[Resolved] Saving repeating field group with generic fields

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[Timothy]

Hi,

I'm trying to save a repeating field group using generic fields in a User Form to a cpt.

I have a repeating field group called Coach Education with has 3 fields (Coach School Name, Coach Degree, Coach Year Graduated). And I have a User Form in the link below that creates a new user and a Coach cpt. The form also uses generic fields to create populate the Coach cpt custom fields.

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I've tried to use Generic fields to populate this repeating field group but it is not working. Is this a limitation in toolset?

In my form I have these 3 generic fields:

     <label>School Name</label>
    
      [cred_generic_field type='textfield' field='coach-school-name']
      {
      "required":0,
      "validate_format":0,
      "default":""
      }
      [/cred_generic_field]
  </div>
  
    <div class="col-sm-5 formspacer ">
    <label>Degree</label>
      [cred_generic_field type='textfield' field='coach-school-degree']
      {
      "required":0,
      "validate_format":0,
      "default":""
      }
      [/cred_generic_field]
  </div>
  
   <div class="col-sm-2 formspacer ">
    <label>Year Graduated</label>
      [cred_generic_field type='numeric' field='coach-year-graduated']
      {
      "required":0,
      "validate_format":0,
      "default":""
      }
      [/cred_generic_field]
  </div>

And this is what I have in functions.php:

add_action('cred_save_data', 'save_coach_cpt_init',10,2);

function save_coach_cpt_init($post_id, $form_data) {

	if ($form_data['id']==127)
    {
	    $post_id = wp_insert_post( array(
	                    'post_status' => 'publish',
	                    'post_type' => 'coach',
			               'post_author' => $post_id,
	                    'post_title' => $_POST['first_name'].' '.$_POST['last_name'],
	                    'post_content' => ''
	                ) );
	    update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-first-name', $_POST['first_name']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-last-name', $_POST['last_name']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-email', $_POST['user_email']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-street-address', $_POST['coach-street-address']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-phone', $_POST['coach-phone']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-website', $_POST['coach-website']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-zip-code', $_POST['coach-zip-code']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-description', $_POST['coach-description']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-gender', $_POST['coach-gender']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-video', $_POST['coach-video']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-specialties', $_POST['coach-specialties']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-years-practicing', $_POST['years-practicing']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-photo', $_POST['coach-photo']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coaching-certificate-image', $_POST['coaching-certificate-image']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-certificate', $_POST['coach-certificate']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-training-qualifications-experience', $_POST['training-qualifications-experience']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-street-address', $_POST['coach-street-address']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-state', $_POST['coach-state']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-city', $_POST['coach-city']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-linkedin-profile', $_POST['coach-linkedin-profile']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-education', $_POST['coach-education']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-fee', $_POST['coach-fee']);
		
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-school-name', $_POST['coach-school-name']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-school-degree', $_POST['coach-school-degree']);
		update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-year-graduated', $_POST['coach-year-graduated']);
		
		wp_set_post_terms( $post_id, $_POST['coach-specialties'], 'coach-specialty');

	}
}

Thanks,

Tim

[Shane]

Hi Timothy,

Thanks for getting in touch. The repeatable field groups are actually liked like in my example below.
https://toolset.com/forums/topic/saving-repeatable-field-group/#post-1188112

Thanks,
Shane

[Timothy]

Thanks, I think I'm close, this is what I have now, but it's giving a Fatal Error when I submit the form:

"Fatal error: Uncaught InvalidArgumentException: The parent must be a post ID or a WP_Post instance."

add_action('cred_save_data', 'save_coach_rfg',10,2);
 function save_coach_rfg($post_id, $form_data) {
	if ($form_data['id']==127)    {

//Create a new Repeating Field Group Item
   $new_rfg = array(
     'post_title'    => 'New Education Item',
     'post_status'   => 'publish',
     'post_type' => 'coach-education'
   );

  $new_rfg_id = wp_insert_post( $new_rfg );
  //Add Fields to the RFG
   update_post_meta($new_rfg_id , 'wpcf-coach-school-name', $_POST['coach-school-name']);
   update_post_meta($new_rfg_id , 'wpcf-coach-degree', $_POST['coach-degree']);
   update_post_meta($new_rfg_id , 'wpcf-coach-year-graduated', $_POST['coach-year-graduated']);

  //Now connect the new RFG to a Post
    toolset_connect_posts('coach-education', $coach_post->ID, $post_id);

	}
}

[Shane]

Hi Timothy,

The issue is actually here

    toolset_connect_posts('coach-education', $coach_post->ID, $post_id);

Not sure where you are getting the $coach_post->ID from since there isn't any reference to it.

I also suggest you come the code to this function that you've already created.

The reason being that you will need the ID of the post that was created as well as the id of the RFG. So the idea would be like this.

function save_coach_cpt_init($post_id, $form_data) {
 
    if ($form_data['id']==127)
    {
        $post_id = wp_insert_post( array(
                        'post_status' => 'publish',
                        'post_type' => 'coach',
                        'post_title' => $_POST['first_name'],
                        'post_content' => ''
                    ) );
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-first-name', $_POST['first_name']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-last-name', $_POST['last_name']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-email', $_POST['user_email']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-street-address', $_POST['coach-street-address']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-phone', $_POST['coach-phone']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-website', $_POST['coach-website']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-zip-code', $_POST['coach-zip-code']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-description', $_POST['coach-description']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-gender', $_POST['coach-gender']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-video', $_POST['coach-video']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-specialties', $_POST['coach-specialties']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-years-practicing', $_POST['years-practicing']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-photo', $_POST['coach-photo']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coaching-certificate-image', $_POST['coaching-certificate-image']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-certificate', $_POST['coach-certificate']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-training-qualifications-experience', $_POST['training-qualifications-experience']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-street-address', $_POST['coach-street-address']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-state', $_POST['coach-state']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-city', $_POST['coach-city']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-linkedin-profile', $_POST['coach-linkedin-profile']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-education', $_POST['coach-education']);
        update_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-coach-fee', $_POST['coach-fee']);

//Create a new Repeating Field Group Item
   $new_rfg = array(
     'post_title'    => 'New Education Item',
     'post_status'   => 'publish',
     'post_type' => 'coach-education'
   );
 
  $new_rfg_id = wp_insert_post( $new_rfg );
  //Add Fields to the RFG
   update_post_meta($new_rfg_id , 'wpcf-coach-school-name', $_POST['coach-school-name']);
   update_post_meta($new_rfg_id , 'wpcf-coach-degree', $_POST['coach-degree']);
   update_post_meta($new_rfg_id , 'wpcf-coach-year-graduated', $_POST['coach-year-graduated']);
 
  //Now connect the new RFG to a Post
    toolset_connect_posts('coach-education', $post_id, $new_rfg_id);
 
    }
}

Please try this and let me know.

Thanks,
Shane

[Timothy]

That works perfectly.

Thanks,

Tim