Reply To: Frontend Form not populating right in backend

• James

• July 6, 2016 at 1:07 pm

Hi @brotsky_pixie

With ACF PRO, you don’t need to use the acf/pre_save_post hook and wp_insert_post() function anymore. You can use the ‘new_post’ option and provide it with the wp_insert_post()‘s parameters instead. This page should give you more idea about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/.

After that, you can change the title like this:

//Auto add and update Title field:
function my_post_title_updater( $post_id ) {
    
    // get the church name
    $new_title_church_name = get_field('curch_name_field', $post_id);

    // get the selected date and the current date
    $new_title_date = get_field('start_date', $post_id);
    $new_title_current_date = new DateTime($new_title_date);
    
    // set the title
    $new_title = $new_title_church_name . ' - ' . $new_title_date . ' - ' . $new_title_date->format('M j, Y');

    // create the update data holder
    $my_post = array();
    $my_post['ID'] = $post_id;
    $my_post['title'] = $new_title;

    //Unhook function to prevent infitnite looping
    remove_action('acf/save_post', 'my_post_title_updater', 20);

    // Update the post into the database
    wp_update_post( $my_post );

    //Rehook function to prevent infitnite looping
    add_filter('acf/save_post', 'my_post_title_updater', 20);

}
// run after ACF saves the $_POST['fields'] data
add_action('acf/save_post', 'my_post_title_updater', 20);

I hope this helps 🙂