Reply To: Frontend Form not populating right in backend

• James

• July 7, 2016 at 11:15 am

Hi @brotsky_pixie

The acf/save_post hook is executed every time a post or page is saved. That means that you can use only one function, but you need to make sure which post type you want to modify. Here’s an example how to do it in your case:

//Auto add and update Title field for English/Yes form:
function vbs_post_title_updater( $post_id ) {
    
    // list the post type you want to modify
    $post_types = array('en', 'ey');
    
    // get the current post type
    $current_post_type = get_post_type($post_id);
    
    // if current post type is not in the list, don't do anything
    if( !in_array($current_post_type, $post_types) ){
        return;
    }
    
    // Set the title for 'en' post type
    if( $current_post_type == 'en' ) {
        
        // get the church name
        $new_title_church_name = get_field('church_name', $post_id);

        // get the selected date and the current date
        $new_title_date = get_field('start_date', $post_id);
        $new_title_date = new DateTime($new_title_date);
        
        // set the title
        $new_title = $new_title_church_name . ' - ' . $new_title_date->format('M j, Y');
    
    // set the title for 'ey' post type
    } elseif ( $current_post_type == 'ey' ) {
        
        // get the church name and set it directly to the post title
        $new_title = get_field('church_name2', $post_id);
    }
    
    $new_slug = sanitize_title( $new_title );

    // create the update data holder
	$vbs_ey_post = array();
	$vbs_ey_post['ID'] = $post_id;
	$vbs_ey_post['post_title'] = $new_title;
	$vbs_ey_post['post_name'] = wp_strip_all_tags($new_slug);

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

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

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

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

If it shows any error message, please let me know the message.

Hope this helps 🙂