Hi all,
So, I’m trying to add user meta fields to the checkout process for WooCommerce. I’m using the Memberships and Subscriptions add-ons.
I’ve got a hook where I can add a function which calls my ACF form in the correct place:
function add_acf_form_to_account_creation() {
if( is_checkout() ) {
if( function_exists( 'acf_form' ) ) {
$account_args = array(
'form' => FALSE, // This is being integrated into the checkout form
'field_groups' => array( 'group_572764d440f6d' ), // The group ID for my fields
);
acf_form( $account_args );
}
}
}
add_action( 'woocommerce_checkout_after_customer_details', 'add_acf_form_to_account_creation' );
However, the user meta is not being saved to the newly-created user. I assume it’s because the user ID doesn’t exist when the ACF form fires. I added this line to the $account_args array, but it didn’t work:
'post_id' => 'user_' . $user_id,
Can you help?
I’ve never worked with something like this but I am assuming that it is what you suspect. The values are probably being save to whatever post is being created by the plugin you mentioned.
The way I would work around this issue is to create either an acf/save_post filter or a WP save_post filter. The reason I say either is because I’m not 100% sure that the acf/save_post action will fire given the way you’re using the ACF field. Thinking about this it would be better if it’s possible to do this using an acf/pre_save_post filter, but again, I’m not 100% certain that this action will fire either. You’ll need to do some testing so see which filter you can use.
I’d start with acf/pre_save_post https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-pre_save_post/
and then try acf/save_post https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acfsave_post/
and if both of those fail I’d move on to WP save_post https://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_API/Action_Reference/save_post
In the filter I’d get the values that are being saved to the post and update the values to the user.
