Term Action

The Term Action is a template to create or update a term on form submission.

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Term Settings

Setting nameDescription
Action typeCreate or update a term
Action nameAlias name allowing to use targeted hook
TargetThe term to update
SourceThe term to retrieve fields from
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NameThe term name
SlugThe term slug
TaxonomyThe term taxonomy
ParentThe term parent
DescriptionThe term description
Save ACF fieldsChoose which ACF fields should be saved to this term
Load ACF fieldsChoose which ACF fields should have their values loaded

Validation

By default, there is no validation for this Action. You can use the acf/validate_value hook to validate each fields individually.

To validate the whole form, you can use the acfe/form/validation/term hook and throw errors with the acfe_add_validation_error() function. Usage example:

/*
 * Term Validation
 * 
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $post_id  Post ID (where the form is displayed)
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */
 
action('acfe/form/validation/term',                $form, $post_id, $action);
action('acfe/form/validation/term/form=my-form',   $form, $post_id, $action);
action('acfe/form/validation/term/action=my-term', $form, $post_id, $action);
add_action('acfe/form/validation/term/form=my-form', 'my_form_validation', 10, 3);
function my_form_validation($form, $post_id, $action){
    
    // Get field input value
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    if($my_field === 'Company'){
        
        // Add validation error
        acfe_add_validation_error('my_field', 'The value Company is not allowed');
        
    }
    
}

Prepare

The preparation phase is triggered after the form validation and before its submission. Returning false will stop the Action and go to the next one. Usage example:

/*
 * Term Prepare
 * 
 * @bool    $prepare  True/false
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $post_id  Post ID (where the form is displayed)
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */
 
filter('acfe/form/prepare/term',                $prepare, $form, $post_id, $action);
filter('acfe/form/prepare/term/form=my-form',   $prepare, $form, $post_id, $action);
filter('acfe/form/prepare/term/action=my-post', $prepare, $form, $post_id, $action);
add_filter('acfe/form/prepare/term/form=my-form', 'my_form_prepare', 10, 4);
function my_form_prepare($prepare, $form, $post_id, $action){
    
    // Do not create/update term if user isn't logged in
    if(!is_user_logged_in()){
        
        $prepare = false;
        
    }
    
    // return
    return $prepare;
    
}

Values Source

Alter the term ID where meta values are loaded from. Usage example:

/*
 * Term Values Source
 * 
 * @int     $term_id  Term ID Source
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */

filter('acfe/form/load/term_id',                $term_id, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/load/term_id/form=my-form',   $term_id, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/load/term_id/action=my-term', $term_id, $form, $action);
add_filter('acfe/form/load/term_id/form=my-form', 'my_form_term_source', 10, 3);
function my_form_term_source($term_id, $form, $action){
    
    // Get field input value
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    if($my_field === 'Company'){
    
        // Force to load values from the term ID 15
        $term_id = 15;
    
    }
    
    // return
    return $term_id;
    
}

Term Arguments

Alter the term arguments before database insert/update. Usage example:

/*
 * Term Arguments
 * 
 * @array   $args    Generated term arguments
 * @string  $type    Action type: 'insert_term' or 'update_term'
 * @array   $form    Form settings
 * @string  $action  Action name
 */

filter('acfe/form/submit/term_args',                $args, $type, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/submit/term_args/form=my-form',   $args, $type, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/submit/term_args/action=my-term', $args, $type, $form, $action);
add_filter('acfe/form/submit/term_args/form=my-form', 'my_form_term_args', 10, 4);
function my_form_term_args($args, $type, $form, $action){
    
    /*
     * Get the form input value named 'my_field'
     */
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    if($my_field === 'Company'){
        
        // Change Description
        $args['description'] = 'My term description';
        
    }
    
    /*
     * Get previous Post Action output
     */
    $prev_post_action = acfe_form_get_action('post');
    
    if(!empty($prev_post_action)){
        
        if($prev_post_action['post_title'] === 'Company'){
            
            // Change Description
            $args['description'] = 'My term description';
            
        }
        
    }
    
    // Stop Term save
    // return false;
    
    // return
    return $args;
    
}

Submit

Trigger a custom action after the term was created/updated using the acfe/form/submit/term hook. Usage example:

/*
 * Term Submit
 * 
 * @int     $term_id  Created/Updated term ID
 * @string  $type     Action type: 'insert_term' or 'update_term'
 * @array   $args     Generated term arguments
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */
 
action('acfe/form/submit/term',                $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/submit/term/form=my-form',   $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action);
action('acfe/form/submit/term/action=my-term', $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action);
add_action('acfe/form/submit/term/form=my-form', 'my_form_submit', 10, 5);
function my_form_submit($term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action){
    
    /*
     * Get the form input value named 'my_field'
     */
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');

    if($my_field === 'Company'){
    
        // do_something();

    }

    /*
     * Get previous Post Action output
     */
    $prev_post_action = acfe_form_get_action('post');

    if(!empty($prev_post_action)){
    
        if($prev_post_action['post_title'] === 'Company'){
        
            // do_something();
        
        }

    }
    
}

Output

The Action Output let developers retrieve the action data in a future action within the Form UI or a PHP hook. For example, the Template Tag {action:term:name} will output the latest Term Action “Name” setting.

If the action is named, the Template Tag will use it. Ie: {action:my-term:name}. The equivalent function in PHP is acfe_form_get_action('term').

It is possible to change the output of a Term Action using the acfe/form/output/term filter. Usage example:

/*
 * Term Output
 * 
 * @array   $data     Term information
 * @array   $term_id  Created/Updated term ID
 * @string  $type     Action type: 'insert_term' or 'update_term'
 * @array   $args     Term arguments
 * @array   $form     Form settings
 * @string  $action   Action name
 */
 
filter('acfe/form/output/term',                $data, $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/output/term/form=my-form',   $data, $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action);
filter('acfe/form/output/term/action=my-term', $data, $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action);
add_filter('acfe/form/output/term/form=my-form', 'my_form_output', 10, 6);
function my_form_output($data, $term_id, $type, $args, $form, $action){
    
    /*
     * $data
     *
     * Array
     * (
     * [term_id] => 72
     * [name] => My Term
     * [slug] => my-term
     * [term_group] => 0
     * [term_taxonomy_id] => 72
     * [taxonomy] => category
     * [description] => My description
     * [parent] => 0
     * [count] => 0
     * [filter] => raw
     * [permalink] => /category/my-term
     * [admin_url] => /wp-admin/term.php?tag_ID=72&taxonomy=category
     * )
     */
    
    // Get field input value
    $my_field = get_field('my_field');
    
    if($my_field === 'Company'){
        
        // Set a custom key
        $data['custom_key'] = 'custom_value';
        
    }
    
    // return
    return $data;
    
}