[Resolved] select box with users' custom fields

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[Ido Angel]

hey,
i'm using this in a view to filter posts by author:

add_shortcode("admin-list-of-authors", "admin_list_of_authors");
function admin_list_of_authors() {
  $out = '<option value="">--choose--</option>';
  $users = get_users();
  foreach ($users as $user) {
    $out .= '<option value="' . $user->ID . '">' . $user->display_name . '</a>';
  }
  return $out;
}

It works great - but is there an option to show not the display_name, but a custom field? such as my clinic-name? when I insert this instead of "display_name" i get nothing.

thx!

[Waqar]

Hi Ido,

Thanks for asking! I'd be happy to help.

To get the value of a user's custom field through his/her ID, you can use "types_render_usermeta" function, from Types Fields API:
https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/

Example:

$field_value = types_render_usermeta( "clinic-name", array( "user_current" => false, "user_id" => $user->ID ));

You can use this inside your shortcode's loop and you'll have the field's value for the current user in "$field_value".

I hope this helps and please let me know if you need any further assistance around this.

regards,
Waqar

[Ido Angel]

thx Waqar!

I'm not trying to get the current user, I'm trying to get a list of all users.
It worked before, the only thing that I wanted to change was that the options in the select box will display not the username, but the custom field "clinic-name").

I tried:

add_shortcode("list-of-authors", "list_of_authors");
function list_of_authors() {
	$field_value = types_render_usermeta( "clinic-name", array( "user_current" => false, "user_id" => $user->ID ));
  $out = '<option value="">כולם</option>';
  $users = get_users();
  foreach ($users as $user) {
    $out .= '<option value="' . $user->ID . '">' . $field_value . '</a>';
  }
  return $out;
}

But that gives me only the current user.

What did I do wrong?
Thx!

Ido

[Waqar]

Hi Ido,

Thanks for writing back and sorry if my message caused confusion.

When I wrote "You can use this inside your shortcode's loop", I meant inside the "foreach { ... }" block.
( screenshot: hidden link )

That "foreach" block is cycling through the user's list one user per iteration, which means that in each loop's iteration "$user->ID" will return the ID of a different user in that list.
( this is what I referred to as the current user and not the currently logged-in user )

Note: with the current position of $field_value, you're only getting currently logged-in user's value because at that point $user->ID is not defined and "user_id" gets a blank value, and the "types_render_usermeta" function falls back to return the value from the currently logged-in user.

I hope this clarfies.

regards,
Waqar

[Ido Angel]

Perfect, Waqar - thx! works like a charm 🙂