AJAX: Get Job ID before Job Submitted on Frontend

I’m trying to insert an Ajax Availability Calendar into the job submit process. The calendar works by attaching to the job ID and pushing/pulling the necessary data to db tables.

The calendar is working when a job is added/edited through admin, or edited front-end, and I believe this is because, respectively, wp-admin assigns a post/job_id on ‘Add New’ page load, and the job already has a $job_id for the calendar to attach to, which is pulled from the URL (/?action=edit&job_id=###)

I seem to be having difficulty in pulling in the $job_id on a fresh front-end job submit; is the $job_id only generated when the ‘Submit Job’ button is clicked? If so, is there anyway I can query which job/post ID will be generated next?

• This topic was modified 7 years, 1 month ago by dnweb.