Hello I am trying to populate a generic field (select) with results from a View and I can't figure it out. Once I put the shortcode in the post form, just the data appears but no dropdown. See screenshot names problem.png.
I tried following along with these two resolved tickets but could not get it to work:
I'm also including a screenshot of that (form.png)
The View (smartlinkchecklist) that it is referencing uses the logged in users ID to populate just that particular users "Experiences". The loop code looks like this:
do you see it working, if yes, the different is that we added the space before and after the view shortcode you added as options attribute source as you can see above.
Thank you for looking into that but it has gotten worse 🙁
Now when I visit another SmartLink URL, like this one: hidden link it is all white HOWEVER when I deactivate the smartlinkcheck1script it comes back BUT it is already on Step 2 (completely bypassing the PIN check.
See attached screenshots (named appropriately).
Can you get the Step 1 PIN page back AND the dropdown of experiences on Page 2?
That code is there to NOT show any results when the page loads so the person can (on Step 1) enter the correct PIN... and only one result would display (this would be Step 2 where the person selected their Experience from the dropdown menu) if the correct PIN was entered.
The [wpv-no-items-found] part of the "smartlinkcheck1" View acts as a way to check if the person knows the correct PIN number.
Does that help?
Is there a different / better way to accomplish this?
When I checked the code you added and added a print_r() to check what results the view ID 19 offers:
function tssupp_no_initial_results( $query_results, $view_settings, $view_id ){
$target_views = array( 19 ); // Edit to add IDs of Views to add this to
if ( in_array( $view_id, $target_views ) ) {
echo "<pre>";
print_r($query_results);
exit;
// is there a filter set?
if ( !isset( $query_results->query['meta_query'] ) && !isset( $query_results->query['tax_query'] ) && !isset( $query_results->query['s'] ) ) {
$query_results->posts = array();
$query_results->post_count = 0;
}
}
return $query_results;
}
add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query_post_process', 'tssupp_no_initial_results', 99, 3 );
It does have one result as you can see:
- hidden link
You can remove the break point code I've added once you verify it.
echo "<pre>";
print_r($query_results);
exit;
Even though it has result but your have set the if condition to check meta_query and tax_query and search (s) as if condition becomes true you are setting the results of view to none as you can see with the code you added above.
Thanks for the update. Maybe it's best if I describe what was happening.
SCREEN A) When any SmartLink url (like this one hidden link) loads the "smartlinkcheck1" View does NOT find any results because the Query Filter is looking at the URL for a parameter named "checkpin" and there isn't one yet... so it displays the "no results found" message. This message (which typically says something like "No results found") has a little intro message and a box for the person to enter in a PIN.
NOTE: The user must be logged in
SCREEN B) Once the person types in the PIN (like "4321", they have this PIN on a physical card in their hand) the forms reloads the page and puts that PIN in the URL as a variable for "checkpin". The View now finds 1 result which displays the "Loop item in smartlinkcheck1" which now includes the CRED form [cred_form form='slconfig'].
It was at this point where I submitted my original ticket.
I could not get the [cred_generic_field type='select' field='wpcf-slexperience'] to display the Experiences that this user has added.
Currently SCREEN A is no longer functioning (it is now just a white screen).
I added "THIS IS SCREEN B" and "THIS IS SCREEN B" to the "smartlinkcheck1" View to demonstrate.
The Settings > Custom Code > smartlinkcheck1script was there to just not show any results UNLESS there is a filter (URL variable in this case) is provided. This was working.
Does that explanation help?
My ticket request was to simply get the dropdown [cred_generic_field type='select' field='wpcf-slexperience'] to display the Experiences that this user has added.
To display no results when there is no URL param set namely "checkpin", I used the "wpv_filter_query" hook and if there is no URL param set in the URL with name "checkpin" I just set to display post__in to 0. as you can see with the following code:
I've changed the code to "Custom Code" section as given under:
function func_set_view_result_empty_no_url_param( $query_args, $view_settings, $view_id ){
$target_views = array( 19 ); // Edit to add IDs of Views to add this to
if ( in_array( $view_id, $target_views) and !isset($_GET['checkpin']) ) {
$query_args['post__in'] = array(0);
}
return $query_args;
}
add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query', 'func_set_view_result_empty_no_url_param', 10, 3 );
Then, to display the view as source of the generic field as shared before, I used the following view:
function func_filter_by_shortcode_attribute( $query, $view_settings, $vid ){
global $current_user;
$target_view_ids = array( 39 ); // Edit to add IDs of Views to add this to
if ( in_array( $vid, $target_view_ids ) ) {
$query['meta_query'][0]['value'] = $current_user->ID;
}
return $query;
}
add_filter( 'wpv_filter_query', 'func_filter_by_shortcode_attribute', 99, 3 );
I would also say there is hard caching is on with your server maybe due to WP Engine as when I make change it reflects after 10-20 mins or so.
I can see the dropdown is generated as expected: hidden link
Screenshot: hidden link
