• Resolved TWD

    (@twd)


    This custom function would work except for the fact that when I am updating the post, it takes the “external-client-id” value for the CURRENT post and doubles it.

    What I want it to do is to find the HIGHEST value (hence the ‘while’ loop) and double THAT.

    It seems like $check_client_id = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-external-client-id', true ); is the culprit.

    Any advice on how to correctly implement this?

    function set_external_client_id( $post_id, $post, $update ) {
    	
    	if ( 'auction-client' == $post->post_type ) {
    	 if( $update ){
                $args = array(  
                    'post_type' => 'auction-client',
                    'post_status' => 'publish',
                    );
                $myloop = new WP_Query( $args ); 
                
                //loop through all posts of this post type to find the highest client id
                $find_highest_id = 0;
                while ( $myloop->have_posts() ) : $myloop->the_post();
                    $check_client_id = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-external-client-id', true );
                    if( $check_client_id > $find_highest_id ){
                        $find_highest_id = $check_client_id;
                    }
                endwhile;
                
                wp_reset_postdata();
    
                //take the highest value from the custom loop and double it
                $external_client_id = $find_highest_id * 2;
                update_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-external-client-id', $external_client_id);
             }
    	}
    }
    add_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'set_external_client_id', 10, 3 );
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  • function set_external_client_id( $post_id, $post, $update ) {
    
        if ( 'auction-client' == $post->post_type ) {
            if( $update ){
                $args = array(
                    'post_type' => 'auction-client',
                    'post_status' => 'publish',
                );
                $myloop = new WP_Query( $args );
    
                //loop through all posts of this post type to find the highest client ids
                $check_client_i = [];
                while ( $myloop->have_posts() ) : $myloop->the_post();
                    $check_client_id = get_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-external-client-id', true );
                    $check_client_i[]=$check_client_id;
                endwhile;
    
                wp_reset_postdata();
    
                //take the highest value from the custom loop and double it
                $value = max($check_client_i);
                update_post_meta( $post_id, 'wpcf-external-client-id', $value);
            }
        }
    }
    add_action( 'wp_insert_post', 'set_external_client_id', 10, 3 );
    Thread Starter TWD

    (@twd)

    Thank you for your response.
    Appreciate you sharing your skill with me.

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