[Resolved] Write parent post title as value in custom field of child post on save

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[philipG-3]

Hi there

I'm using the "BestWebSoft PDF & Print" plugin in order to print a receipt where it should state the post title of the parent post. Unfortunately, PDF & Print doesn't render Toolset-shortcodes - but it renders Toolset-created custom fields ...

I think the best solution would be to pull the parent post title and write it into a custom field of the child post on save.

I don't know, how to accomplish this via API Hook in functions.php ... meaning I don't know how to access one custom field-value and then overwrite a value of another custom field.

Or ... would you suggest another solution to this problem?

add_action('cred_save_data', 'write_parent_post_title',10,2);
function write_parent_post_title($post_id, $form_data)
{

...

}

Thanks for your help!
Philip

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

As I understand - You are already using CRED form to add/edit CPT content - correct?

We have Doc available with example here:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/programmer-reference/cred-api/#cred_save_data
[Click on "More" button to see examples ]

If you still have issue, I need exact details where problem URL which field value you would like to save to which field with which post type?

[philipG-3]

Hi Minesh

Thanks for your quick response.

Please login using this link (I don't know how to PM you...):
hidden link

Then see the CPT "ArbeitnehmerInnen" and "Jobs", created by Types ... a "Job" is a child of "ArbeitnehmerIn".

When rendering the PDF of a "Job"-post where the shortcode [wpv-post-title id="$arbeitnehmerin"] is placed (see image 1), the output just states the title of the actual "Job"-post (see image 2), so I think PDF & Print doesn't know what to do with "id=$arbeitnehmerin" ... right?

How can I solve this?

Thanks
Philip

[philipG-3]

... I didn't actually start creating those custom fields as I don't know wether this would be the right way anyway to solve this. If you can run some tests I'd be glad... the site is a sandbox-installation... so, no worries 🙂

[Minesh]

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[philipG-3]

Hi Minesh

Sorry for the late response! Meanwhile I figured out a workaround that'll work... for now 🙂

Thanks for your help!
Philip