Post creation $entry['post_id'] is coming back empty [RESOLVED]

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Hello,

I am using the Post Creation Add-on to create a post from a user-submitted form. What I would like to do is update the content of the newly created post after the form is submitted. I am using gform_after_submission as follows (taken from gravity docs https://docs.gravityforms.com/gform_after_submission/ ):

add_action( 'gform_after_submission_1', 'set_post_content', 10, 2 );
function set_post_content( $entry, $form ) {
 
    //getting post
    $post = get_post( $entry['post_id'] );
	
	//changing post content
       $post->post_content = 'Test content update';

    //updating post
    wp_update_post( $post );
}

Everything in the array seems to be populated as expected except for the post_id here’s the output when I print_r($entry) in the code above:

Array ( 
[id] => 116 
[status] => active 
[form_id] => 1 
[post_id] => 
[date_created] => 2022-02-08 20:49:30
[date_updated] => 2022-02-08 20:49:30

....

)

Without the return of $entry['post_id'] for the post that was created I won’t be able to update the post.

I did come across this post from @Kintivo with a similar question, but this part of the question they asked wasn’t resolved. Hoping someone out there has experienced this and shine some light for me here. Thanks.

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If I’m remembering correctly, I think $entry[‘post_id’] is only set when you’re using the older post fields to create posts, not when you’re using the Advanced Post Creation add-on.

Check out the following example in the gform_after_submission doc that shows how to access the created post(s) via the APC add-on from that hook: gform_after_submission - Gravity Forms Documentation

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You were spot on. Thanks so much for the reply and your help!

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