Support › Meta Box Builder › Post Field: 'Set as Parent' Does not save field value in Custom DB Table
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Peter.
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May 11, 2023 at 8:05 PM #41801
Ahmed E.
ParticipantHi there,
When I use a Post field and select the 'Set as Parent' option, the field value is not saved in the custom meta DB table.
I know this is the expected behavior as stated in the DOCs, yet I think it is essential to add an option that allows saving the value as a meta value too besides setting it as the parent post.
For example, many times I don't need the post data itself but just the metadata that is stored in a custom DB table. And in order to save/get the field value I would need to make an extra DB query!
Is there a way to save the field value using filters without making an extra DB query?
Also, please consider adding this option to the field asap.
TIA.
May 12, 2023 at 8:42 PM #41811Peter
ModeratorHello,
If you use the option "Set as Parent", the field does not save the value to the postmeta table or custom table. It will set the post_parent in the table wp_posts. Saving a meta value, in this case, is not necessary.
If you want to save a meta value to the DB, you can take a look at the actionrwmb_after_save_postto set a post meta after saving the post.Please read more on the documentation
https://docs.metabox.io/actions/rwmb-after-save-post/
https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-custom-table/#apiMay 12, 2023 at 9:31 PM #41813ParticipantHi Peter,
Thanks for your reply.
Can you please consider adding this feature in future releases?
Regarding saving it manually, is there a way to attach a field to
rwmb_request()->set_post_data($_POST)?May 14, 2023 at 9:04 PM #41818ModeratorHello,
I've created a feature request and our development team will consider supporting this feature in future updates.
Regarding the saving field value manually, you can use the function
rwmb_request()->set_post_data( $_POST );with the hookrwmb_before_save_postor functionupdate_post_meta()with the hookrwmb_after_save_post.
Refer to the documentation
https://docs.metabox.io/actions/rwmb-before-save-post/
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