Update field in user registration form

• udapud

• January 19, 2021 at 10:29 pm

I’ve added the field supplier_user_description to ACF in the user roles, and I’m trying to update that info when a user registers with the field key, but it’s not working.
<?php $user = update_field( 'field_6004677a93a7f', $supplier_description );?>

This is the field html:

<label>Supplier Description <span class="error">*</span></label>
<input type="text" name="supplier-description" class="text" placeholder="Enter Your Supplier Description" required />

This grabs the field values input by the user:

<?php global $reg_errors;
    $reg_errors = new WP_Error;
    $supplier_description=$_POST['supplier-description'];

This is on my custom registration form:

if ( 1 > count( $reg_errors->get_error_messages() ) )
    {
        // sanitize user form input
        global $username, $useremail;
        $username   =   sanitize_user( $_POST['username'] );
        $useremail  =   sanitize_email( $_POST['useremail'] );
        $password   =   esc_attr( $_POST['password'] );
        $role       =   'Supplier';
        
        $userdata = array(
            'user_login'    =>   $username,
            'user_email'    =>   $useremail,
            'user_pass'     =>   $password,
            'role'          =>   $role,
            );
        $user = update_field( 'field_6004677a93a7f', $supplier_description );
        $user = wp_insert_user( $userdata );
    }

• John Huebner

• January 20, 2021 at 12:08 am

You need to supply the post ID to update_field(). See https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/how-to-get-values-from-a-user/

• udapud

• January 20, 2021 at 1:29 am

How is there a post ID if I’m registering a new user? Isn’t the ID created when the user is?

• John Huebner

• January 20, 2021 at 1:59 am

$user = wp_insert_user( $userdata );

returns the user ID. Update fields after this.

• udapud

• January 20, 2021 at 2:21 am

Running
$user = update_field( 'field_6004677a93a7f', $supplier_description, '$user_{$user_ID}' );

after
$user = wp_insert_user( $userdata );

Seems to break the user registration. Is running the update against the $user variable the best way of updating the ACF field?

Thanks for your help by the way, this is most excellent of you.

• John Huebner

• January 22, 2021 at 12:17 am

$user = wp_insert_user( $userdata );
update_field('field_6004677a93a7f', $supplier_description, 'user_'.$user);