get_term_meta vs rwmb_meta

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December 9, 2022 at 4:38 AM #39621
brandonjp
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```
// retrieve the user id from the related term
$value = rwmb_meta( 'pm_related_user', ['object_type' => 'term'], $pm_term_id );
echo $value;// returns ''
        
$meta = get_term_meta( $pm_term_id, 'pm_related_user', true ); 
echo $meta; // returns 8
```
Based on the docs here: https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-term-meta/#getting-field-value
I expected to both $value & $meta to return the same.

Any idea why get_term_meta works but rwmb_meta does not?

I'm using MB Term Meta * Version: 1.2.10

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December 9, 2022 at 9:36 PM #39648

Peter
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Hello,

The value return from rwmb_meta() could be an array and you cannot echo an array, you should use a for loop to iterate elements and echo it. Please use the var_dump() function to know what the type of $value variable is.

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December 10, 2022 at 6:44 AM #39660

brandonjp
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hmmm... var_dump($value) from the above code is showing bool(false)

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December 11, 2022 at 10:33 PM #39688

Peter
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Hello,

Can you please share the code that creates the custom field on your site? And share some screenshots of the field value in the database?

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December 12, 2022 at 9:38 AM #39701
brandonjp
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Hi Peter. Thanks for the reply. Truthfully this is not a big issue for me now, as I have it working using get_term_meta() but I am still curious why rwmb_meta() does not work.

Below is the code used to create user select meta field on the taxonomy: https://cln.sh/QO9iJ6
```
array(
    'id'         => $prefix . 'pm_related_user',
    'type'       => 'user',
    'name'       => esc_html__('User Account', 'text-domain'),
    'desc'       => esc_html__('Select the User Account for this PM.', 'text-domain'),
    'class'      => 'add-add-new',
    'query_args' => array(
        'role__in' => 'c_____project_manager',
    ),
    'field_type' => 'select_advanced',
    'tab'        => 'pm-tab',
),
```
Here are some samples of the database where the user ID is correctly saving to the meta field pm_related_user - https://cln.sh/4uPNJ3

Thanks, Peter!
--Brandon

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December 13, 2022 at 10:14 PM #39761

Peter
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Hello,

I do not see the issue on my demo site when using the helper function rwmb_meta() to get the term meta. Can you please update the plugin MB Term Meta to the latest version 1.2.10 and check this issue again? If you are using the older version (below 1.1), you can use the WordPress function get_term_meta() only.

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December 13, 2022 at 10:19 PM #39762

brandonjp
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I'm using MB Term Meta * Version: 1.2.10

Thanks for looking into it. But no problem, I’ll just stick with get_term_meta

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