So I’ve been working on some new functionality for a client whereby they want a frontend form that can be submitted to create a new custom taxonomy and populate the custom fields within it.
I have a form setup that uses wp_insert_term to create a taxonomy which all works fine. I then get the new taxonomies ID, and append the given data to the custom field using update_field like so:
<?php update_field( 'field_5b2839d326a1c', $fieldValue, $term_id ); ?>
But nothing seems to be coming through. I’ve tried using the field name instead of the key, I’ve done an output on the $fieldValue and the $term_id just before running the update_field and they both have values (and the term_id is the same as the post that I am trying to update).
Where would be the next logical step in debugging this? I’m at a bit of a loose end. If it helps here is my current function (I’ve stripped some of the namings out to keep my client unidentifiable, but the logic is all the same).
<?php
function create_new_artist( $entry, $form ) {
// Pass form data to varibles
$taxonomy_title = rgar( $entry, '2' );
$field_data = rgar( $entry, '3' );
// Debugging
print_r( 'Title => ' . $taxonomy_title . '</br> Field data => ' . $field_data . '</br>');
// Adding the term
$new_taxonomy = wp_insert_term(
$taxonomy_title,
'product_cat'
);
// Check the new term was added without any errors
if (!is_wp_error($new_taxonomy)) {
// Get the new term ID
$term = get_term_by('name', $taxonomy_title, 'product_cat');
$term_id = $term->term_id;
print_r($term_id);
// Add custom field data to new term
update_field( 'field_5b2839d326a1c', $field_data, $term_id );
} else {
GFCommon::log_error($new_artist->get_error_message());
}
} add_action( 'gform_after_submission_7', 'create_new_artist', 10, 2 );
