[Resolved] How do I choose which record to edit in edit form

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[geoffD]

I have a CPT 'User Will' and I want to go to a new page with an edit form to edit 'User Will' however I want to edit a the first User Will record belonging to that particular logged-in user...How can I achieve this please

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - when you say the first 'User Will' you want to edit - is there any identification that XYZ is the first "USER WILL" belongs to logged in user or there will be only one 'User Will' belongs to each loggedin user?

[geoffD]

Hi Minesh...Good to hear from you...hope you're well...

Yes I have built the site so the user can only create 1 'USER WILL' CPT so I need to go to a new page or template and edit their User Will record

Hope that makes sense...

At the minute the only way I can edit the USER WILL record is via the page of that particular post... The other way is by creating a view list with the record in the list and an edit link next to it..

Best regards

G

[Minesh]

But what is the way to identify that this "User WILL" belongs to the loggein user? Did you set the logggedin user as the "User WILL" post author so we can identify that this "User WILL" belongs to this user?

Can you also tell me where exactly you want to add the Edit form - on which page? Did you created the "User WILL" edit form?

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[geoffD]

I just find the first record of CPT 'User Will' that belongs to (is the author) the current logged in user

[Minesh]

Great - so that means we have a way to find the "User WILL" based on the loggedin user.

Now, Can you also tell me where exactly you want to add the Edit form - on which page? Did you created the "User WILL" edit form?

[geoffD]

Yes exactly...So the logged in user can only create one User Will and it can be found by 1st record of CPT created by current logged in user..

So I have created a page 'section-complete' and on that page I have a CRED form to edit the User will CPT..I just need it to edit the logged in users CPT

Thanks Minesh

[Minesh]

OK - you should try to add the following code to your current theme's functions.php file:

function func_display_will_edit_form() {
  $args = array(
    'post_type'      => 'post-type-slug',
    'author'         => get_current_user_id(),
    'status'         => 'publish',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'fields'=>'ids'
    );
$user_will = get_posts( $args );
return $user_will[0];
}
add_shortcode('display_will_edit_form', 'func_display_will_edit_form'); 

Where:
- Replace 'post-type-slug' with your CPT 'User WILL' slug

Then,
Register the shortcoede "display_will_edit_form" at:
=> Toolset => Settings => Front-end Content => Third-party shortcode arguments

Now, add the form shortcode to your page as given under:

[cred_form form='your-edit-form-slug' post='[display_will_edit_form]']

Where:
- Replace 'your-edit-form-slug' with your original edit form slug.

I think above solution will help you to resolve your issue.

[geoffD]

Thank you Minesh

That's great and seems to be working...the final part of my problem is to redirect to the User Will post page after submitting the form... The form only allows me to redirect to specific named pages rather than the unique dynamic url e.g. your domain.com/user-will/my-user-will

Many thanks Minesh...nearly there

G

New threads created by Minesh and linked to this one are listed below:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/split-how-do-i-choose-which-record-to-edit-in-edit-form-redirect-after-submit/

[Minesh]

Glad to know that the solution I shared help you to resolve your issue. I split the ticket with your new question.

This will help other users searching on the forum as well as help us to write correct resolution summary to which support request originally belongs to. Please feel free to close this ticket and we will continue with the split ticket.