[Resolved] Select JSON options not outputting correctly

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[jamesT-5]

I am trying to: allow a user to select a post author when submitting a cred form.

Link to a page where the issue can be seen: hidden link (choose guest at the top)

I expected to see: a dropdown with current users.

Instead, I got: blank because the view is not outputting correctly.

Hello,

I've folllowed this guide exactly: https://toolset.com/forums/topic/cred-for-to-select-post-author/

The view is outputting the following: {"value":"19","label":"createteam"} and i have put the view in the page as normal at the bottom.

When I paste the output into the options brackets in the CRED form, it does not work.

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - I removed the following code from your functions.php file as its not needed:

add_action('cred_save_data', 'my_save_data_action',10,2);
function my_save_data_action($post_id, $form_data){
// if a specific form
if ($form_data['id']==514){
$my_post = array(
      'ID'           => $post_id,
      'post_author' => $form_data['']
  );
  
// Update the post into the database
  wp_update_post( $my_post );
add_post_meta($post_id, '__my_custom_field', $_POST['my_autor_select'], true);
   
}
}

I've added following view'ss hook to your functions.php file that is used to create raw output for views. please note that raw output views does not support paginations etc..etc as you are set this view to output raw text content.

add_filter( 'wpv_filter_wpv_view_shortcode_output', 'prefix_clean_view_output', 5, 2 );
 function prefix_clean_view_output( $out, $id ) {
if ( $id == '522' ) { //Change this to your View ID
$start = strpos( $out, '<!-- wpv-loop-start -->' );
if ( 
$start !== false
&& strrpos( $out, '<!-- wpv-loop-end -->', $start ) !== false
) {
$start = $start + strlen( '<!-- wpv-loop-start -->' );
$out = substr( $out , $start );
$end = strrpos( $out, '<!-- wpv-loop-end -->' );
$out = substr( $out, 0, $end );
}
}
return $out;
}

Now, with your CRED form I've change the generic field name to some meaningful name as: wpv_author_id

[cred_generic_field field="wpv_author_id" type="select" class="" urlparam=""]{
"required":0,
"validate_format":0,
"persist":1,
"default":[],
"options":[[wpv-view name='author-list']]
}
[/cred_generic_field]

Now, whenever you will save the form, it will save the author ID with post meta key = wpv_author_id

If you will check the URL - I can see the dropdown working fine:
=> hidden link

Could you please confirm you are able to see the dropdown as well.

[jamesT-5]

Thanks Minesh! I have just had a look and the drop down is now populating, but only with a single user result. I've looked through the query and it should be outputting all of the users - there's no further filter as it's set to "All Roles".

The workaround to get this functionality working is quite complex when Types is designed to avoid writing PHP, is there a plan to make this more user-friendly in future or perhaps a parameter for the views shortcode raw=true perhaps?

Thanks,

James

[Minesh]

Well - I changed your view's loop as given under:

<wpv-loop>[wpv-item index=1]{"value":"[wpv-user field="ID"]","label":"[wpv-user field="nickname"]"}[wpv-item index=other],{"value":"[wpv-user field="ID"]","label":"[wpv-user field="nickname"]"}</wpv-loop>

When I visit the link you shared - I can see all users now - could you please check and confirm it works at your end as well:
hidden link

more user-friendly in future or perhaps a parameter for the views shortcode raw=true perhaps:
==> We already filed a feature request for this and you will see this will be implemented in near future.

[Minesh]

Could you please confirm - now you can see all users with dropdown.

[jamesT-5]

Thanks very much for your help, I can see it now!