Reply To: How update custom field checkbox ACF in user profile from front end

• nashCode

• February 23, 2018 at 5:19 am

Hi, @locomo i solved it,

1) in custom form front end:

 <form id="your-profile" class="nice" action="<?php echo get_edit_profile_url() ?>" method="POST" />
<?php
global $current_user;
							$allCheckbox = get_field('newsletter_preferences','user_'.$current_user->ID);
							$field_data = get_field_object('your_field_key');
							$field_key = $field_data['key'];
							$field = get_field_object($field_key, 'user_'.$current_user->ID);
						?>
							<input type="hidden" value="<?php echo 'acf['.$field['key'].']' ?>"/>
						<?php
							foreach($field['choices'] as $key => $label){
								if(is_array($allCheckbox) && in_array($key, $allCheckbox)){
								    $checked = 'checked';
								} else {
								    $checked = '';
								}
							echo '<p class="field"><input type="checkbox" '.$checked.' name="acf['.$field['key'].'][]" value="'.$key.'">'.$label.'</p>';
							}
						 ?> </form>

2) in funtions.php

function update_extra_profile_fields($user_id) {
	global $current_user;
$newsletterOptions = isset( $_POST['acf']['your_field_key'] ) ? $_POST['acf']['your_field_key'] : null;
		$f_id = update_field( 'your_field_key', $newsletterOptions , 'user_'.$user_id);
}
add_action('personal_options_update', 'update_extra_profile_fields');
</form>

this must work so that you can update the fields in the user dahsboard from the custom form.