[Resolved] Select parent field using generic form generic select and connect parent

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[Greig Neilson]

I have a CRED form that I'm using to create a post and in doing select a parent. The child post is an Application and the parent post is a School.

The form field relies on a view which selects the post_id and the school name from another CPT. I know these are working because I can display them on the form the post id and name are correct.

Here's my code to select the parent:

[cred_generic_field field="_wpcf_belongs_schools_id" type="select" class="" urlparam="" value=""]
{
"required":1,
"validate_format":0,
"persist":1,
"default":"",
"options":[[wpv-view name="select-enrolment-schools"]]
}
[/cred_generic_field]

The post saves correctly but fails to establish a relationship to the parent.

Thanks in advance for your help 🙂

[Minesh Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: Asia/Kolkata (GMT+05:30)]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - you need to use CRED hook: cred_save_data to save the generic field "_wpcf_belongs_schools_id" value.

You need to use WP standard function update_post_meta. For example:

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']==9999)
    {
        if (isset($_POST['my_custom_field']))
        {

           $school_id = $_POST['_wpcf_belongs_schools_id'];
            // add it to saved post meta
            update_post_meta($post_id, '_wpcf_belongs_schools_id',$school_id);
        }
    }
}

Where:
- Replace 9999 with your original CRED form ID.

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#csd

[Greig Neilson]

Worked perfectly, thanks Minesh 🙂