Hello,
Thanks for the feedback!
In my example I used my_profile_id, but it was just an example, you can pass anything you want and call it how you want.
As detailed in my previous answer, this form code invocation:
acfe_form(array(
'name' => 'my-form',
'my_data' => 12
));
Or this hook (if you’re using a shortcode):
add_filter('acfe/form/load/form=my-form', 'my_form_settings', 10, 2);
function my_form_settings($form, $post_id){
$form['my_data'] = 12;
return $form;
}
Will both pass my_data to the form. Allowing you to retrieve its value (in this example 12) using {form:my_data} anywhere in the Form UI. See screenshot.
If you’re not really comfortable with PHP (using $_GET, doing WP_Query etc…), then I would recommend to first make a simple test form and train yourself on it. Only use static values first (don’t make queries), don’t chain forms, just do some basic tests.
Once you made it work with basic values, add more difficulty by doing some queries with get_posts() like in my previous answer, or adding some condition, or chaining test forms between each others.
So if the form stops working, you pretty much know which step is faulty (when you added the query? when you added the condition? etc…).
Here is something you can start with:
// retrive parameter from url: /my-page?param=45
$url_parameter = $_GET['param'];
// invoke acfe_form() and pass the url parameter
acfe_form(array(
'name' => 'my-form',
'my_data' => $url_parameter // should be 45
));
With this code, you can add {form:my_data} in your Post Action “Update Target” as in the screenshot above. This will tell the Post Action to update the Post ID 45 if you call your form page /my-form?param=45.
Now if you call your page with this url: /my-form?param=12, the form will update the Post ID 12. Which means now your form can dynamically update any post just by passing a parameter in the URL. You can test it.
Hope it helps!
Have a nice day!
Regards.
