Pull Hidden Field Values From DB

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Last updated by Luo Yang 5 years, 8 months ago.

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April 25, 2019 at 9:56 pm #1235894

bradC-8

I'm not a developer...may not explain this perfectly. We're setting up a form for scheduling services that will create a custom post when submitted. We have hidden fields, like ClientID and DivisionID (latter is the division name within the client's company) that we would like to pull from "somewhere" and pass along in hidden fields when the form is submitted.

I was able to do this with CPT-UI and ACF in the past...how do I do so with Toolset?

April 26, 2019 at 3:48 am #1235942

Luo Yang

Hello,

I suggest you try with action hook "cred_save_data". For example,
1) when user submit the your post form, use action hook "cred_save_data" to trigger a custom PHP function:
https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data

2) In this PHP function, get the field values: hidden fields, like ClientID and DivisionID:
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_post_meta

And save them into database:
https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/update_post_meta/