_title' => true,
					'new_post'		=> array(
						'post_type'		=> 'shareable',
						'post_status'  => 'future' ,

						
					),
					'submit_value'		=> 'Create post'
				

				)); ?>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

I am unclear on how to use the function acf-pre_save_post to set the post date variable.

I have a datepicker field added formatted like Y-m-d. Would the below code work with my form added above <?php acf_form_head(); ?> at the top of my template?

<?php

function my_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {

    // check if this is to be a new post
    if( $post_id != 'new' ) {

        return $post_id
    }
// The date picker field
$postdate = get_field('schedule_post');

    // Create a new post
    $post = array(
        'post_status'  => 'future' ,
        'post_date'  => '$postdate' ,
        'edit_date' => 'true'
    );  

    // insert the post
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $post ); 

    // return the new ID
    return $post_id;

}

add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post', 10, 1 );

?>