Map to existing post type

  • Resolved louisreid

    (@louisreid)


    7 years, 10 months ago

    Hi,

    I know that at present mapping to an existing post type is possible but it there isn’t a GUI for it.

    Can you provide an example of how to use the following hook and filters

    add_action( 'cf7_2_post_save-post', 'your_function_name',10,3);
function your_function_name($cf7_key, $submitted_data, $submitted_files){}
    add_filter( 'cf7_2_post_load-post', 'your_function_name',10,5);
function your_function_name( $field_value_pairs, $cf7_key, $form_fields, $form_field_options, $cf7_post_id){
  //$form_field_options options set in the form field tags
  //$cf7_post_id the cf7 form id in case you need to load the form object
  foreach($form_fields as $field=>$type){
    $field_value_pairs[$field] = '';//load your value
  }
  //if this is a saved draft form, you can set your mapped post id
  //it will be set as hidden field so you can map the (re)submission to the same post
  $field_value_pairs['map_post_id'] = $post_id;
  return $field_value_pairs;
}

    I’ve been trying a lot of different options but can’t get the hook to save the form as an existing post type.

    Thank you

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  • Plugin Author Aurovrata Venet

    (@aurovrata)

    Hi @louisreid

    v2.0 of the plugin is going to be released soon (I am putting the last touches to it this week I hope) which will have a full GUI interface for saving forms to existing posts.

    If you want try to do it with the filter, here is a quick example, assume you have the default CF7 contact form with the following fields: your-name, your-email, your-message which you wish to map to the inbuilt post type under the title, content and meta-field your_email respectively let’s say,

    
add_action( 'cf7_2_post_save-post', 'a_new_post',10,3);
function a_new_post($cf7_key, $submitted_data, $submitted_files){
  //let's make sure this is the right cf7 form (set the cf7 form unique key = 'contact-us' to easily identify it. 
  if('contact-us' != $cf7_key){
    return;
  }
  $title =  $submitted_data['your-name'];
  $content = $submitted_data['your-message'];
  $email = $submitted_data['your-email'];
  //first insert/update your new post.
  //for the current user if someone is logged in.
  $author = get_current_user_id();
  if(!$author) $author = 1;//defaults to admin user.
  $post_args = array(
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'post_status' => 'draft',
    'post_title' => $title,
    'post_content' => $content,
    'author'=>$author
  );
  //check if this is an existing post (draft) being saved/submitted
  if(isset($submitted_data['map_post_id']){
    $post_id = $submitted_data['map_post_id'];
    $post_args['ID']=$post_id;
    wp_udpate_post($post_args);
  }else{
    $post_id = wp_insert_post($post_args);
  }
  //update the meta-field
  update_post_meta($post_id, 'your_email', $email);
}
/* to load default values into the form */
add_filter( 'cf7_2_post_load-post', 'load_post_to_form',10,5);
function load_post_to_form( $field_value_pairs, $cf7_key, $form_fields, $form_field_options, $cf7_post_id){
  //check if the current user has a post
  $user_id = get_current_user_id();
  $title = $message = $email = '';
  $post_query = array(
    'post_type' => 'post',
    'post_status' => 'draft',
    'author' => $user_id
  );
  $posts = get_posts($post_query);
  if(!empty($posts)){
    $post = $posts[0];
    $post_id = $post->ID;
    $title = $post->post_title;
    $message = $post->post_content;
    $email = get_post_meta($post_id, 'your_email', true);
    //it will be set as hidden field so you can map the (re)submission to the same post
    $field_value_pairs['map_post_id'] = $post_id;
  }
  wp_reset_postdata(); //reset to the current query.
  //set form fields
  $field_value_pairs['your-name'] = $title;
  $field_value_pairs['your-message'] = $message;
  $field_value_pairs['your-email'] = $email;
  return $field_value_pairs;
}
    Plugin Author Aurovrata Venet

    (@aurovrata)

    v2.0 of the plugin is now out and working fine (so far no one has reported any bugs) so I am closing this thread as you should be able to resolve your issue with the new version.

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