Update datepicker when editing user in wp-admin

• Iks1_

• January 10, 2022 at 9:43 am

Hello,
I’m posting this message because I can’t update a datepicker field I created via your plugin. The idea is to fill this field with today’s date to create an “update date” that I could reuse later each time I click on the “Update account” button in the back office of wordpress.
I think I’m doing it wrong but I don’t see how to fix it at all… Please find below the code I use in the function.php :

// Is run when you edit ANY OTHER profile and save it.
add_action('edit_user_profile_update', 'handle_user_profile_update' );
// Manager of the user profile update function
function handle_user_profile_update($user_id) {
    // Update date_de_mise_a_jour    
    update_modifying_date_field($user_id);
}

// Update date of modification
function update_modifying_date_field($user_id) {	
    // Date of the update
	$date = date("d/m/Y");
	$date = $date->format('Ymd');
    // Update ACF field for actual $user_id
	// Update input with "acf[field_61d848a696fbf]" as name
	update_field('acf[field_61d848a696fbf]', $date, 'user_' . $user_id);
}

(I tried with “data-key” as first parameter, it doesn’t work neither, same with “data-name”)

I’m using Advanced Custom Fields version 5.11.1

Best regards,
Fred

NB : Attached is the print screen of the html I get when I add the custom field

acf_field1-1....jpg

• John Huebner

• April 15, 2022 at 1:09 pm

$date = date('Ymd');
update_field('field_61d848a696fbf', $date, 'user_' . $user_id);