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  • July 21, 2022 at 12:51 AM #37090
    ArnoArno
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    Hi,

    I've created a Google Maps field: https://pasteboard.co/OQauwRaZV1Mr.jpg

    And a FacetWP map facet: https://pasteboard.co/Tw0tMakwGRfC.jpg

    The facet should show two markers of two posts. Instead it shows a blank map. If I filter so that only one post is displayed, it shows a map with one marker but it's on the wrong location: 0,0 I think.

    It seems like FacetWP does not understand the data in the MetaBox field. It expects "latitude, longitude":
    https://facetwp.com/help-center/facets/facet-types/map/

    What's going wrong here?

    July 21, 2022 at 12:22 PM #37096
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    By default, the data of the map fields (Google Map or OSM) is saved to the database in the following format latitude,longitude,zoom. If you want only to use the latitude and longitude, please follow this documentation https://docs.metabox.io/fields/map/#getting-field-value.

    Or use the action rwmb_after_save_field to re-update the field map value with only latitude,longitude. Follow this documentation https://docs.metabox.io/actions/rwmb-after-save-field/

    July 21, 2022 at 1:49 PM #37101
    ArnoArno
    Participant

    Hi Long,

    Ok, that's likely the problem then. I assumed this would work out of the box, because FacetWP is a supported plugin. What do I need to do exactly? I'm not a developer so I need a bit more guidance.

    FacetWP needs to be pointed to a field that holds he correct coordinates. So I guess your first method won't work because that's an example of how to get the lat/long values from code.

    The second method might be ok. If I understand correctly, I can have code in functions.php that saves the field map value to an extra field, where it only stores lat/long without the zoom? How do I do that?

    Thanks!

    July 23, 2022 at 8:48 AM #37139
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    You can try to use this code to update the field map with the format latitude,longitude value.

    add_action( 'rwmb_osm_after_save_field', function ( $null, $field, $new, $old, $object_id ) {
    // Get the submitted map address and remove the "zoom" value
    $map = explode( ',', $_POST['osm'] );
    unset( $map[2] );
    $map = join( ',', $map );

    // Update field map value without "zoom"
    update_post_meta( $object_id, 'osm', $map );
}, 10, 5 );

    Remember to change osm to your field map ID.

    July 23, 2022 at 4:50 PM #37141
    ArnoArno
    Participant

    Thanks, that works for me!

    Now there's one more thing I'd like to change. I want to keep the original "lat, long, zoom" value in the field, and save the adjusted "lat, long" value in a different field. So I have both formats and I can pick the one I need. I created an extra text field in the same field group.

    I changed the field ID in this line:
    update_post_meta( $object_id, 'id_of_text_field', $map );

    But it's not saved. I suppose I need to do something different because it's a text field and not a map field?

    July 24, 2022 at 10:22 PM #37161
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi,

    It does not work because the map field is registered and saved value before the text field will be processed. Please change the hook name to rwmb_id_of_text_field_after_save_field and re-check this issue.

    July 25, 2022 at 12:56 AM #37167
    ArnoArno
    Participant

    Hi Long,

    Thanks a lot. That fixed it!

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