Can't populate custom fields

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Last updated by Shane 4 years, 11 months ago.

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August 28, 2020 at 12:10 pm #1760309

marcelB-2

Tell us what you are trying to do?
Trying to populate custom fields via update_post_meta

Is there any documentation that you are following?
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/updating-types-fields-using-php/

Is there a similar example that we can see?
See the image, instead of updating toolset's fields, it just created a new standard custom field.

What is the link to your site?
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August 28, 2020 at 2:17 pm #1760425

Shane

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Hi Marcel,

Thank you for getting in touch.

Can you share your code with me so that I can have a look ?

Also when using the update_post_meta() function you need to specify the custom field made in types using the "wpcf-" prefix added onto the slug.

For example if you have a field called "Order Number" and the slug is "order-num" then to populate the field correctly in the database you will need to use the slug "wpcf-order-num".

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane