Front-end Update User Meta ACF / WP User Meta Sync

• xoxoxo

• April 4, 2020 at 6:56 pm

Hello,

I am struggling a bit with a user data update form in my font-end.

– The profile fields group fields shows in my back-end user profile
– I cannot get my wp_update_user( $args ); to actually update the user meta, although the acf fields update fine.

.. I think my function is not hooking to the form ..

My form:

<?php

acf_form_head();

$avatar_group = get_field( 'sys_avatar_field_group', 'option' );
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();

$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$user_acf_prefix = 'user_';
$user_id_prefixed = $user_acf_prefix . $user_id;

$user_info = get_userdata($user_id);
$member_email = $user_info->user_email;

$options = array(
	'post_id' => 'user_'.$current_user->ID,
	'field_groups' => array(26734, $avatar_group),
	'submit_value' => 'Update Profile');

?>

<?php acf_form( $options );?>

.. and my function in a global network activated (multisite) plugin:

/** User Meta Update ------------------------------------------------ **/

function update_member_data( $post_id ) {
	if( empty($_POST['acf']) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	if( is_admin() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	if( $_POST['post_id'] != 'new' ) {
		
		$memberEmail = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d5caa23d'];
		$memberFirstname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880c9b0e92d'];
		$memberLastname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d0daa23b'];
		$memberNickname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d3baa23c'];
		$user_id = str_replace("user_", "", $post_id);
		
		if (isset($memberEmail)) {
			if (email_exists( $memberEmail )){
				update_field('field_5e880d5caa23d', get_the_author_meta('user_email',$user_id), $post_id);
			} else {
				$args = array(
					'ID'         => $user_id,
					'first_name' => esc_attr( $memberFirstname ),
					'last_name' => esc_attr( $memberLastname ),
					'nickname' => esc_attr( $memberNickname ),
					'user_email' => esc_attr( $memberEmail )
				);            
				wp_update_user( $args );
			}  
		} 	
	}
	
	return $post_id;
}
add_action('acf/save_post', 'update_member_data', 20);

Help would be appreciated.

• xoxoxo

• April 4, 2020 at 11:38 pm

OK, got it.

There are a couple of issues here, including zero validation.

My Form:

<?php

acf_form_head();

$avatar_group = get_field( 'sys_avatar_field_group', 'option' );
$current_user = wp_get_current_user();

$user_id = get_current_user_id();
$user_acf_prefix = 'user_';
$user_id_prefixed = $user_acf_prefix . $user_id;

$user_info = get_userdata($user_id);
$member_email = $user_info->user_email;

$options = array(
	'post_id' => 'user_'.$current_user->ID,
	'field_groups' => array(group_5e880597057c0, $avatar_group),
	'submit_value' => 'Update Profile'
);

?>

Validation:

/** User Meta Update Validation ------------------------------------------------ **/

add_action('acf/validate_save_post', 'validate_user_input_data');
function validate_user_input_data() {

  $email = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d5caa23d'];
  $user_info = get_userdata($user_id);
  $current_email = $user_info->user_email;

  if ( empty($_POST['acf']['field_5e880d5caa23d']) ) {
    acf_add_validation_error( 'acf[field_5e880d5caa23d]', 'You need to specify an email address' );
  }

  elseif ( email_exists($email) && $email != $current_email ) {
    acf_add_validation_error( 'acf[field_5e880d5caa23d]', 'The email address you entered is not available' );
  }

}

Update function:

/** User Meta Update ------------------------------------------------ **/

function update_member_data( $post_id ) {

	if( empty($_POST['acf']) ) {
		return;
	}
	
	if( is_admin() ) {
		return;
	}
	
	if( $_POST['post_id'] != 'new' ) {
		
		$memberEmail = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d5caa23d'];
		$user_id = str_replace("user_", "", $post_id);
		
    $args = array(
     'ID'         => $user_id,
     'user_email' => esc_attr($memberEmail)
   );
    wp_update_user($args);

    $memberFirstname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880c9b0e92d'];
    $memberLastname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d0daa23b'];
    $memberNickname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d3baa23c'];
    $memberDisplayname = $_POST['acf']['field_5e886a3273989'];

    update_user_meta($user_id, 'first_name', $_POST['acf']['field_5e880c9b0e92d'] );
    update_user_meta($user_id, 'last_name', $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d0daa23b'] );
    update_user_meta($user_id, 'nickname', $_POST['acf']['field_5e880d3baa23c'] );
    update_user_meta($user_id, 'display_name', $_POST['acf']['field_5e886a3273989'] );
  }
  return $post_id;
}
add_action('acf/save_post', 'update_member_data', 20);

Note: wp_update_user does not handle meta updates, you need to use update_user_meta.

Graeme