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Using acf_form to create a new post

  • Hello everyone,

    I recently try to use acf_form() to create a front-end submission (using this tutorial: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/), but when I put 'post_id' => 'new' in the $args array(), it’s just don’t work…and the front-end form disappear.

    Here’s my code:

    function formation_pre_save_post($post_id) {
  if($post_id != 'new')
    return $post_id;

  $post = array(
    'post_status' => 'draft',
    'post_title' => 'FTF',
    'post_type' => 'formation',
  );

  $post_id = wp_insert_post($post);
  $_POST['return'] = add_query_arg(array('post_id' => $post_id), $_POST['return']);
  
  return $post_id;
}
add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'formation_pre_save_post');
    acf_form_head();
get_header();
the_post();
    $args = array(
        // 'post_id' => 'new',
        'submit_value' => __('Create post', 'textdomain'),
        'updated_message' => __('Post created', 'textdomain'),
      );

      acf_form($args);

    Thanks 🙂

    Edit: And when I’m try to use 'fields_group' => array(2213), it’s just output Warning: array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array in C:\XAMPP\htdocs\communicacteurs\wp-content\plugins\advanced-custom-fields\core\api.php on line 1185

  • i have the same problem here.

    i created a custom post type “datensatz” and also used the scripts from this site: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/

    i created a page with a template like this:

    <?php acf_form_head();
get_header(); ?>
 
	<div id="primary" class="content-area">
		<div id="content" class="site-content" role="main">
		
			<?php /* The loop */ ?>
			<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
 
				<?php acf_form(array(
					'post_id'	=> 'new',
					'submit_value'	=> 'Neuen Datensatz erstellen'
				)); ?>
 
			<?php endwhile; ?>
			 
		</div><!-- #content -->
	</div><!-- #primary -->
 
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

    and added the following code in my functions.php:

    function my_pre_save_post( $post_id ) {
 
    // check if this is to be a new post
    if( $post_id != 'new' )
    {
        return $post_id;
    }
 
    // Create a new post
    $post = array(
        'post_status'  => 'draft',
        'post_title'  => 'Test',
        'post_type'  => 'datensatz',
    );
 
    // insert the post
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $post );
 
    // update $_POST['return']
    $_POST['return'] = add_query_arg( array('post_id' => $post_id), $_POST['return'] );
 
    // return the new ID
    return $post_id;
}
 
add_filter('acf/pre_save_post' , 'my_pre_save_post' );

    on the page in the frontend just the submit button with my custom text shows up, but the form is missing.

    i would really appreciate your support. thank you!

  • I am having the same problem when trying to show a form for creating a new post. I only see the submission button, nothing else. Editing a specific form works.

    I have copied the code exactly as is shown on this page: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/functions/acf_form/

    I get this error:
    Notice: Undefined index: new_post in /wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/core/api.php on line 1185 Warning: array_merge(): Argument #1 is not an array in /wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields/core/api.php on line 1185

    Update:
    Using the fix in this post – http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/functions/acf_form/ the error message is removed, but my form is still not showing. Any ideas?

    UPDATE 2!
    I was using the documentation for V5… So I had the wrong code!

  • For v4 and below, you’d need to add in:

    'field_groups' => array(ACF_POST_NUMBER),

    to the ‘acf_form’ array, making sure to check what your ACF post number is and replacing ACF_POST_NUMBER with it.

    Eg.

    <?php acf_form(array(
'field_groups' => array(5),
'post_id'	=> 'new',
'submit_value'	=> 'Neuen Datensatz erstellen'
)); ?>

  • My mistake, it’s still not function.

    $args = array(
            'fields_group' => array(2213),
            'post_id' => 'new',
            'submit_value' => __('Submit formation', 'communic'),
            'updated_message' => __('Formation submited', 'communic'),
          );

          acf_form($args);

  • Hello, I love this front end submission form, but the one thing that I am having a hard time with is making the post title = a field from my form. So I have a custom field – “title” and would like to have this as my title of the post. Right now I am just using the default code found here: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/using-acf_form-to-create-a-new-post/

    I would greatly appreciate it if you can help! Thanks!

  • @m3ndi3

    you need to add id of your title field in $post array like this.

            'post_title'  => $_POST['fields']['field_53b5105fc69e0'],

    you can find the field id by checking the element in firebug.

  • FYI, Version 5 has this functionality built in via the acf_form function now. You can create new posts, including title and content, from the front-end without custom functions.

    Check it: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/functions/acf_form/

  • With acf pro it’s [‘acf’] instead of [‘fields’]

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