Topic Tag: Forms with post relationships

Problem: I would like to modify the post date when a Form is submitted.

Solution: Use the wp_update_post API to modify the post date of an existing post.

add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',10,2);
 
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data)
 
{
 
    // if a specific form
 
    if ($form_data['id']==215)
 
    {
 
            $time = current_time('mysql');
$args = array(
  'ID'            => $post_id,
  'post_author'   => get_current_user_id(),
  'post_date'     => $time,
  'post_date_gmt' => get_gmt_from_date($time),
 
);
$res = wp_update_post( $args, true );
 
    }
 
}

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/wp_update_post

Problem:
Client wants to use Toolset Form notifications as contact forms, without storing the submitted posts in the database.

Solution:
Forms will always publish a post. If you don't want those posts to be retained, you could

1. add post expiration and have the posts trashed within minutes of them being published. This won't delete them, you would need to use some kind of utility to routinely empty the trash; or
2. use the CRED API to run some code once the form had been submitted and then delete the post. The latest effective hook that could be used in this case would be the cred_notification_recipients hook.

Relevant Documentation:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/