WordPress filter attachment_fields_to_save

• motocom

• August 23, 2014 at 12:49 am

Hi,

I have created a custom field for attachment items using the attachment_fields_to_edit filter which works nicely in the ACF gallery and displays as I would expect.

The issue is, saving of this field doesn’t seem to be handled by ACF as I would expect. It doesn’t actually hook onto the attachment_fields_to_save method.

Hope you can add this feature/assist me with this 🙂

• Etic

• August 23, 2014 at 7:01 am

You need to use the edit_attachment action to save those custom fields.

add_action( 'edit_attachment', 'my_save_attachment_location' );

Just tested it and it works, wasn’t working with attachment_fields_to_save filter.

function my_add_attachment_location_field( $form_fields, $post ) {
    $field_value = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'location', true );
    $form_fields['location'] = array(
        'value' => $field_value ? $field_value : '',
        'label' => __( 'Location' ),
        'helps' => __( 'Set a location for this attachment' )
    );
    return $form_fields;
}
add_filter( 'attachment_fields_to_edit', 'my_add_attachment_location_field', 10, 2 );

function my_save_attachment_location( $attachment_id ) {
    if ( isset( $_REQUEST['attachments'][$attachment_id]['location'] ) ) {
        $location = $_REQUEST['attachments'][$attachment_id]['location'];
        update_post_meta( $attachment_id, 'location', $location );
    }
}
add_action( 'edit_attachment', 'my_save_attachment_location' );

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• motocom

• August 27, 2014 at 6:53 pm

Perfect, does the job and also makes the attachment_fields_to_save hook redundant – thanks!