wp_insert_post with a form

Question

<?php

$submitted = $_POST['submit'];
$post-title= $_POST['post_title'];
$post-content= $_POST['post_content'];


$new_post = array(
            'post_title' => '$post-title',
            'post_content' => '$post-content',
            'post_status' => 'publish',
            'post_author' => $user_ID,

        );
if(isset($submitted)){
wp_insert_post($new_post);
}

?>

<form method="post" action=" "> 
<input type="text" name="post_title" size="45" id="input-title"/>

<textarea rows="5" name="post_content" cols="66" id="text-desc"></textarea> 


<input type="hidden" name="cat" value="7,100"/> 

<input class="subput round" type="submit" name="submit" value="Post"/>
</form>

I tested it with out the form and it worked fine. but for somereason i cant seem to get it to work with the form. any ideas?

also what is supposed to go in the action for the form?

thanks for the help.

Answer 1

leave the form action blank means it will flow form data from entry point of application to the current url in address bar

<form method="post" action=""> 

Thanks

Answer 2

This should work.

<?php 
if(isset($_POST['new_post']) == '1') {
    $post_title = $_POST['post_title'];
    $post_category = $_POST['cat'];
    $post_content = $_POST['post_content'];

    $new_post = array(
          'ID' => '',
          'post_author' => $user->ID, 
          'post_category' => array($post_category),
          'post_content' => $post_content, 
          'post_title' => $post_title,
          'post_status' => 'publish'
        );

    $post_id = wp_insert_post($new_post);

    // This will redirect you to the newly created post
    $post = get_post($post_id);
    wp_redirect($post->guid);
}      
?>      

<form method="post" action=""> 
    <input type="text" name="post_title" size="45" id="input-title"/>
    <?php wp_dropdown_categories('orderby=name&hide_empty=0&exclude=1&hierarchical=1'); ?>
    <textarea rows="5" name="post_content" cols="66" id="text-desc"></textarea> 
    <input type="hidden" name="new_post" value="1"/> 
    <input class="subput round" type="submit" name="submit" value="Post"/>
</form>

If input with name new_post and value of 0 then add the post. No action needed for the form, but you should keep the PHP part on the top of the header.