[Resolved] Split: Can't fill Featured Image with custom field first image – repeating field sort order does not get saved correctly

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[nicolaS-3]

Hello Minesh,
the snippet now works perfectly, thanks. I just noticed that swapping the order of the images in the edit form after saving the order doesn't change in front view and the snippet of course keeps the image set as first on post creation.
Is this a Toolset bug ?
thanks
Regards
Nicola

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

This is a known issue and fortunately we have workaround for that. You should try to use the following code snippet to save the correct sort order for your image field with your edit post form.

add_action('cred_save_data', 'ts_save_the_rf_sort_order_manually',10,2);
function ts_save_the_rf_sort_order_manually($post_id, $form_data) {
    // if a specific form
    if ($form_data['id']==99999) {
    		
      	$field_slug = 'images';

    	$field_content = $_POST['wpcf-'.$field_slug];
      		
      		$sort_order = array();
      	    
      		delete_post_meta($post_id,'wpcf-'.$field_slug);
      
      		foreach($field_content as $k=>$v):
      			$sort_order[] = add_post_meta($post_id,'wpcf-'.$field_slug,$v);
    		endforeach;
   
      		update_post_meta($post_id,'_wpcf-'.$field_slug.'-sort-order', $sort_order);

             $image_url = get_post_meta($post_id, 'wpcf-images', true);
 
            global $wpdb;
           $attachment = $wpdb->get_col($wpdb->prepare("SELECT ID FROM $wpdb->posts WHERE guid='%s';", $image_url ));
           update_post_meta( $post_id, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment[0] );
           
    }
}

Where:
- Replace 99999 with your original edit form ID

Can you please confirm it works as expected now.

[nicolaS-3]

Hi Minesh,
This works perfectly and the Featured Image is ok too ! thanks.
I will close the ticket, but first could you please explain how does the system know which snippet to run first when there are many for the same form ?
thanks
Kind regards
Nicola

[Minesh]

You should try to combine multiple "cred_save_data" hook within one and switch based on the form ID using if condition and if you have multiple hooks added it will catch all hooks and run accordingly based on its set priority.