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1. sky
   Member

   Hi, I have a custom field, called "Dining", with three options: "Breakfast" "Lunch" "Dinner"

   Everything shows up fine on the admin page and the new contact can check whether it is available for Breakfast, Lunch and/or Dinner. But not having luck getting those options to display.

   Tried: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "Dining", true); ?> and <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "Dining", false); ?>

   Also tried: <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, "Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner", true); ?>

   Posted 6 days ago #

2. admin
   David Yeiser

   It's a bit more complicated than I thought. Here's the code:

   <h3 class="site-subtitle">Availability:</h3>
   <ul>
   <?php
   	$availabilitytimes = get_post_custom_values("Availability");
   	foreach ( $availabilitytimes as $availabilitytime )
   	{
   		echo '<li>'.$availabilitytime.'</li>';
   	}
   ?>
   </ul>

   You can see how this works at the demo site on Test Person's details.

   Some things to note:

   • You have to use the get_post_custom_values() function as opposed to the get_post_meta() function.
   • Note the plural vs. single formatting of the variables in the for_each loop. I don't have the programming expertise to really explain this, but I think they need to have that relationship for the array to work properly. But maybe I'm wrong? Unfortunately I don't really know!

   Let me know if you have any more problems.

   See this article for more reference: WordPress Codex: Using Custom Fields

   Posted 5 days ago #

3. admin
   David Yeiser

   I forgot to mention that "Availability" was the name I gave to my Checkbox List in the Custom Write Panel interface with my options being Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner.

   Posted 5 days ago #

4. sky
   Member

   Thanks so much David. Works perfect, and opens all sorts of possibilities w/ WordPress. Part of what I love about WordPress is that there is such a strong creative community -- this isn't the first time somebody has solved a big problem for me and I'm happy to send thank$ when I can.

   For the record, I didn't have to mix plural/single. My field name is Dining, and this displays the results:

   <?php
   	$dining = get_post_custom_values("Dining");
   	foreach ( $dining as $dining )
   	{
   		echo '<li>'.$dining.'</li>';
   	}
   ?>

   Posted 4 days ago #

5. sky
   Member

   Nothing's ever simple...

   Works fine for Contacts that make choices from the checklist. For those that don't, we get:

   Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /home/.iconium/msky/enviro.us/orcasbiz/wp-content/themes/wp-contact-manager-0/single.php on line 43

   Line 43 is: foreach ( $dining as $dining )

   Also, the Edit This button from another thread works great for me.....

   Posted 4 days ago #

6. admin
   David Yeiser

   Yes, good call, we would need a check to see if they have those options. This worked for me:

   <?php
   	$availabilitytimes = get_post_custom_values("Availability");
   	if ( $availabilitytimes != "" )
   	{
   ?>
   	<h3 class="site-subtitle">Availability</h3>
   	<ul>
   	<?php
   		foreach ( $availabilitytimes as $availabilitytime )
   		{
   			echo '<li>'.$availabilitytime.'</li>';
   		}
   	?>
   	</ul>
   <?php
   	}
   	else {}
   ?>

   Posted 4 days ago #

7. sky
   Member

   works perfect...........

   Posted 4 days ago #

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