I too was looking at this today and found the following answer from the help of Brave AI. I will be trying this out today/this week. Perhaps it would help you?
To create a multi-stage form using the Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) plugin, you can follow these steps:
First, you need to create a field group that will contain the form’s fields. You can do this by going to the ACF > Custom Fields menu in your WordPress dashboard and clicking on the “Add New” button.
Next, create a new form from the ACF > Forms menu and assign the field group to the form. Once saved, the form will now map the fields from the field group. This means those fields will be usable directly from the UI.
To create a multi-stage form, you can use the Dynamic Forms module in ACF Extended. This module allows you to create a form with multiple stages, each with its own set of fields. You can configure the form to navigate between stages based on user input.
Here’s an example of how you can use the Dynamic Forms module to create a multi-stage form:
// Create a new form
acf_form(array(
'post_id' => 'your_post_id',
'form_name' => 'My Multi-Stage Form',
'fields' => array(
array(
'key' => 'field_1234567890',
'label' => 'Stage 1',
'type' => 'text',
'required' => 1
),
array(
'key' => 'field_9876543210',
'label' => 'Stage 2',
'type' => 'text',
'required' => 1
)
),
'dynamic_form' => array(
'stages' => array(
'stage_1' => array(
'fields' => array('field_1234567890'),
'next_stage' => 'stage_2'
),
'stage_2' => array(
'fields' => array('field_9876543210'),
'next_stage' => 'done'
)
)
)
));
// Add a hook to handle form submission
add_action('acf_form_submitted', 'my_form_submitted');
function my_form_submitted($form) {
// Get the current stage
$current_stage = get_current_form_stage($form['post_id']);
// Check if the form is completed
if ($current_stage == 'done') {
// Do something when the form is completed
} else {
// Navigate to the next stage
wp_redirect(get_permalink($current_stage));
}
}
In this example, we’re creating a form with two stages: stage 1 and stage 2. Each stage has its own set of fields. The form will navigate to the next stage based on user input. When the form is completed, it will trigger the my_form_submitted hook and do something when the form is completed.
Note that you need to have the ACF Extended plugin installed and activated to use the Dynamic Forms module.
