custom field as post title

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May 21, 2021 at 1:08 AM #28331

Qu1nt

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I have a CPT called health_forms I want to change the post title to be the custom fields lastname firstname.

I had it working with just the lastname until I changed it to a custom table.

The custom fields are being saved in a table wpml_health_form

How would I go about doing this as I am very new to PHP.

Thank you

May 21, 2021 at 1:07 PM #28346

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi Quint,

Thank you for reaching out.

You can follow this topic to know how to replace the post title by custom field value https://support.metabox.io/topic/adding-metabox-field-data-to-the-post-title/

And this documentation to get the field value in the custom table https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-custom-table/

Let me know if it helped.

June 3, 2021 at 1:47 AM #28656

Qu1nt

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Hi Long,

Yeah I'm lost, not sure what I'm doing wrong. Would it be possible for you to show me how to do this?

Thanks,

Quint

June 3, 2021 at 12:52 PM #28672

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi Quint,

What is your code that you are trying to do? Here is the example code on your case.

add_action( 'rwmb_MetaBoxID_after_save_post', 'update_post_title' );

function update_post_title( $post_id ) {
    // Get the field value
    $firstname = rwmb_meta( 'firstname', ['storage_type' => 'custom_table', 'table' => 'wpml_health_form'] );
    $lastname = rwmb_meta( 'lastname', ['storage_type' => 'custom_table', 'table' => 'wpml_health_form'] );
    
    // Preprare update post
    $my_post = array(
        'ID' => $post_id,
        'post_title' => $firstname . ' ' . $lastname,
    );

    wp_update_post( $my_post );
}

June 5, 2021 at 2:54 PM #28725

Qu1nt

Participant

Hi Long,

It's still not working, still comes up as 'no title'

June 6, 2021 at 3:04 PM #28739

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi Quint,

Can you please share the code that creates the meta box and custom fields?

June 10, 2021 at 3:35 AM #28808

Qu1nt

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Hi Long,

Below is the code for both.

<?php
add_action( 'init', 'your_prefix_register_post_type' );
function your_prefix_register_post_type() {
    $labels = [
        'name'                     => esc_html__( 'Health Forms', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'singular_name'            => esc_html__( 'Health Form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'add_new'                  => esc_html__( 'Add New', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'add_new_item'             => esc_html__( 'Add new health form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'edit_item'                => esc_html__( 'Edit Health Form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'new_item'                 => esc_html__( 'New Health Form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'view_item'                => esc_html__( 'View Health Form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'view_items'               => esc_html__( 'View Health Forms', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'search_items'             => esc_html__( 'Search Health Forms', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'not_found'                => esc_html__( 'No health forms found', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'not_found_in_trash'       => esc_html__( 'No health forms found in Trash', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'parent_item_colon'        => esc_html__( 'Parent Health Form:', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'all_items'                => esc_html__( 'All Health Forms', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'archives'                 => esc_html__( 'Health Form Archives', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'attributes'               => esc_html__( 'Health Form Attributes', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'insert_into_item'         => esc_html__( 'Insert into health form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'uploaded_to_this_item'    => esc_html__( 'Uploaded to this health form', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'featured_image'           => esc_html__( 'Featured image', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'set_featured_image'       => esc_html__( 'Set featured image', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'remove_featured_image'    => esc_html__( 'Remove featured image', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'use_featured_image'       => esc_html__( 'Use as featured image', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'menu_name'                => esc_html__( 'Health Forms', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'filter_items_list'        => esc_html__( 'Filter health forms list', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'items_list_navigation'    => esc_html__( 'Health forms list navigation', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'items_list'               => esc_html__( 'Health Forms list', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'item_published'           => esc_html__( 'Health Form published', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'item_published_privately' => esc_html__( 'Health form published privately', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'item_reverted_to_draft'   => esc_html__( 'Health form reverted to draft', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'item_scheduled'           => esc_html__( 'Health Form scheduled', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'item_updated'             => esc_html__( 'Health Form updated', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'text_domain'              => esc_html__( 'your-textdomain', 'your-textdomain' ),
    ];
    $args = [
        'label'               => esc_html__( 'Health Forms', 'your-textdomain' ),
        'labels'              => $labels,
        'description'         => '',
        'public'              => true,
        'hierarchical'        => true,
        'exclude_from_search' => false,
        'publicly_queryable'  => true,
        'show_ui'             => true,
        'show_in_nav_menus'   => true,
        'show_in_admin_bar'   => true,
        'show_in_rest'        => true,
        'query_var'           => true,
        'can_export'          => true,
        'delete_with_user'    => false,
        'has_archive'         => true,
        'rest_base'           => '',
        'show_in_menu'        => true,
        'menu_icon'           => 'dashicons-clipboard',
        'menu_position'       => 5,
        'capability_type'     => 'post',
        'supports'            => ['title'],
        'taxonomies'          => [],
        'rewrite'             => [
            'with_front' => false,
        ],
    ];

register_post_type( 'health-form', $args );

}

<?php
add_filter( 'rwmb_meta_boxes', 'your_prefix_function_name' );

function your_prefix_function_name( $meta_boxes ) {
    $prefix = '';

$meta_boxes[] = [
    'title'        => __( 'Health Fields', 'your-text-domain' ),
    'id'           => 'health-fields',
    'post_types'   => ['health-form'],
    'storage_type' => 'custom_table',
    'table'        => 'wpml_health_form',
    'fields'       => [
        [
            'name'     => __( 'Last Name', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'       => $prefix . 'last_name',
            'type'     => 'text',
            'required' => true,
            'columns'  => 6,
        ],
        [
            'name'       => __( 'First Name', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'         => $prefix . 'first_name',
            'type'       => 'text',
            'required'   => true,
            'columns'    => 6,
            'first_name' => 'title',
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Phone Number', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'phone_number',
            'type'    => 'tel',
            'columns' => 6,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Email', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'email',
            'type'    => 'email',
            'columns' => 6,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Address', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'address',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 3,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'City', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'city',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 3,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Province', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'province',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 3,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Postal Code', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'postal_code',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 3,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Occupation', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'occupation',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 3,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Date of Birth', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'date_of_birth',
            'type'    => 'date',
            'columns' => 3,
        ],
        [
            'type' => 'divider',
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Have you received massage therapy before', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'received_massage_therapy',
            'type'    => 'radio',
            'options' => [
                'Yes' => __( 'Yes', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'No'  => __( 'No', 'your-text-domain' ),
            ],
            'columns' => 6,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Did a healthcare practitioner refer you for massage therapy?', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'practitioner_referral',
            'type'    => 'radio',
            'options' => [
                'Yes' => __( 'Yes', 'your-text-domain' ),
                'No'  => __( 'No', 'your-text-domain' ),
            ],
            'columns' => 6,
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Please provide their name', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'referall_name',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 6,
            'visible' => [
                'when'     => [['practitioner_referral', '=', 'Yes']],
                'relation' => 'and',
            ],
        ],
        [
            'name'    => __( 'Please provide their address', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'      => $prefix . 'referall_address',
            'type'    => 'text',
            'columns' => 6,
            'visible' => [
                'when'     => [['practitioner_referral', '=', 'Yes']],
                'relation' => 'and',
            ],
        ],
        [
            'name'   => __( 'Please indicate conditions you are experiencing or have experienced', 'your-text-domain' ),
            'id'     => $prefix . 'conditions',
            'type'   => 'group',
            'fields' => [
                [
                    'name'    => __( 'Cardiovascular', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    'id'      => $prefix . 'cardiovascular',
                    'type'    => 'checkbox_list',
                    'options' => [
                        'High Blood Pressure'              => __( 'High Blood Pressure', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Low Blood Pressure'               => __( 'Low Blood Pressure', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Chronic Congestive Heart Failure' => __( 'Chronic Congestive Heart Failure', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Heart Attack'                     => __( 'Heart Attack', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Phlebitis/Varicose Veins'         => __( 'Phlebitis/Varicose Veins', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Stroke/CVA'                       => __( 'Stroke/CVA', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Pacemaker or Similar Device'      => __( 'Pacemaker or Similar Device', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Heart Disease'                    => __( 'Heart Disease', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    ],
                    'inline'  => true,
                    'before'  => __( ' ', 'your-text-domain' ),
                ],
                [
                    'name'    => __( 'Family history of any of the above?', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    'id'      => $prefix . 'cardiovascular_history',
                    'type'    => 'radio',
                    'options' => [
                        'Yes' => __( 'Yes', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'No'  => __( 'No', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    ],
                ],
                [
                    'name'    => __( 'Respiratory', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    'id'      => $prefix . 'respiratory',
                    'type'    => 'checkbox_list',
                    'options' => [
                        'Chronic Cough'       => __( 'Chronic Cough', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Shortness of Breath' => __( 'Shortness of Breath', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Bronchitis'          => __( 'Bronchitis', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Asthma'              => __( 'Asthma', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Emphysema'           => __( 'Emphysema', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    ],
                    'inline'  => true,
                    'before'  => __( ' ', 'your-text-domain' ),
                ],
                [
                    'name'    => __( 'Family history of any of the above?', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    'id'      => $prefix . 'respiratory_history',
                    'type'    => 'radio',
                    'options' => [
                        'Yes' => __( 'Yes', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'No'  => __( 'No', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    ],
                ],
                [
                    'name'    => __( 'Infections', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    'id'      => $prefix . 'infections',
                    'type'    => 'checkbox_list',
                    'options' => [
                        'Hepatitis'       => __( 'Hepatitis', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Skin Conditions' => __( 'Skin Conditions', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'TB'              => __( 'TB', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'HIV'             => __( 'HIV', 'your-text-domain' ),
                        'Herpes'          => __( 'Herpes', 'your-text-domain' ),
                    ],
                    'inline'  => true,
                    'before'  => __( ' ', 'your-text-domain' ),
                ],
            ],
        ],
    ],
];

return $meta_boxes;
}

June 10, 2021 at 7:16 PM #28828

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi Quint,

Thanks for the additional information.

Did you replace MetaBoxID with your meta box ID health-fields in the custom code?

add_action( 'rwmb_health-fields_after_save_post', 'update_post_title' );

June 10, 2021 at 11:47 PM #28840

Qu1nt

Participant

Hi Long,

Yes I did, It's still giving me "no title"

June 11, 2021 at 1:04 PM #28847

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi,

What is the code that you create the custom table to save data? Please share it.

June 18, 2021 at 1:15 PM #28980

Qu1nt

Participant

Hi Long,

I'm not sure what you mean, I just checked off the 'Save data in a custom table' and named it wpml_health_form in the settings of custom fields which I shared in the post above.

June 18, 2021 at 9:29 PM #28989

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi Quint,

You need to have a custom table to save the data. Create a table:
- By coding: follow this documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-custom-table/#creating-custom-tables
- By using the Builder: check the option Create table automatically, screenshot https://share.getcloudapp.com/qGu5E4WO

June 24, 2021 at 6:34 AM #29091

Qu1nt

Participant

Hi Long,

Yes that's what I did, I checked off create table automatically.

I am also using oxygen if that helps.

June 24, 2021 at 12:25 PM #29095

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Hi Quint,

Please share your site credentials via this contact form https://metabox.io/contact/, I will help you to check the issue.

August 20, 2021 at 12:51 PM #30355

Long Nguyen

Moderator

Resolved in the ticket system.

Change the code to this

$firstname = rwmb_meta( 'firstname', ['storage_type' => 'custom_table', 'table' => 'wpml_health_form'], $post_id );
$lastname = rwmb_meta( 'lastname', ['storage_type' => 'custom_table', 'table' => 'wpml_health_form'], $post_id );

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