update_field Method does not update Field on User Edit Page

• Grauen

• October 28, 2018 at 9:23 pm

I would like to automatically set custom field values, when a user is updating the User-Edit page.

– I created a temporary text field called “dev_text” with key “field_5bd57f0208199”, which is visible on the user edit page. (I also set a rule that would hide the field from the user edit page but with the same result)

– I hooked on “personal_options_update”
add_action( 'personal_options_update', array($this,'update_coordinates') );

Executed code looks like this:

	public function update_coordinates(){
		
		update_field('field_5bd57f0208199','temp_value', "user_".$current_user->ID);
		$value= get_field('field_5bd57f0208199',"user_".$current_user->ID);
		log("user profile updated. Value is: " . $value);
	}

However this seems not to update the field value.
I set an default value in the database called “old_Value”.
After the user updated the profile, page I expect the value for this user to be “temp_value”.

output is:
"user profile updated. Value is: old_value"

Sincerly
Grauen

• Grauen

• October 28, 2018 at 11:47 pm

Looks like I’ve got this solved.

– I added a priority (100) to my action
– It seems like there is some caching active? I deleted the value in the database manually and then it wouldn’t update the value in the database.
I guess ACF is comparing the target value with a cached existing value and if it’s equal, the db won’t be updated? Can you please confirm this and add a hint in the documentation?

I tested it, storing a current timestamp in the custom field and now it gets updated properly

update_field("field_5bd57f0208199","".time(),"user_".$current_user->ID);

EDIT:
This is not solved, the value does not get updated in the database:

Code:
`$prevalue= get_field(‘field_5bd57f0208199’,”user_”.$current_user->ID);
error_log(“Pre Value is: “.$prevalue);
update_field(“field_5bd57f0208199″,””.time(),”user_”.$current_user->ID);
$postvalue= get_field(‘field_5bd57f0208199’,”user_”.$current_user->ID);
error_log(“user profile updated. Value is: “.$postvalue);`

This is the output if you execute the Profile update 2 times:

	
[28-Oct-2018 12:50:02 UTC] Pre Value is: 1540730664
[28-Oct-2018 12:50:02 UTC] user profile updated. Value is: 1540731002
[28-Oct-2018 12:50:36 UTC] Pre Value is: 1540731002
[28-Oct-2018 12:50:36 UTC] user profile updated. Value is: 1540731036

But I can’t find the values in the wp_usermeta-Table ?

EDIT 2:
I found an entry int the wp_options-Table:`

option_id;option_name;option_value;autoload
176;user__dev_text;1540731036;no
177;_user__dev_text;field_5bd57f0208199;no

Can you explain
– Why is the value is not stored in the wp_usermeta-Table ?
– Where is the reference between this entry and the current user?