Reply To: Front-End Form Save as Custom Status

• keithjkennedy

• April 3, 2017 at 1:49 am

Hi John,

Thank you for your reply–I have the checkbox as an added field outside of the actual ACF form. I did test the function (see revised function below to see how I tested) for a scenario with the checkbox both checked and unchecked. In each case, the variable $status is being set correctly. But, it’s not being set correctly on save.

The form:

<form id="new-program" class="new-program" action method="post">
				<?php acf_form( array(
					'post_id'				=>	'new_post',
					'new_post'				=>	array(
													'post_type'		=>	'program',
					),
					'submit_value'			=>	'Submit Program',
					'id'					=>	'new-program',
					'post_title'			=>	true,
					'post_content'			=>	false,
					'form'					=>	false,
					'return'				=>	$return_url,
					'label_placement'		=>	'top',
					'instruction_placement'	=>	'label',
					'uploader'				=>	'basic',
					'field_el'				=>	'ul',
					
					'fields'				=>	array( 
													'program-submission_blind_description', 
													'program-submission_blind_abstract', 
													'program-submission_blind_learneroutcomes',
					),
				)) ; ?>
				
				<input type="checkbox" id="submitted" name="submitted" value="submitted" />
				<label for="submitted" id="label-submitted">
					I confirm that my submission is complete and ready for review. I understand that once I submit this program, I cannot edit it.
				</label>

				<button type="submit">Save Draft</button>
			</form>

The filter:

add_filter( 'acf/pre_save_post', 'merge_pre_save_post', 10, 1 );
	function merge_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
		
		if( is_admin() ) :
			return;
		endif;
		
		//Set the status based on the form
		if( $_POST['acf']['submitted'] == 'submitted' ) : $status = 'submitted'; else : $status = 'draft'; endif;
		
		//FOR TEST ONLY
		print_r( $_POST );
		echo $status;
		exit;
		
		//Check if it's not a new post
		if( $post_id != 'new_post' ) : 
			wp_update_post( array(
				'post_id'		=>	$post_id,
				'post_status'	=>	$status,
			) );
		
		//
		else :
			$post_id = wp_insert_post( array(
				'post_status'	=>	$status,
			) );
		
		endif;
		
		return $post_id;
	}

In both cases–checked and unchecked–the value for $status is correct; it’s just not being applied to the post correctly.