I need to use a form in the front-end that allows people to post. I have tried to keep the minimum code in order to focus only on the issue (mentioned below) at hand.
EXAMPLE FORM:
<form method="POST" id="test_form" name="test_form" enctype="multipart/form-data" action="">
<div>LOCATION : <input type="text" name="location" id="location"/></div>
<div>CHECKBOXES :
<input type="checkbox" name="fruits[]" value="orange"/>Orange</br>
<input type="checkbox" name="fruits[]" value="apple"/>apple</br>
<input type="checkbox" name="fruits[]" value="banana"/>banana
</div>
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="post_action" />
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="PROCEED"/>
EXAMPLE PROCESSING :
if( 'POST' == $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] && !empty( $_POST['action'] ) && $_POST['action'] == "post_action") {
if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
$error = "";
if ($_POST['location'] != null) {
$location = trim(strip_tags($_POST['location']));
} else {
$error .= 'Put location.</br>';
}
}
$fruits= $_POST['fruits'];
if (empty($error)) {
$new_post = array( //insert form inputs, set var and define array
'post_title' => $location,
'post_content' => $description,
'post_status' => 'draft',
'post_author' => '2',
'fruits' => $fruits,
'post_type' => 'post'
// assigning tags and categories are no issue
);
$pid = wp_insert_post($new_post);
//ADD OUR CUSTOM FIELDS
add_post_meta($pid, 'fruits', $fruits, false);
}
}
THINGS TRIED : I have searched a lot on net, results were either overly complex or too project-specific. Also most of the results in this forum search came out related either to custom-post-types, custom fields or meta-boxes only. I now have a partial solution though. I have followed this tutorial and was able to get a single custom-field key-value pair in my post by using add_post_meta($pid, 'fruits', $fruits, false);.
ISSUE : So basically what I am looking is to get all the values of the checkboxes, whichever is ticked. I shall greatly appreciate any solution suggested in an uncomplicated manner. Thanks.
