[Resolved] Types fields not updating

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[MikeT458]

I am trying to: create a SUPERVISOR and a TEAM MEMBER record when a new SUPERVISOR is added via CRED

add_action('cred_save_data_277', 'save_data_for_form_with_id_277',10,2);
function save_data_for_form_with_id_277($post_id, $form_data)
{
		// if supervisor CPT does not exit, create it
		$first_name = $_POST['first_name'];
		$last_name = $_POST['last_name'];
		$user_id = $post_id;
		$facility_id = $_POST['facility'];
		$department_id = $_POST['department'];
		$user_name = $_POST['user_login'];
		$try_title = $last_name.", ".$first_name;
	
		if(!sbf_post_exists($try_title, 'supervisor')){
			
//this works
			$supervisor_post_id = wp_insert_post(array(
				'post_type' => 'supervisor',
				'post_title' => $try_title,
				'post_status' => 'publish'
			));

/* this doesn't - the fields are defined as SELECT in the CRED USER FORM storing the post_id of a facility and a department
in the supervisor custom fields super-visor facility and supervisor-depart as defined as post reference fields. */

		update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-user-id', "$user_id");	
		update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-supervisor-facility', "$facility_id");	
		update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-supervisor-department', "$department_id");	

		} 
	
		// same routine for team member as far as it goes
		if(!sbf_post_exists($try_title, 'team-members')){

//this works			
			$team_post_id = wp_insert_post(array(
				'post_type' => 'team-members',
				'post_title' => $try_title,
				'post_status' => 'publish'
			));

/*this doesn't - these 3 fields are defined as check boxes. I can see the data in phpmyadmin but the fields are not checked in the admin display*/

		update_post_meta($team_post_id,  'wpcf-is-full-time', "1");	
		update_post_meta($team_post_id,  'wpcf-is-management', "1");	
		update_post_meta($team_post_id,  'wpcf-is-active',"1");	

		} 

Thanks for any insights.

[Christian Cox]

Try removing the quotation marks around the 3rd parameter of the update_post_meta calls:

        update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-user-id', $user_id); 
        update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-supervisor-facility', $facility_id); 
        update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-supervisor-department', $department_id); 

        update_post_meta($team_post_id,  'wpcf-is-full-time', 1); 
        update_post_meta($team_post_id,  'wpcf-is-management', 1);    
        update_post_meta($team_post_id,  'wpcf-is-active',1); 

If this doesn't seem to work as expected, try writing out these values to the server log to debug:

        update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-user-id', $user_id); 
        update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-supervisor-facility', $facility_id); 
        update_post_meta($supervisor_post_id,  'wpcf-supervisor-department', $department_id); 
        error_log('supervisor: ' . $supervisor_post_id . ', user: ' . $user_id . ', facility: ' . $facility_id . ', dept: ' . $department_id);

If you're not familiar with server logs, I can show you how to activate them temporarily. Go in your wp-config.php file and look for define(‘WP_DEBUG’, false);. Change it to:

define('WP_DEBUG', true);

Then add these lines, just before it says 'stop editing here':

ini_set('log_errors',TRUE);
ini_set('error_reporting', E_ALL);
ini_set('error_log', dirname(__FILE__) . '/error_log.txt');

Submit the CRED form again and a file should be generated in the root directory of your site called error_log.txt. Please send its contents along with your next reply.

[MikeT458]

Christian,

Removing the quotes took care of the numerical "is_" fields, but not the facility and department. I turned on the server logs as you suggested and saw the errors for undefined index for the two fields in question. I var_dump'ed $_POST and discovered the field names in the CRED form did not match what was in post. I prefixed both fields with "wpcf-" and all is well. Thank you for your assistance!