Populating custom fields with php

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Last updated by Caridad 8 years, 8 months ago.

Assisted by: Minesh.

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August 19, 2015 at 10:34 pm #326459

patricior-2

Hi! I am trying to populate custom fields from a php file.

Currently I am populating my custom fields using a csv import, but not all the data is correctly formatted. I want to add a few filters in my content.php file before displaying the fields so that they are correctly formatted. I already have the filters programmed and can display the correct information. However I haven't found out how to change the information in the types CF's from this php file. The problem now is that I'm displaying the correct information but cant use my search functionality to find it, as its not corrected in the custom fields.

How could I populate a types field from my php file?

August 20, 2015 at 12:12 pm #326619

Caridad

You can use standard WordPress functions to manipulate custom field data:

https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/get_post_meta/
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_post_meta/

The only thing you need to keep in mind is that we prefix the meta key with wpcf-

So for example if your field is called "date" you should use the key "wpcf-date" to get/set its value.

Regards
Caridad

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