Send Email Front End Form

• huwrowlands

• March 21, 2017 at 1:58 am

Hi,

I’m a little confused about how to amend my front end form code, to send an email to one or possibly more people when the form has been submitted.
The form is only for those who are logged into the website. The form also creates a new (custom post type) post and saves as ‘pending’ status for admin to approve.

<?php
			$options = array(
				'id'              => 'acf-form-kb-article',
				'honeypot'        => true,
				'post_title'      => true,
				'post_content'    => true,
				'field_groups'    => array(174),
				//'return'          => $siteurl . '/question-submitted/',
				'return'          => $returnurl,
				'comment_status'  => 'open',
				'updated_message' => __('Question submitted', 'iexpe'),
				'post_id'         => 'new_post',
				'honeypot'        => true,
				'new_post'        => array(
					'post_type'   => 'knowledgebase',
					'post_status' => 'pending'
				),
				'submit_value'    => __('Ask the Question!', 'iexpe')
			);

acf_form( $options );

Any help would be much appreciated.

• huwrowlands

• March 24, 2017 at 8:23 pm

Gentle bump !

• John Huebner

• March 25, 2017 at 11:51 am

Sending an email would happen in by either creating an acf/save_post filter https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-save_post/ or an acf/pre_save_post filter https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-pre_save_post/

There is an example of acf/pre_save_post here https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/have-cpt-form-send-an-email/

and an example using acf/save_post here https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/

• huwrowlands

• March 28, 2017 at 8:18 pm

So I can leave my code alone, but then add the code you’ve linked too (one of them, not both!), within my functions.php file – is that correct?

Thanks for the reply, I really appreciate it.

• John Huebner

• March 28, 2017 at 10:23 pm

Correct

• huwrowlands

• March 28, 2017 at 11:15 pm

Thank you