8.2 update custom actions not working

Did some research and found prior plugins are ‘hidden’ so to say, under the ‘advanced’ link.

I was able to download and re-install 8.1 but unfortunately it no longer works as it did before either so will uninstall it all and see if can find what changed. Will shut off other plugins too to see if one of them bit us. Will look for file mod dates in other plugins as that may help find issue ??

And if I get it working again will do a BACKUP IMMEDIATELY lol ..

OK.. when I looked at plugins page there were two 8.2 and an 8.1 there. I deleted all then made sure no directories existed on file system. I also deactivated the latest version of ACF-Pro and made sure its directory was empty.

I then reinstalled and activated ACF-Extended 8.1 and ACF-Pro 5.8.5 versions. Then my forms worked as before. Have to go to work now but will let all know which (or if both) caused my forms to stop working in the last week.

OK so forms work with 8.1 and 5.8.5 pro. Upgrade to 5.8.6 pro and still work. However if upgrade to 8.2 with either 5.8.5 or 5.8.6 and forms do not work as before.

The form appears to process successfully as the spinner runs, then the form closes, and the success message from the ‘post’ action tab is displayed.

BUT do not get echos that are in other ‘action’ functions and the fields that were being assigned and saved with meta-data as part of those ‘actions’ for a post no longer are.

Hello ravensays,

As I said in the other topic, I made some changes to hook names & callback variables in the latest 0.8.2 update. I’m sorry to hear that it broke your form submission logic, however those changes had to be made to keep a consitent & solid base code.

Have you checked the new “Advanced” tab in the “Post” action? There are now tons of code examples in there, explaining what you can do with the data. I suggest you to clone your project and try to upgrade on a local environment, and take a look at those “Advanced” tabs. You will most likely find your answer there.

BTW, can you copy/paste your actions and share it with me? Use https://pastebin.com. I’m 99% sure that you’re using old hook names.

Regards.

I had looked at that but I didn’t see it. Like trying to find something stop looking for it and you trip over it LOL

I needed to take the word ‘action’ out of my action hooks as it no longer is used for that type. Now our forms are working like they did in 8.1.

Appreciate your trying to work with us as we learn. Was worried something had happened to you so glad it was just life getting in the way that caused your absence from here. Understand also that documentation can take tons of time from actual developement (used to write and manage an IT team) but we also found that it became way too much work if we waited too long as we were dealing with users (like me on this) since there wasn’t good documentation for them. BUT also find part of my confusion and trying to learn ACF is that as they made upgrades what they said in previous support answers or documentation was no longer valid. Tough situation to be in… so again THANKS for all you do with this..

So please mark this as resolved..

Hello Raven,

I’m glad to hear that you fixed your problem! Yeah, last week was a very busy week for me. I’m working on a proper documentation, but I’m also trying to be very reactive on support questions, so don’t hesitate to ask here.

Have a nice day,

Regards.