Post expiration: More than one option

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Tagged: Content-submission forms, CRED API, How to build a site with Toolset, Toolset Forms, WooCommerce

This topic contains 5 replies, has 2 voices.

Last updated by heikoS 4 years, 4 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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September 21, 2020 at 7:56 am #1783915

heikoS

Hi,

I set the post expiration to 30 days in general.
In woocommerce I created 4 different priced products. I want to give the user a choice for a post lifetime of 30,60,90,365 days.
For that choice I created a custom field with these numbers and show it in the form as a dropdown.
But how can I assign the different lifetimes of the post for expiration?

September 21, 2020 at 9:30 am #1784075

heikoS

I tried this, but it seems to be not right.

add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',999,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data){
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==86){
 
        //get the value from the field as it appears in the post with the ID from above and assign it to a variable
        $product_id = get_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-laufzeit-der-anzeige', true);
         
        if($product_id == 84){
                $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
     
            }else if($product_id == 93){
                $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 60 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
          
            	}else if($product_id == 94){
                $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 90 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
          
            		}else if($product_id == 95){
              		$timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
            
            }
        update_post_meta($post_id, '_cred_post_expiration_time',  $timestamp);
    }
}

September 21, 2020 at 7:07 pm #1784667

Christian Cox

I tried this, but it seems to be not right.
Hello, can you be more specific about the problem? This statement could mean several things, and I am not clear from your explanation.
- Is the variable expiration timestamp value set in the database, or is the default expiration timestamp set?
- Is the variable expiration timestamp incorrect based on the selected product?
- Is the timestamp correct but the post expiration is not triggered correctly and the post remains published?
- What is wpcf-laufzeit-der-anzeige: is it a custom field created in Types or a generic field inserted in the Form?
- If it is a custom field created in Types, what type of custom field is it?
- If it is not a custom field created in Types, and it is not a generic field, what is it? Is it a custom field from another 3rd-party plugin, or created using custom code? Is it a related post, or a post reference field? Please give all the relevant details.
- Can you turn on server logs and output some debug information? I will review the logs and give you some feedback. If you are not familiar with server logs, I can show you how to activate them temporarily. In a standard wp-config.php file, look for

define('WP_DEBUG', false);

Change it to:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

Then add these lines, just after the WP_DEBUG line:

define('WP_DEBUG_LOG', dirname(__FILE__) . '/error_log.txt');
define( 'WP_DEBUG_DISPLAY', false );
@ini_set( 'display_errors', 0 );
define('WP_DISABLE_FATAL_ERROR_HANDLER',true);

Then you can add error_log statements to your functions.php code and monitor the output when you submit the Form:

add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',999,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data){
    // if a specific form
    error_log('my_save_data_action called');
    if ($form_data['id']==86){
      error_log('form ID is 86');

        //get the value from the field as it appears in the post with the ID from above and assign it to a variable
        $product_id = get_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-laufzeit-der-anzeige', true);
        error_log('product id: ' . $product_id);

        if($product_id == 84){
          $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 30 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
          error_log( 'product ID 84, timestamp: ' . $timestamp);

        }else if($product_id == 93){
          $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 60 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
          error_log( 'product ID 93, timestamp: ' . $timestamp);

        }else if($product_id == 94){
          $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 90 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
          error_log( 'product ID 94, timestamp: ' . $timestamp);

        }else if($product_id == 95){
          $timestamp = current_time('timestamp') + 365 * DAY_IN_SECONDS;
          error_log( 'product ID 95, timestamp: ' . $timestamp);

        }
        error_log('update post meta with timestamp: ' . $timestamp);
        update_post_meta($post_id, '_cred_post_expiration_time',  $timestamp);
    }
}

Please make these changes in your functions.php file and turn on logging in your wp-config.php file, then submit the Form once again to test. After you submit the Form, you should find a file error_log.txt in the root directory of your site, the same directory that contains wp-config.php. If you are using FTP, you may need to click "refresh" to see the new file appear. Download the error_log.txt file and open it with any text editor software. Copy its contents and paste them in your next reply here. I will review the logs and your answers to the questions above, and give you some feedback.

Thank you!

September 22, 2020 at 10:50 am #1785741

heikoS

Hi Christian,

thank you for your time.

- After the checkout is no timestamp stored assigned to this post
- wpc-laufzeit-der-anzeige is a custom field (dropdown) with four options (30,60,90,365)

The server log

[22-Sep-2020 10:46:11 UTC] my_save_data_action called
[22-Sep-2020 10:46:11 UTC] form ID is 86
[22-Sep-2020 10:46:11 UTC] product id: 92
[22-Sep-2020 10:46:11 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: timestamp in /home/www/perfect-feelings/wp-content/themes/zeen-child/functions.php on line 36
[22-Sep-2020 10:46:11 UTC] update post meta with timestamp:
[22-Sep-2020 10:46:11 UTC] PHP Notice: Undefined variable: timestamp in /home/www/perfect-feelings/wp-content/themes/zeen-child/functions.php on line 37
[22-Sep-2020 10:46:33 UTC] PHP Notice: register_rest_route wurde fehlerhaft aufgerufen. Der Definition der REST-API-Route für

codetipi-zeen/v1/sort

fehlt das erforderliche Argument

permission_callback