[Resolved] The Fields in User’s just say ARRAY when you try to save them.

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[benjaminJ-3]

I am trying to: Update User Feilds

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I expected to see: User fields that were saved

Instead, I got: ARRAY where the field is supposed to be.

It says array on the user page in Admin as well.

[Beda]

Yes, I am aware of that and already reported it to the Developers, and tryed to debug it today, but could not yet find a solution.

I will keep you updated and want to point out that I am completely aware of the urgency of this topic.

[Beda]

OK, I know this is unconventional, but I will post here the solution as I found it.

An additional action for Checkboxes has been introduced, and it's right now running ALWAYS, no matter if the field IS or IS NOT a checkboxes field.

So the solution, for now, can be to edit your Types PHP Files with a tiny change.

1. Head to types/library/toolset/types/embedded/includes and locate the file "usermeta-post.php", line 399:

wpcf_update_checkboxes_field( $field_definition_array, 'user', $user_id, $wpcf_form_data );

2. Please replace that line with:

if ($field_definition_array['type'] == 'checkboxes') {
  wpcf_update_checkboxes_field( $field_definition_array, 'user', $user_id, $wpcf_form_data );
}

This solves the problem

IF you already did save any User with this faulty code, the values you saved previously are GONE.
You have to re-save the user after applying above code and RE_ENTERING the values 🙁

This is because the faulty code updated the database with an empty array for each user you updated.

My fix should be safe, but please acknowledge this is not an official patch.
This will have to be approved first by the DEV on Monday.

[benjaminJ-3]

Thank You, that solved it.

[Beda]

This is the official erratum:
https://toolset.com/errata/types-saves-an-invalid-value-in-user-fields/

Please re-install Types and apply that patch (it's basically the same check as my above code but in another place)