[Resolved] Populate Select field for User Meta with values from View (or another CPT)

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[Tristian]

When adding\editing a new user with CRED, I need to select a custom User Meta field called 'company'. The values are generated using a view.

This doesn't allow me to have a 'Select' field:

[cred_field field='company' post='user' value='' urlparam='']

This doesn't allow me to post as User meta for the custom user field 'Company':

[cred_generic_field field='company' type='select' class='' urlparam='']
{
"required":0,
"validate_format":1,
"persist":1,
"default":[],
"options":[ [wpv-view name="cred-companies-as-json-list"] ]
}
[/cred_generic_field]

Essentially I need a solution to select the company name from a drop-down list (generated by a view or some other way) and this be updated in the user meta field 'company'

Thanks for any help!?

[Luo Yang]

Dear Tristian,

In the latest version of Views plugin, shortcode [wpv-layout-start] ... [wpv-layout-end] will output an extra div tag, so you can not the view's result as option of CRED cred_generic_field.

I suggest you try the solution in another thread:
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/i-need-the-ability-to-create-a-loop-without/#post-328540

[Tristian]

Hi Luo,

Thanks - but that is not what I was asking. I have already solved this by removing the extra div with code in my functions.php file.

What I need to know is how to populate 'Select' field values for [cred_field field='company' post='user' value='' urlparam='']

I can get the values working in a JSON format for a cred_generic_field but not a cred_field.

Alternatively, to do things the other way round - how can I make a cred_generic_field save to a cred_field?

Essentially, I need to pre-populate Types Select fields?

Thanks

[Luo Yang]

I suggest you try with CRED action hook cred_save_data to save the cred_generic_field to save it into your database.
https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/cred-api/#csd
This hook allows doing a custom action when post data is saved to database.

If you need update custom user field value, please try with WordPress function update_user_meta
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/update_user_meta

[Tristian]

Unfortunately I am not good at PHP. Would it be possible to provide the code to include in my functions file based on the following:

cred_save_data:
Cred User Form ID: 20
Post Type: User Form
Generic Field Name: user_company

update_user_meta:
$user_id: Record being created
$meta_key: user_company
$meta_value: value from user_company field in form

Would really be appreciated!

[Luo Yang]

Here is the example codes:

add_action('cred_save_data', 'user_company_func',10,2);
function user_company_func($user_id, $form_data)
{
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==20)
    {
        if (isset($_POST['user_company']))
        {
            // add it to saved user meta
            update_user_meta($user_id, 'wpcf-user_company', $_POST['user_company'], true);
        }
    }
}

[Tristian]

Thanks - this worked perfectly