I’m really struggling with this and I hope you can help.
What I’m trying to do is add data to hidden fields and then save it to the database. The fields are from a pre-existing theme and I have to use the post meta key that already exists in the database.
I can get the fields to load the existing data, but I can’t figure out how to save the data when the post is updated.
I made a custom meta box that works, but I want this to be a custom ACF field. I have everything working except saving the hidden fields.
Thanks,
Jason WItt
Hi
after u create front end form pls put following function in your function.php, add the required filed to post
add_filter(‘acf/pre_save_post’ , ‘my_pre_save_post’ );
function my_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
// check if this is to be a new post
if( $post_id != ‘new’ ) {
return $post_id;
}
$field = $_POST[‘fields’];
$post_title = $_POST[‘fullname’];
$post_content = $field[‘edit_test2’];
$post = array(
‘post_status’ => ‘draft’ ,
‘post_title’ => $post_title,
‘post_content’ => $post_content,
‘post_type’ => ‘page’
);
$newpost_id=wp_insert_post($post);
if($newpost_id!=0)
{
$fullname=$_POST[‘fullname’];
$address=$_POST[‘address’];
add_post_meta($newpost_id,’FullName’, $fullname);
add_post_meta($newpost_id, ‘address’, $address);
}
}
You can also refer following article
http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/
Thanks for the reply, but this isn’t what I meant. Maybe I didn’t explain it too good. The problem I was having is for a custom field, not a front-end form.
I figured out a solution on my own. I made added a save_post function, like you would if you made a custom meta box to save the hidden fields. I just called that action from the constructor.
It seems like maybe one of the built in functions from the custom field template would have been better to use, but I could figure out which one, if any I should be using.
