[Resolved] Creating a post with Formidable Forms Plugin populate fields of repeatable group

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[williW]

Hello,
I use Formidable Forms for creating posts. Everything work well, I can associate Data to custom fields. Now I added to the form repeatable fields of name , surname, email affiliation and country of team members. I need a manual function for adding the content to repeatable groups.
So use the function frm_new_post hidden link to create the assossiation. From the form I get an array like this (I could also format it different if needed):

Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[wpcf-name] => Lili
[wpcf-surname] => Bety
[wpcf-email] => test@test.dir
[wpcf-affiliation] => None
[wpcf-country] => Oman
)

[1] => Array
(
[wpcf-name] => Second Test
[wpcf-surname] => dss
[wpcf-email] => kla@dni.cs
[wpcf-affiliation] => Neto
[wpcf-country] => Uganda
)

)

I want to add it to the Post Fields group "team-members" with the corresponding repeatable fields for name , surname, email affiliation and country

Is it true, that I have to add a child post for the repeatable group? Which function should I use for that?

[Waqar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

Your understanding is correct. The repeatable field group items are stored as separate and hidden custom post-type entries, and the post-type slug is the same as the slug of the repeatable field group. This post type has a one-to-many relationship with the parent post type.
(i.e. the post type in which this field group has been added)

You'll find an example usage of a function to programmatically add repeatable field group items, in this recent thread:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/php-add-repeatable-fieds/

regards,
Waqar

[williW]

Thank you Waqar. You brought me on the right track. Thank you for posting a solution. Actually I needed another function from Formidable forms to accomplish it. The function frm_new_post does not know the post id so i could not use it for toolset_connect_posts() function. But I could sucessfully use this function hidden link