[Resolved] Append Title to another Post submitted through cred

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[justinB-5]

I am trying to: Append the title of another post to posts submitted through a CRED form. The post ID is stored in the database via another field.

I visited this URL: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/autofill-a-field-in-cred/

I expected to see: the answer

Instead, I got: Most of the answer. I am trying to specifically target the title of the post thats ID is stored in 'wpcf-g-doc-number'. Below is what I have so far, and if this is outside the scope of support I understand, just thought I'd give it a try. Thanks.

add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',10,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data)
{    
    //if  form
    if ($form_data['id']==299)
    {
        if (isset($_POST['g-doc-number']))
        {
            add_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-g-doc-number', $_POST['g-doc-number'], true); 
        }
        $my_post = array(
              'ID'           => $post_id,
              'post_title' => 'Enquiry re: '.get_the_title($post_id)  //This is where I'd like to get the title of the post with the ID stored in 'wpcf-g-doc-number'
          );
          
        // Update the post into the database
          wp_update_post( $my_post );
    }
}

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Justin,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

I took a look at your code and saw 2 small issues 🙂

Could you change this line from

isset($_POST['g-doc-number'])

to

isset($_POST[wpcf-'g-doc-number'])

And this line from

'ID'           => $post_id,

to

'ID'           =>$_POST['g-doc-number'],

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks,
Shane

[justinB-5]

Thanks Shane for the quick response. I was showing the whole function for clarity, but the first part is already working. The field used is a generic field and the only way I could get it to work was to omit the 'wpcf-'.

As for the rest, I tried combinations of both of the changes you recommended and I'm still getting 'Enquiry re: Auto Draft 8c9f.....' as the title on my new posts. Any other ideas?

Thanks in advance.

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Justin,

The post being created is it suppose to provide a title for another post ?

Meaning get_post_title is getting the title from $post_id .

This means that if the post with the id that stored in the $post_id variable does not have a title then it is going to provide an Auto Draft title for the other post.

Please let me know if this helps.

Thanks,
Shane

[justinB-5]

The other way around. The get_the_title needs to get the title from the post with ID given in the 'g-doc-number' field.

[justinB-5]

OK so I figured it out. Thanks for pushing me in the right direction Shane.

 $my_post = array(
              'ID'           => $post_id,
              'post_title' => 'Enquiry re: '.get_the_title($_POST['g-doc-number'])
          );
          
        // Update the post into the database
          wp_update_post( $my_post );