Display custom multi-select fields

  • Resolved cono02

    (@cono02)


    4 years, 9 months ago

    Hi
    I have added some custom fields using the Field Editor which was easy enough. I have also been able to display a Single Select field adding the following code in the content-single-event-listing.php override file:

    <?php echo "Difficulty Level: "; echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'_difficulty_level',true); ?>

    However I have a Multi-Select Field which holds multiple selected values about a Dog, such as Playful or Friendly. The meta Key is ‘_temperament_of_dog’. Example of the placeholder values: friendly:Friendly |playful : Playful|energentic : Energentic

    When I use the following code, it returns ‘Array‘ on the page rather than the actual values. Code:

    <?php echo "Temperament of dogs: "; echo get_post_meta(get_the_ID(),'_temperament_of_dog',true); ?>

    I found some code online which suggests a for loop is needed. Code:

    $temperament = (array) get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_temperament_of_dog', true ); 
foreach( $temperament as $temp){ echo $temp['value'];} ?>

    When I use the above code it seems to display the first letter of each selected value. So if Playful and Friendly is chosen, it displays as ‘PF’. Also I put [‘value’] as I wasn’t sure what this would be and was trying differnt things.

    Can someone help and explain how to display a multi-select list of values. I have no experience of PHP and find altering code quite tricky without proper guidance to follow.
    Thanks.

    • This topic was modified 4 years, 9 months ago by cono02.
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  • Hi @cono02

    You are too close to solving there is just one change that will allow you to print the data.

    $temperament = get_post_meta( $post->ID, '_temperament_of_dog', true ); 
foreach( $temperament as $key => $val){ 
  echo $key; // if you want to print key use this 
  echo $val; // if you want to print value use this
}

    Thank you

    Thread Starter cono02

    (@cono02)

    Hi Hitesh

    Amazing! That has worked perfectly.

    Thank-you very much for your help.

    Thread Starter cono02

    (@cono02)

    Hi Hitesh

    I have another question about the single event listing page. Is it possible to edit this page with Elementor? I have edited the event listings page using elementor but can’t find a way to do so for a single page. I would like to add a custom image behind the header and some other stylings which would be impossible for me without a page builder.

    Thank-you

    Hi @cono02

    Yes, you can edit page with elementor pro and use dynamic tags to show event fields value at frontend.

    Thank you

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