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Using ACF Custom Database Tables in conjunction with the Gravity Forms Advanced Post Creation Add-on

The Gravity Forms post creation add-on doesn't appear to use ACF's API functions in order to save post meta on newly created posts. It's likely using core meta functions such as update_post_meta() instead of ACF's update_field() and in doing so, the ACF Custom Database Tables plugin doesn't have a chance to intercept the call and store the data in the appropriate custom database table.

In order to make the plugins work together, it's necessary to hook into the post creation process and save the field values using ACF's update_field() function. This will allow ACF Custom Database Tables to locate the appropriate custom DB table and store data there.

An example of this is provided in the below snippets and is based on the Gravity Forms documented approach [here](https://docs.gra

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<?php

namespace PhilKurth;

use WP_Error;

/**
 * Class adds a simple math equation to the registration form in order to help combat SPAM submissions.
 */
class SimpleWooRegistrationSpamFilter {

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<?php

add_action( 'admin_post_acf_sync', function () {

	$field_groups = acf_get_field_groups();

	// Apply our callback to all field groups
	array_map( function ( $field_group ) {

		// Load up the fields on the field group.

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<?php

// Add this in your wp-config.php file
define('ACF_PRO_LICENSE', '{YOUR LICENSE KEY HERE}' );

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<?php

// The field accepts a value with this structure
$value = [
	'address' => '123 Example St, Townsville XYZ 1234, Country',
	'lat' => - 38.1486228,
	'lng' => 144.360414,
	'zoom' => 14,
	'place_id' => 'Ei0xMjMgTW9vcmFib29sIFN0LCBHZWVsb25nIFZJQyAzMjIwLCBBdXN0cmFsaWEiMBIuChQKEgmX0JaIHBTUahFyH_LC9sYD8hB7KhQKEglDz-DYDxTUahECZY8QisCjzg',
	'street_number' => 123,

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<?php

add_action( 'rest_api_init', function () {
	
	register_rest_route( 'my-namespace/v1', 'some/route', [
			'methods' => [ 'GET' ],
			'permission_callback' => '__return_true',
			'callback' => function () {
				// You can return arrays or objects here — WordPress will
				// format them for output as JSON.

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<?php

advanced_form( 'form_61806dc10891f', [
  'exclude_fields' => [ 
    'field_61806e15ca267',
    'email',
  ]
] );

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<?php

// A simple example of using filemtime() to version enqueued assets with their
// last modified time. 
add_action( 'wp_enqueue_scripts', function () {

	wp_register_style(
		'styles',
		get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/style.css',
		[],

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<?php

// This will replace the 'wp-json' REST API prefix with 'api'.
// Be sure to flush your rewrite rules for this change to work.
add_filter( 'rest_url_prefix', function () {
	return 'api';
} );

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<?php
// In a post/page template, loop over the ACF flexible field layouts and load the partial
// responsible for rendering the layout. 
while ( the_flexible_field('my_flexi_field') ) {
	get_template_part( 'components/'. get_row_layout() );
}