submit data from a form

• danielflorian

• May 23, 2020 at 2:46 am

Hi all,
I’m sure this will be easy and I’m just missing something obvious…
I have the following code to create a custom post type that is using ACF fields:

function generate_grading_application_cpt() {
if (isset( $_POST['submit'] ) ) {

$cpt_post_args = array(
	'post_title'     => $_POST['full-name'],
	'post_status'    => 'publish',
	'post_type'      => 'grading_applications',
);	
	$field_key = "student_number";
	$value = $_POST['student-number'];
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );
	
	$field_key = "dojang";
	$value = $_POST['dojang'];
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );
	
	$field_key = "instructor";
	$value = $_POST['instructor'];
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );
	
	$field_key = "current_rank";
	$value = $_POST['current-rank'];
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );

// insert the post into the database

$cpt_id = wp_insert_post( $cpt_post_args, $wp_error);
}
};
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'generate_grading_application_cpt' );

The above works partially – The CPT post is created and the title & status are set correctly.
The part I’m not getting is the ACF fields being filled with the data from the form using the update_field() command. I’m not 100% sure I’m using the command correctly so can someone advise where I might be going wrong.

Cheers

• John Huebner

• May 23, 2020 at 10:58 pm

You need to use field keys instead of field names to update fields when creating new posts. field_XXXXXXX

• danielflorian

• May 24, 2020 at 12:28 am

I tried that and didn’t have any luck there either…

This is my code at the moment:

function generate_grading_application_cpt() {
if (isset( $_POST['submit'] ) ) {

    $formStudNum = $_POST['student-number'];
	$formDojang = $_POST['dojang'];
	$formInstructor = $_POST['instructor'];
	$formCurrentRank = $_POST['current-rank'];

$cpt_post_args = array(
	'post_title'     => $_POST['full-name'],
	'post_status'    => 'publish',
	'post_type'      => 'grading_applications',
);	
// 	Student Number Field
	$field_key = "field_5ec64e12429be";
	$value = $formStudNum;
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );
	
//  Dojang Field
	$field_key = "field_5ec64f26429bf";
	$value = $formDojang;
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );
	
//  Instructor Field
	$field_key = "field_5ec64f36429c0";
	$value = $formInstructor;
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );
	
//  Current Rank Field
	$field_key = "field_5ec64f5e429c1";
	$value = 	$formCurrentRank;
	update_field( $field_key, $value, $post_id );

// insert the post into the database

$cpt_id = wp_insert_post( $cpt_post_args, $wp_error);
}
};
add_action( 'template_redirect', 'generate_grading_application_cpt' );

https://imgur.com/41uMEkJ – Screen Shot of ACF fields

Anything obvious I’m missing. ACF fields are very new to me…

• danielflorian

• May 31, 2020 at 1:17 pm

bump…

• John Huebner

• June 1, 2020 at 9:36 pm

I don’t know because you’re not using ACF form. It looks like it should be working, but this would depend on the fields you are trying to update, what type of fields they are and whether they are top level field or sub fields.