Reply To: acf/save_post on specific form

• adser

• February 15, 2016 at 8:54 pm

Perfect, thank you for that.

Would this also be suitable to do if I want to differ from posts that are new or updated?

Or is there a better solution for identifying if the post already exists or if it is new with acf/save_post? Because I want to send an email to the author when they create the post but not when they update it.

I send an url query that identifies if the form should update an existing post or create a new one (by sending post=79 for example). I also use some checks to identify if it is the correct author.

if(isset($_GET['post'])) {
		$post_id = $_GET['post'];
	}
	$correct_author = true;
	if(empty($post_id)) {
		$post_id = 'new_post';
		$submit_value = 'create';
	} else {
		$submit_value = 'update';
		$post_author = get_post_field('post_author', $post_id);
		$current_user = get_current_user_id();
		
		if( $post_author == $current_user ) {
			$correct_author = true;
		} else {
			$correct_author = false;
		}

	}
acf_form(array(
    'html_after_fields' => '<input type="hidden" name="acf[' . $submit_value .']" value="true"/>',
));