Split: How to change the post author when using a front-end edit form

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Tagged: Content-submission forms, Toolset Forms

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Last updated by Nigel 5 years, 2 months ago.

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February 6, 2019 at 8:45 am #1196553

RudiK3597

Also once they edit the form - we change the owner to them?

February 7, 2019 at 7:46 am #1197070

Nigel

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You'll need to add some code that uses the Forms API to modify the post author once the edit form has been submitted and the results saved.

You can add code snippets at Toolset > Settings > Custom Code, where you can add the following:

add_action( 'cred_save_data', 'tssupp_reset_author', 10, 2 );
function tssupp_reset_author( $post_id, $form_data ){

	if ( in_array( $form_data['id'], array( 123 ) ) ) {

		$post = array(
			'ID' => $post_id,
			'post_author' => get_current_user_id()
		);
		wp_update_post( $post );

	}
}

You'll need to edit the ID of the edit form (123 in the example).

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