Create custom title

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Problem: I would like to use the value of a date custom field to create a custom post title with CRED.

Solution: The date field is not a simple text string in the $_POST object, but an array of values in this format:

[wpcf-date-field-slug] => Array
        (
            [display-only] => August 1, 2017
            [datepicker] => 1501545600
            [datetime] => 2017-08-01
            [hour] => 00
            [minute] => 00
            [timestamp] => 1501545600
        )

Use the cred_save_data hook to capture the custom date field information and update the post title as needed using one of these array values:

[php]
$display_date = $_POST['wpcf-date-field-slug']['display-only'];

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Or, you can format your own date using the timestamp value.

Relevant Documentation:
http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data

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Tagged: Content-submission forms, Toolset Forms

This topic contains 2 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by charlesR-5 7 years, 3 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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August 8, 2017 at 8:13 pm #557891

charlesR-5

Hi,

I'm trying to autogenerate custom post title with my custom fields from a form. I'm able to do it with 2 of my 3 customs fields. The third one, a date field, isn't include in the title. I use this code

//Better titles for forms
// =============================================================================
add_action("cred_save_data", "my_save_data_action",10,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data) {   
    // Enquiry form
    if ( $form_data["id"]==174 ) {
        if (isset($_POST["wpcf-nom"]) && isset($_POST["wpcf-prenom"]) && isset($_POST["wpcf-date-de-naissance"]) ){
        
            //Build the title & slug
            $title = $_POST["wpcf-nom"]." ".$_POST["wpcf-prenom"]." ".$_POST["wpcf-date-de-naissance"];
            $slug = sanitize_title($title);
            // Update the post into the database
            $my_post = array(
                'ID' => $post_id,
                'post_title' => $title,
                'post_name' => $slug
            );
            wp_update_post( $my_post ); 
        } 
    }
}

And the result = Gagnon Jean Array

August 8, 2017 at 11:03 pm #557932

Christian Cox

Hi, a date field from CRED isn't a simple value in the $_POST object, it's an array of values:

[wpcf-date-field-slug] => Array
        (
            [display-only] => August 1, 2017
            [datepicker] => 1501545600
            [datetime] => 2017-08-01
            [hour] => 00
            [minute] => 00
            [timestamp] => 1501545600
        )

You can access any of these values using array notation like this:

$display_date = $_POST['wpcf-date-field-slug']['display-only'];
$timestamp = $_POST['wpcf-date-field-slug']['timestamp'];

Replace 'wpcf-date-field-slug' with the slug of your date field, using the 'wpcf-' prefix.

If none of the values in this array is what you want to include in the title, you can format a date using the PHP date function and the timestamp value from the array.
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Keep in mind that the formatted date string will be sanitized for use in a URL, so certain characters will be restricted, like a backslash or other special characters.

August 9, 2017 at 1:04 pm #558195

charlesR-5

Thank you very much!