Stop acf_form() from publishing a post.

• eXalted

• October 29, 2015 at 12:31 am

I’ve created a front end form and am unable to stop it when the back end validation fails.

Here is my form code:

<?php
	$options = array(
		'post_id' => 'new_post',
		'new_post' => array(
			'post_type'   	 => 'cpt'
		),
		'uploader' => 'basic',
		'submit_value' => __("Create", 'themename'),
		'updated_message' => __("Deal created.", 'themename'),
	);
	acf_form($options);
?>

And here is my back end:

function acf_validate_form( $post_id ) {

	if( empty($_POST['acf']) ) {
		return;
	}

	// my_validation_function() returns false
    $validate = my_validation_function();

    if ( !$validate ) {
    	wp_redirect(add_query_arg(array('custom-error' => 'true'))); 
		exit;
    }
}

I’ve tried any of the following hooks:

add_action( 'acf/save_post', 'acf_validate_form', 20 );
add_action( 'acf/save_post', 'acf_validate_form', 1 );
add_action( 'acf/pre_save_post', 'acf_validate_form', 10, 1 );
add_action( 'acf/pre_save_post', 'acf_validate_form', 1 );
add_action( 'acf/save_post', 'acf_validate_form' );

However the submitted post appears in the admin dashboard. How can I prevent it from submitting?

• John Huebner

• October 29, 2015 at 9:42 am

Try adding in an acf/pre_save_post filter.

unset($_POST['acf']);