wmhunterHey fellas,
I'm working on a WordPress Web site for a student newspaper, and I'm running into a few snags trying to build a "Letter to the Editor" form. I've made a custom template, letters.php, with a PHP form embedded in it, and a "Letters" page that uses the template. Here's the form I've got:
<?php
$my_fancy_new_post = array();
$my_fancy_new_post['post_title'] = $_POST['post_title'];
$my_fancy_new_post['post_content'] = $_POST['post_content'];
$my_fancy_new_post['comment_status'] = 'closed';
$my_fancy_new_post['post_author'] = 2;
$my_fancy_new_post['post_category'] = array(30);
$my_fancy_new_post['post_status'] = 'draft';
$writer_name = $_POST['letter_name'];
$writer_school = $_POST['school'];
$writer_year = $_POST['letter_year'];
$writer_email = $_POST['email'];
$writer_phone = $_POST['telephone'];
if (!isset($_POST['submit'])) {
?>
<form method="post" action="">
<table>
<tr><th><label for="id_name">Your Name(s):</label></th><td><input id="id_name" type="text" name="letter_name" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_school">School:</label></th><td><input id="id_school" type="text" name="school" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_year">Year:</label></th><td><input id="id_year" type="text" name="letter_year" maxlength="50" /></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_email">E-Mail:</label></th><td><input type="text" name="email" id="id_email" /></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_telephone">Telephone:</label></th><td><input id="id_telephone" type="text" name="telephone" maxlength="16" /></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_title">Letter Title:</label></th><td><input id="id_title" type="text" name="post_title" maxlength="100" /></td></tr>
<tr><th><label for="id_text">Your Comments:</label></th><td><textarea id="id_text" rows="10" cols="40" name="post_content"></textarea></td></tr>
<tr>
<td> </td>
<td><input type="submit" value="Submit" name="submit"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
<?php
} else {
echo '<p>';
$new_post_ID = wp_insert_post( $my_fancy_new_post );
if( $new_post_ID ) {
add_post_meta($new_post_ID, 'writer', $writer_name);
add_post_meta($new_post_ID, 'letter_school', $writer_school);
add_post_meta($new_post_ID, 'letter_year', $writer_year);
add_post_meta($new_post_ID, 'letter_email', $writer_email);
add_post_meta($new_post_ID, 'letter_phone', $writer_phone);
echo 'Your letter was submitted successfully. Thank you for contacting <em>The Cavalier Daily!</em>';
}
else {
?>
An error occured while submitting your letter. Please go back and try again.</p>
<p>Potentially useful debug information:<br />
<strong>$_POST['post_title']</strong> <?php echo $_POST['post_title']; ?><br />
<strong>$_POST['post_content']</strong> <?php echo $_POST['post_content']; ?><br />
<?php
}
echo '</p>';
}
?>When I try the form, I get the error condition. The debug information - the title and content - both seem to be working fine, and they're the only information the plugin collects that goes into wp_insert_post. As far as I can tell, all the information I'm supplying manually checks out, so why isn't it working?
I tried using TDO Mini Forms, but I was essentially getting the same error - wp_insert_post was returning 0 with it as well. Are there any known plugins or server settings that interfere with that function?
Thanks in advance for your help.
