<p>I got it to work by adding the below at line 182 of GuestEntriesController.php</p>

<pre><code>        $entry-&gt;id = craft()-&gt;request-&gt;getPost('entryId');
</code></pre>

<p>Then I added a hidden field with the current entries id in the template.</p>

<pre><code>&lt;input type="hidden" name="entryId" value="{{ entry.id }}"&gt;
</code></pre>

<p>I don't know if this is the best way to do it but it seems to be working. If this is going to cause issuees or there is a better way to do it let me know and I will swap my fix out with yours. </p>

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<p>I am using the GuestEntries (<a href="https://github.com/pixelandtonic/GuestEntries" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/pixelandtonic/GuestEntries</a>) Plugin to try to allow guests to update entries. I have it working to where a guest can come to the page and fill out the form but unfortunately it is creating a new entry rather than editing the existing one. </p>

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Guest Entries creating new entry instead of editing the current one
# Guest Entries creating new entry instead of editing the current one

(Asked by: username_0 on 2016-07-07)

I am using the GuestEntries (<https://github.com/pixelandtonic/GuestEntries>) Plugin to try to allow guests to update entries. I have it working to where a guest can come to the page and fill out the form but unfortunately it is creating a new entry rather than editing the existing one.

**Tags:** guest-entries, plugin-guestentries


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_0 on 2016-07-07. Score: 3

I got it to work by adding the below at line 182 of GuestEntriesController.php
        $entry->id = craft()->request->getPost('entryId');

Then I added a hidden field with the current entries id in the template.


I don't know if this is the best way to do it but it seems to be working. If this is going to cause issuees or there is a better way to do it let me know and I will swap my fix out with yours.


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