Saving Dropdowns & Checkboxes in CPT Meta Box
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I’ve been struggling with this for over a week now, and I can’t seem to find the right resources. I’m trying to save information in a custom meta box for a profile of different camps. All of my input text and textboxes are saving, but dropdowns and checkboxes don’t save at all. Here is part of the code
function admin_init(){ add_meta_box("campingentry_meta", "Camp Details", "camping_meta", "camping", "normal", "high"); } function camping_meta() { global $post; $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID); $state = $custom["camping_state"][0]; $sessionlength = $custom["camping_sessionlength"][0]; ?> <div id='camping_form_container'> <p><label>State/Province</label><br /> <select name="state_dropdown" id="state_dropdown"> <option value="AL" <?php selected( $state, 'AL' ); ?>>Alabama</option> <option value="AK" <?php selected( $state, 'AK' ); ?>>Alaska</option> <option value="AZ" <?php selected( $state, 'AZ' ); ?>>Arizona</option> <option value="AR" <?php selected( $state, 'AR' ); ?>>Arkansas</option> <option value="CA" <?php selected( $state, 'CA' ); ?>>California</option> <option value="CO" <?php selected( $state, 'CO' ); ?>>Colorado</option> <option value="CT" <?php selected( $state, 'CT' ); ?>>Connecticut</option> <option value="DE" <?php selected( $state, 'DE' ); ?>>Delaware</option> <option value="DC" <?php selected( $state, 'DC' ); ?>>District Of Columbia</option> <option value="FL" <?php selected( $state, 'FL' ); ?>>Florida</option> <option value="GA" <?php selected( $state, 'GA' ); ?>>Georgia</option> <option value="HI" <?php selected( $state, 'HI' ); ?>>Hawaii</option> <option value="ID" <?php selected( $state, 'ID' ); ?>>Idaho</option> <option value="IL" <?php selected( $state, 'IL' ); ?>>Illinois</option> <option value="IN" <?php selected( $state, 'IN' ); ?>>Indiana</option> <option value="IA" <?php selected( $state, 'IA' ); ?>>Iowa</option> <option value="KS" <?php selected( $state, 'KS' ); ?>>Kansas</option> <option value="KY" <?php selected( $state, 'KY' ); ?>>Kentucky</option> <option value="LA" <?php selected( $state, 'LA' ); ?>>Louisiana</option> <option value="ME" <?php selected( $state, 'ME' ); ?>>Maine</option> <option value="MD" <?php selected( $state, 'MD' ); ?>>Maryland</option> <option value="MA" <?php selected( $state, 'MA' ); ?>>Massachusetts</option> <option value="MI" <?php selected( $state, 'MI' ); ?>>Michigan</option> <option value="MN" <?php selected( $state, 'MN' ); ?>>Minnesota</option> <option value="MS" <?php selected( $state, 'MS' ); ?>>Mississippi</option> <option value="MO" <?php selected( $state, 'MO' ); ?>>Missouri</option> <option value="MT" <?php selected( $state, 'MT' ); ?>>Montana</option> <option value="NE" <?php selected( $state, 'NE' ); ?>>Nebraska</option> <option value="NV" <?php selected( $state, 'NV' ); ?>>Nevada</option> <option value="NH" <?php selected( $state, 'NH' ); ?>>New Hampshire</option> <option value="NJ" <?php selected( $state, 'NJ' ); ?>>New Jersey</option> <option value="NM" <?php selected( $state, 'NM' ); ?>>New Mexico</option> <option value="NY" <?php selected( $state, 'NY' ); ?>>New York</option> <option value="NC" <?php selected( $state, 'NC' ); ?>>North Carolina</option> <option value="ND" <?php selected( $state, 'ND' ); ?>>North Dakota</option> <option value="OH" <?php selected( $state, 'OH' ); ?>>Ohio</option> <option value="OK" <?php selected( $state, 'OK' ); ?>>Oklahoma</option> <option value="OR" <?php selected( $state, 'OR' ); ?>>Oregon</option> <option value="PA" <?php selected( $state, 'PA' ); ?>>Pennsylvania</option> <option value="RI" <?php selected( $state, 'RI' ); ?>>Rhode Island</option> <option value="SC" <?php selected( $state, 'SC' ); ?>>South Carolina</option> <option value="SD" <?php selected( $state, 'SD' ); ?>>South Dakota</option> <option value="TN" <?php selected( $state, 'TN' ); ?>>Tennessee</option> <option value="TX" <?php selected( $state, 'TX' ); ?>>Texas</option> <option value="UT" <?php selected( $state, 'UT' ); ?>>Utah</option> <option value="VT" <?php selected( $state, 'VT' ); ?>>Vermont</option> <option value="VA" <?php selected( $state, 'VA' ); ?>>Virginia</option> <option value="WA" <?php selected( $state, 'WA' ); ?>>Washington</option> <option value="WV" <?php selected( $state, 'WV' ); ?>>West Virginia</option> <option value="WI" <?php selected( $state, 'WI' ); ?>>Wisconsin</option> <option value="WY" <?php selected( $state, 'WY' ); ?>>Wyoming</option> </select> <p><strong>Session Length</strong><br /> <label>One Week</label> <input type="checkbox" nname="camping_sessionlength" id="oneweek" value="oneweek" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>> <label>Two Weeks</label><input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="twoweeks" value="twoweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>><br /> <label>Three Weeks</label> <input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="threeweeks" value="threeweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>> <label>Four Weeks</label> <input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="fourweeks" value="fourweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>><br /> <label>Five Weeks</label> <input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="fiveweeks" value="fiveweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>> <label>Six Weeks</label> <input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="sixweeks" value="sixweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>><br /> <label>Seven Weeks</label> <input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="sevenweeks" value="sevenweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>> <label>Eight Weeks</label> <input type="checkbox" name="camping_sessionlength" id="eightweeks" value="eightweeks" <?php checked( $checked, $current, $echo ); ?>></p> </div> <?php } add_action('save_post', 'save_details'); function save_details(){ global $post; update_post_meta($post->ID, "camping_state", $_POST["camping_state"]); update_post_meta($post->ID, "camping_sessionlength", $_POST["camping_sessionlength"]); }
I assume it has to do with creating an array to save individual pieces (at least for the checkboxes), but I’m not totally sure where I should be doing that.
Your help is MUCH appreciated!
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