{"id":9497,"date":"2015-10-05T04:37:06","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/?post_type=gdoc&#038;p=9497"},"modified":"2022-03-15T14:07:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T18:07:37","slug":"gform_after_create_post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/gform_after_create_post\/","title":{"rendered":"gform_after_create_post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-description\">Description<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This action hook is executed after the post has been created. It only applies to forms that have Post Fields.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-usage\">Usage<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The following would apply to all forms.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_action( 'gform_after_create_post', 'your_function_name' );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>To limit the scope of your function to a specific form, append the form id to the end of the hook name. (format: gform_after_create_post_FORMID)<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_action( 'gform_after_create_post_6', 'your_function_name' );\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-parameters\">Parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>$post_id<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/integer\">integer<\/a><br>The ID of the post which was created from the form submission.<\/li><li><strong>$entry<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/entry-object\">Entry Object<\/a><br>The entry currently being processed. Available from 1.9.13.<\/li><li><strong>$form<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.gravityforms.com\/form-object\">Form Object<\/a><br>The form currently being processed. Available from 1.9.13.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-examples\">Examples<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-1-update-the-post\">1. Update the post<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This example shows how you can update the post content, adding values from submitted fields, including an image field.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\nadd_action( &#039;gform_after_create_post&#039;, &#039;set_post_content&#039;, 10, 3 );\nfunction set_post_content( $post_id, $entry, $form ) {\n \n    \/\/getting post\n    $post = get_post( $post_id );\n \n    \/\/changing post content\n    $post-&gt;post_content = &#039;Blender Version:&#039; . rgar( $entry, &#039;7&#039; ) . &quot;&lt;br\/&gt; &lt;img src=&#039;&quot; . rgar( $entry, &#039;8&#039; ) . &quot;&#039;&gt; &lt;br\/&gt; &lt;br\/&gt; &quot; . rgar( $entry, &#039;13&#039; ) . &quot; &lt;br\/&gt; &lt;img src=&#039;&quot; . rgar( $entry, &#039;5&#039; ) . &quot;&#039;&gt;&quot;;\n \n    \/\/updating post\n    wp_update_post( $post );\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-2-convert-date-to-the-format-expected-by-an-acf-datepicker-field-type\">2. Convert date to the format expected by an ACF datepicker field type<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The example below would take the date saved for a Gravity Forms field with id 30, convert it to the format expected by the ACF datepicker field type, and save it to the custom field meta key acf_date<br>Make sure to update the field id, the custom field meta key, and the form id number to make it work. Please read the snippet comments.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\/\/ Change 12 below to your form id number.\nadd_action( 'gform_after_create_post_12', 'gf_date_to_acf', 10, 3 );\nfunction gf_date_to_acf( $post_id, $entry, $form ) {\n    GFCommon::log_debug( __METHOD__ . '(): running.' );\n    \/\/ Date as saved by GF. Change 30 to your date field id number.\n    $gf_date = rgar( $entry, '30' );\n    \/\/ Date changed to format expected by ACF.\n    $acf_date = date( 'Ymd', strtotime( $gf_date ) );\n    GFCommon::log_debug( __METHOD__ . '(): Date for ACF: ' . $acf_date );\n    \/\/ Save converted date to the acf_date meta key. Change it to your custom field meta key.\n    update_post_meta( $post_id, 'acf_date', $acf_date );\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-3-update-a-post-custom-field-with-serialized-gf-checkboxes\">3. Update a post custom field with serialized GF checkboxes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is useful for plugins like Advanced Custom Fields (ACF), Types and Pods where the values of the selections are stored in a serialized array. The scope of this example is limited to form id 1 and field id 18, you need to update these values to apply to your own form and field.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\n\/\/ Change 1 in gform_after_create_post_1 to your form id number.\nadd_filter( &#039;gform_after_create_post_1&#039;, &#039;gf_post_acf_checkboxes&#039;, 10, 3 );\nfunction gf_post_acf_checkboxes( $post_id, $entry, $form ) {\n \n    \/\/ Checkboxes field id. Change this value to your field id number.\n    $field_id = 18;\n \n    \/\/ Get field object.\n    $field = GFAPI::get_field( $form, $field_id );\n \n    if ( $field-&gt;type == &#039;checkbox&#039; ) {\n        \/\/ Get a comma separated list of checkboxes checked\n        $checked = $field-&gt;get_value_export( $entry );\n \n        \/\/ Convert to array.\n        $values = explode( &#039;, &#039;, $checked );\n    }\n \n    \/\/ Replace my_custom_field_key with your custom field meta key.\n    update_post_meta( $post_id, &#039;my_custom_field_key&#039;, $values );\n}\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-placement\">Placement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This code should be placed in the <a href=\"http:\/\/codex.wordpress.org\/Theme_Development#Functions_File\">functions.php<\/a> file of your active theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-source-code\">Source Code<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-syntaxhighlighter-code \"><pre class=\"brush: php; auto-links: false; gutter: false; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\ngf_do_action( 'gform_after_create_post', $form&#x5B;'id'], $post_id, $lead, $form )\n<\/pre><\/div>\n\n\n<p>This hook is located in GFFormsModel::create_post() in <em>forms_model.php<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-since\">Since<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The form specific version of this hook was added in Gravity Forms 1.9.13.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This action hook is executed after the post has been created. 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