[Resolved] combining user fields and post fields on the same custom post

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[grahamA]

Tell us what you are trying to do?
My user creates a new post (front end) - they make some edits and through a cred form they save those edits to the new post. I need to capture a piece of user data to that new post.
I have a custom post that has custom post fields. I need to add a custom user field that I then use a cred form on the front end to update the custom user field default on the individual post.
I do not see any way to include a user field into my custom post and then update it.
Is there any documentation that you are following?

Is there a similar example that we can see?
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[Waqar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Hi,

Thank you for contacting us and I'd be happy to assist.

By default, the user fields can't be used in the post forms, but there is a workaround that you can use.

In your post form, you can include a generic field with the same value options, as the user field.
( ref: https://toolset.com/lesson-placement/lesson-placements-1621521-1620257/ )

After that, you can use a custom function attached to the 'cred_save_data' hook, that executes, when the form is submitted, to save/update that selected generic field's value, as the user field's value:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_user_meta/

You'll find example code snippets for a similar requirement in the following support threads:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/cant-save-generic-field-data-to-custom-user-meta-field/
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/include-user-meta-fields/

I hope this helps and for more personalized assistance around custom code, you can also consider hiring a professional from our list of recommended contractors:
https://toolset.com/contractors/

regards,
Waqar

[grahamA]

Hi. Thanks for your response.
Can I confirm (as I am not a coder). Your documentation on generic field says it 'does not' add it to the post which is what i need. your other links says that it can be added to a user ID meta data but this is not what I need.
Are your other code recommendations going to add the generic field data to the post if I get it coded for me in the way you suggest?

[Waqar Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Karachi (GMT+05:00)]

Your understanding is correct and by default, the generic field values are not saved in the database.

But the custom code approach that I suggested would execute the custom function every time the form will be submitted successfully. That custom function will fetch the value of the generic field and save it as the target user field's value.

Using those example forum threads, you'll be able to adjust the code snippet as per your website. You'll only need to adjust the form ID and the target user field's slug, in the code snippet.

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