Create a post automatically with contact form 7 submission

Create a post with contact form 7 (wpcf7)

add_action( 'wpcf7_before_send_mail', 'fordwich_create_post_after_cf7' );

/**
 * Do stuff for my contact form form. This function shouldn't return aything
 * 
 * @param WPCF7_ContactForm $contact_form wpcf7 object, passed by refference
 */
function fordwich_create_post_after_cf7( $WPCF7_ContactForm ) {

    // Not my desired form? bail
    if ( 5 == $WPCF7_ContactForm->id() ) {

    	//Get current form
        $wpcf7      = WPCF7_ContactForm::get_current();

        // get current SUBMISSION instance
        $submission = WPCF7_Submission::get_instance();

        // Ok go forward
        if ($submission) {

            // get submission data
            $data = $submission->get_posted_data();
	        $uploaded_files = $submission->uploaded_files(); // this allows you access to the upload file in the temp location
		    
            // nothing's here... do nothing...
            if (empty($data))
                return;

            $title = isset($data['title']) ? $data['title'] : "";
            $content = isset($data['your-message']) ? $data['your-message'] : "";
            $reason = isset($data['your-reason']) ? $data['your-reason'] : "";

            if ( $reason == 'You want to publish' ) :

            $admin_email = get_option( 'admin_email' );
           	$user = get_user_by( 'email', $admin_email );
           	$user_id = $user->ID;

           	$my_post = array(
			    'post_type'    => 'post',
			    'post_status'   => 'pending',
			);

			if ( !empty($title) ) {
				$my_post['post_title'] = wp_strip_all_tags( $title );
			}

			if ( !empty($content) ) {
				$my_post['post_content'] = $content;
			}

			if ( !empty($user_id) ) {
				$my_post['post_author'] = $user_id;
			}
			 
			// Insert the post into the database
			$the_post_id = wp_insert_post( $my_post );

			if ( $the_post_id ) {
				 // We need to get the CF7 field name from FILE
			    $cf7_file_field_name = 'your-files'; // [file uploadyourfile]

			    //Do the magic the same as the refer link above
			    $image_name = $data['your-files'];
			    $image_location = $uploaded_files['your-files'];
			    $image_content = file_get_contents($image_location);
			    $wud = wp_upload_dir();
			    $upload = wp_upload_bits($image_name, null, $image_content);
			    $chemin_final = $upload['url'];
			    $filename = $upload['file'];
			    if ($filename > '') {
			        require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/admin.php');
			        $wp_filetype = wp_check_filetype(basename($filename), null);
			        $attachment = array(
			            'post_mime_type' => $wp_filetype['type'],
			            'post_title' => preg_replace('/\.[^.]+$/', '', basename($filename)),
			            'post_content' => '',
			            'post_status' => 'inherit'
			        );
			        $attach_id = wp_insert_attachment($attachment, $filename, $the_post_id);
			        require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/image.php');
			        $attach_data = wp_generate_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $filename);
			        wp_update_attachment_metadata($attach_id, $attach_data);
			        //Define the new Thumbnail can be also a ACF field
			        update_post_meta($the_post_id, "_thumbnail_id", $attach_id);
			    }
			}

			endif;	// if reason

		    // return current cf7 instance
            return $wpcf7;
        }
    }
    // Do stuff for my contact form
}