Why doesn't the submitted form submit to database WP? - database

Question

I am trying to submit data, retrieved through a custom form, into the post type 'posts'.
How ever it isn't working. It var_dumps, but it when I go to 'posts' I can see it hasn't been uploaded.
'Posts' is not custom, I also tried doing it through a custom post type which I registered, But it also didn't work.
My formHandler.php:
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
$berichtnaam = $_POST['berichtnaam'];
$categories = array('kat', 'hond', 'slang');
$categorie = $_POST['categorie'];
$foto = $_FILES['foto'];
$bericht = $_POST['bericht'];
$post_content = array($categorie, $bericht);
var_dump($berichtnaam);
var_dump($foto);
var_dump($post_content);
$blog_post = (array(
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_title' => wp_strip_all_tags($berichtnaam),
'post_content' => $post_content
) );
wp_insert_post($blog_post);
}
My form:
<form action="<?php echo get_template_directory_uri()?>/formHandler.php" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="exampleFormControlInput1" class="form-label">Berichtnaam</label>
<input type="text" class="form-control" id="exampleFormControlInput1" placeholder="Geen titel" name="berichtnaam">
</div>
<label for="select-field">Categorie</label>
<select class="form-select form-control" id="select-field" aria-label="Default select example" name="categorie">
<option selected>Geen categorie</option>
<option value="kat">Kat</option>
<option value="hond">Hond</option>
<option value="slang">Slang</option>
</select>
<div class="mb-3" id="file_field">
<label for="uploadFoto" id="input_file">
<i class="fi fi-rr-camera"></i><span id="upload_btn">Kies bestand</span>
</label>
<input type="file" class="form-control" id="uploadFoto" onchange="showFileName()" name="foto">
<p id="fileSelected"></p>
<p id="fileUnSelected"></p>
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label for="formGroupExampleInput2" class="form-label">Bericht</label><br>
<textarea class="form-control" id="formGroupExampleInput2" name="bericht"></textarea>
</div>
<button id="card-L" type="submit" name="submit" value="submit">Bericht aanmaken</button>
</form>
I've tried it like this, which was answered in a similar question:
$blog_post = wp_insert_post(array(
'post_status' => 'publish',
'post_type' => 'post',
'post_title' => wp_strip_all_tags($berichtnaam),
'post_content' => $post_content
) );
$post_type = 'blogpost_vero';
$query = "UPDATE {$wpdb->prefix}posts SET post_type='".$post_type."' WHERE id='".$blog_post."' LIMIT 1";
GLOBAL $wpdb;
$wpdb->query($query);
Note: I am not yet submitting the $_FILES because I had to figure this out yet.
Eventually I want to upload what is submitted through the form and then display this on the home page and blog archive page, inside of cards with a thumbnail. This is not going online, this is just as an exercise for (hopefully) a new workplace
Any help is appreciated greatly! Thanks so much in advance.

Answer 1

I suspect you should do a little more error checking.
Try this:
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $blog_post, true);
if ( is_wp_error( $post_id ) ) {
print_r ( $post_id );
} else {
/* post_id has the ID of the new post */
}
This should help you determine what happened to your post.