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Form Hooks/Filters for multisite CPT conditional switching situation?

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  • July 17, 2018 at 9:54 PM #10601
    DanDan
    Participant

    Hi Anh-

    Situation: Multisite where I am redirecting posts based on their content to CPTs on these various subdirectories. So if they chose "apple" it would be redirected to the fruit CPT.

    What I know I could do:

    add_action( 'rwmb_frontend_before_process', function( $config, $post_id ) {
    if ('my-meta-boxes' == $config['id']){
        if($field['category'] = 'apples'){
            switch_to_blog(8);
            post->post_type = 'fruit';
        }
        if ($field['category'] = 'drums'){
            switch_to_blog(9);
            $post->post_type = 'instruments';
        }
        // then I do all the wp_insert_post stuff because if I restore_current_blog() before that, then it won't save to those CPTs.
    }
}, 10,2 );

    Why I don't want to do this: I don't want to jump into the post save cycle you've set up with Meta Box. I want to be able to switch blogs like above, but have Meta Box save before I then switch back.

    Any suggestions? thank you!

    July 17, 2018 at 10:29 PM #10602
    DanDan
    Participant

    quick update on the above- it actually doesn't save to the CPTs of the subdirectory, just the basic post type. Interesting. Looks like I'll need to manually wp_insert_post them.

    July 18, 2018 at 2:29 PM #10612
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    Hi Dan,

    I'm not really clear about this issue. Can you explain what you're trying to do?

    July 18, 2018 at 2:43 PM #10613
    DanDan
    Participant

    Sure- so since my website is going to be very data heavy, I made a decision to strategically parse custom posts into multiple custom post SQL tables, which I've done through created a multisite with subdirectories. It works well in testing, using switch_to_blog and so on. Basically a long-term decision based on application.

    So:
    Step 1 - User enters data in a centralized form which will become a CPT. However which specific CPT is unknown until they say what type of "x" it is.
    Step 2- The submitted post is quickly hooked (like I've done before). Which CPT is ends up at is based on the user's selection.

    Normally I could do my previous code and it would just save to the right CPT. However with what I'm doing here, I have to keep it in whatever blog has the CPT until it is saved, and then "restore_current_blog".

    I can manually hook it and save each type with wp_insert_post and then restore_to_blog, but I was trying to avoid that.

    So, in summary, Post written --> Hooked before save -->CPT determined and sent to the right blog (subdirectory)-->saved --> restore_to_current_blog

    Hope that cleared things up. I know it is a very unique set of requirements, and I don't anticipate something that will work other than me wp_inserting myself. thanks!

    July 18, 2018 at 5:01 PM #10616
    Anh TranAnh Tran
    Keymaster

    I got it (partly). I think hooking into the rwmb_frontend_before_process couldn't solve the problem, because this hook has only info about the current form, not the post.

    Can you try using the filters rwmb_frontend_insert_post_data / rwmb_frontend_update_post_data (docs here)? It might help modifying the post type before submitting to the DB.

    However, I'm not sure about the switch blog part. It sounds complicated.

    July 18, 2018 at 5:19 PM #10618
    DanDan
    Participant

    yeah the switch blog part is the kicker. Simply switching between CPTs in the same subdirectory is easy (as long as it is the initial insert post). I know it can be done (I'm doing it now), just not on the scale I'm describing here. I'll look at your suggestions, but it'll be fine either way. thanks

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