Working in the functions.php file to send an email when a custom post type is published.
If i hard code in the value for the post id it works fine and i can get the value of the post id set to $ID but when I try and insert the variable $ID into the get_field function it returns nothing.
function notify_client_on_publish( $new_status, $old_status, $post ) {
if ( 'publish' !== $new_status || $new_status === $old_status || 'clientnotes' !== get_post_type( $post ) ) {
return;
}
if ( ! $user = get_userdata( $post->post_author ) ) {
return;
}
$ID = $post->ID;
$post_meta_user = get_post_meta($ID, 'client', true);
$client = get_field('client', $ID);
$body = sprintf( "<%s> latest_cpt <%s>", $client, $ID );
wp_mail( $user->user_email, 'New Message from VSB Performance!', $body );
}
add_action( 'transition_post_status', 'notify_client_on_publish', 20, 3 );
Same for the get_post_meta function. I can’t seem to pass the ID to that either. Either function would work if I could figure out why the ID cant be passed as a variable.
$post_meta_user = get_post_meta($ID, 'client', true);
$client = get_field('client', $ID);
What type of field is client?
What is the return format of that field?
The value that would return for client would be the value of this select: so 990003
<select id=”acf-field_63b1e4a196201″ class=”select2-hidden-accessible” name=”acf[field_63b1e4a196201]” data-ui=”1″ data-multiple=”0″ data-placeholder=”Select” data-allow_null=”0″ data-query-nonce=”aa8b4f40ca” tabindex=”-1″ aria-hidden=”true” data-ajax=”1″>
<option value=”990003″ selected=”selected” data-i=”0″>[email protected] (Hoppes User)</option>
</select>
I ended up tapping into the save_post hook and then the meta info was available
