php - wp_insert_post with a form -

<?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 out form , worked fine. somereason cant seem work form. ideas?

also supposed go in action form?

thanks help.

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);      // redirect 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 name new_post , value of 0 add post. no action needed form, should keep php part on top of header.