[Resolved] Render "Display text" vs "Custom field content" in PHP

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[LandruF8417]

How can I choose to display the value from "Display Text" from a select input field?

If I use the following code in Views, It returns "GA":
[types field="state" id="$locations"][/types].

If I use the following code in PHP, it returns "Georgia":
$postid = get_the_ID();
$parent_location = toolset_get_related_post( $postid, array( 'locations', 'career-opportunity' ) );
echo '<span>' . get_post_meta($parent_location, 'wpcf-state', true) . '</span>';

I would like to display "GA" instead of "Georgia" in PHP.

Thanks

[Mateus Getulio]

Hey there,

Thank you for contacting our support.

Can you try the following code to see if it helps you achieving what you need?

$postid = get_the_ID();
$parent_location = toolset_get_related_post($postid, array('locations', 'career-opportunity'));
$state_full = get_post_meta($parent_location, 'wpcf-state', true);

// Create an associative array to map full state names to abbreviations
$state_mappings = array(
    'Alabama' => 'AL',
    'Alaska' => 'AK',
    // Add more state mappings here...
    'Georgia' => 'GA',
    'Wyoming' => 'WY'
);

// Check if the state name exists in the mappings array
if (isset($state_mappings[$state_full])) {
    $state_abbreviation = $state_mappings[$state_full];
    echo '<span>' . $state_abbreviation . '</span>';
} else {
    // If the state name is not found in the mappings array, just display the original value
    echo '<span>' . $state_full . '</span>';
}

You might need to complete the mapping with the other states and eventually change the code to better suit your needs;

Please give it a try and tell us the results.

Best,

[LandruF8417]

Thanks Mateus, but Is there a more simple solution for this? I'm looking to update several single post templates with several locations but don't want to add alot of code to each page templates.

What is the difference between "Display Text" and "Custom field content" and why does it return different results in View vs PHP?

[Mateus Getulio]

Hello there,

I checked it and in fact there's a much simpler way of doing it. Firstly, please check our documentation on working with the Toolset Select input with PHP: https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/#select

Instead of using 'get_post_meta' you'd need to use 'types_render_field'. Then you can change the behavior of the function to either echo the display text or the field content as per your need.

For example:

If you set the parameter 'show_name' to false or omit this param, it should echo out the display text which in this case would be 'GA':

<?php echo(types_render_field("state", array('show_name' => 'true'))); ?>

Or, setting 'show_name' as true should bring the field content 'Georgia':

<?php echo(types_render_field("state", array('show_name' => 'true'))); ?>

Can you please give it a try using types_render_field instead and tell us if you achieved what you wanted?

Thank you, please let us know.

[LandruF8417]

Hi Mateus, I made several attempts to get this to work but none took effect. Can you update your code to work with related posts? I'm not sure why its not working.

As I mentioned in my original requests, this is my original working code that results in "Georgia":

$postid = get_the_ID();
$parent_location = toolset_get_related_post( $postid, array( 'locations', 'career-opportunity' ) );
echo '<span>' . get_post_meta($parent_location, 'wpcf-state', true) . '</span>';

Can you provide an updated code that will work to display "GA"?

I have tried the following but did not display any value:

echo types_render_field($parent_location, 'state', true );
echo types_render_field($parent_location, 'state', array('show_name' => 'true'));
echo (types_render_field($parent_location, "state", array('show_name' => 'true'))) ;
echo (types_render_field("state", array('show_name' => 'true')));

[Mateus Getulio]

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[Mateus Getulio]

Hey there,

I checked it and the code wasn't working initially because that template was referring to state using the function 'toolset_get_related_post'.

To fix it, I used the variable $parent_location to feed types_render_field passing it as an item in the array.

Please try the following code and tell me the results:

	echo(types_render_field("state", array('show_name' => 'false', "item" => $parent_location))); 

I tested it in the package you provided us with and it worked fine in my tests.

Thank you, please let us know.

Mateus

[LandruF8417]

Thanks Mateus, that worked!