Auto populate new posts by submitting a different post type

• edsoltani

• October 22, 2015 at 12:46 pm

Hi All,

I Have 2 custom post types “Timesheet” and “Payslip” both created with ACF Pro 5. I want to know if it is possible to create a new Payslip post every time a new Timesheet is created. I would like to get the field values from Timesheet and pass them to the new Payslip post as well.

I appreciate your help in advance.
Ed

• John Huebner

• October 22, 2015 at 4:53 pm

Create an acf/save_post filter that runs after acf http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acfsave_post/

Be sure to check the post type of the post just saved to prevent an infinite loop.

add_action('acf/save_post', 'create_payslip');
function create_payslip($post_id) {
  if (get_post_type($post_id) != 'timesheet') {
    return;
  }
  // get values from $post_id
  // use wp_insert_post() to create new post
  // use update_field() to update any acf fields
} 

• edsoltani

• October 23, 2015 at 9:28 am

Hi John,

Thanks. Much appreciated. It works perfectly.

I just had one more question how do I prevent duplication of Payslips if the the same timesheet is updated.

I want to make sure the data is updated. Currently every time I update the timesheet a new payslip with the same title is created.

Cheers,
Ed

• edsoltani

• October 23, 2015 at 9:30 am

sorry tried to mark your post as the solution 🙂

• John Huebner

• October 23, 2015 at 10:11 am

That would depend on how you’re matching them. You need to do a query or something to see if it already exists. How do you know which is which?

Are you using a relationship field in the timesheet? Check to see if the relationship already exists. If yo give me more information about how you’re creating the new post I might be able to give you more information. But thinking about it now I’d say that adding a relationship field and updating it mighe be the easiest solution.