[Resolved] How to Get Child Post Fields to Inherit Values of Parent Post Fields by Default

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[jonB-5]

To confirm, if one of the repeating field values matches the current user ID the function should return a value of 'true'

Do please let me know how that would be implemented

[Minesh]

Well - what you are going to store with repeating field value - user ID?

as repeating field will be saved with postmeta table and it will have post_id, meta_key and meta_value.

[jonB-5]

Ah my apologies, I'm forgetting this is separate from the thread about setting up that field.

The repeating field values will be specific user ids, selected from a dynamically generated list.

If you go to the thread at https://toolset.com/forums/topic/dynamic-checkboxes-field-to-associate-users-with-custom-posts-created-in-cred/ you will see how these field values are generated.

I hope that helps, though do let me know if you need further clarification

[Minesh]

so the field that holds the user ID is "wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller"?

If yes - then:

function func_check_authorize_user() {
	$current_user_id = get_current_user_id();
$user_ids = get_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller');
  
        foreach($user_ids as $k=>$v):
             if($v==$current_user_id){
               return 1;
             }
        endforeach;
     
        return 0;
}
add_shortcode( 'check_authorize_user', 'func_check_authorize_user');

now, to use above shortcode with [wpv-conditional] shortcode - you need to register the "check_authorize_user" shortcode at:
=> Toolset => Settings => Frontend content tab => Third-party shortcode arguments section

now, you can use above shortcode as:

[wpv-conditional if="( '[check_authorize_user]' eq  '1')"]
user ID  found in repeating field with post meta 
[/wpv-conditional]

[wpv-conditional if="( '[check_authorize_user]' eq  '0')"]
user ID NOT found in repeating field with post meta 
[/wpv-conditional]

[jonB-5]

Great, this has worked - I just have one loose end to solve, as follows...

Currently the Authorised Resellers are selected through two CRED forms (New Vessel and Edit Vessel)

I have found that if I use the Edit Vessel form to un-select a Reseller, the field value is not removed from the Vessel CPT.

Can you advise on how to make this possible?

The current code is as below...

// New Vessel CRED Form - Save Authorised Resellers to CPT
add_action('cred_save_data', 'new_vessel_save_authorised_reseller',10,2);
function new_vessel_save_authorised_reseller($post_id, $form_data)
{
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==193)
        
    {
        $vals= isset( $_POST["vessel-authorised-reseller"] ) ? $_POST["vessel-authorised-reseller"] : array();
        foreach($vals as $val) {
          add_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller', $val, false);
        }      
    }
}

// Edit Vessel CRED Form - Save Authorised Resellers to CPT
add_action('cred_save_data', 'edit_vessel_save_authorised_reseller',10,2);
function edit_vessel_save_authorised_reseller($post_id, $form_data)
{
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==208)
        
    {
        $vals= isset( $_POST["vessel-authorised-reseller"] ) ? $_POST["vessel-authorised-reseller"] : array();
        foreach($vals as $val) {
          add_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller', $val, false);
        }      
    }
}

[Minesh]

Could you please try following code:

// Edit Vessel CRED Form - Save Authorised Resellers to CPT
add_action('cred_save_data', 'edit_vessel_save_authorised_reseller',10,2);
function edit_vessel_save_authorised_reseller($post_id, $form_data)
{
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==208){
        delete_post_meta($post_id,"wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller");
        $vals= isset( $_POST["vessel-authorised-reseller"] ) ? $_POST["vessel-authorised-reseller"] : array();
        
        foreach($vals as $val) {
          add_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller', $val, false);
        }      
    }
}

I've added following line to above code that should delete all post meta related post meta key "wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller" to post ID.

delete_post_meta($post_id,"wpcf-vessel-authorised-reseller");

I hope this resolves all your issues 🙂

[Minesh]

I hope the solution I shared is working for you and help you to resolve your issue. 🙂 If yes - could you please mark ticket as resolved 🙂

[jonB-5]

This has worked, thank you for your help!