Meta Box

That's basically it. The only difference is that I have several MetaBoxes per post type with several fields all writing to their own tables.

I also have several things hooked to save_post... there could be something in there causing the issue.

We can close this for now as I'm thinking it must be on my end somehow. I'll let you know if I discover anything else related to this issue.

Thanks again!

Hi Anh,

I have an update.

I discovered that the issue was actually occurring for all front-end select_advanced or select fields with multiple set to TRUE regardless of whether there are multiple MetaBoxes or not.

I had come across this with another metabox and created a workaround that led me to believe it wasn't happening.

The workaround hooks rwmb_{metabox_id}after_save_post and strips the string notation off of the serialized array.

Like so:

function obh_update_group_primary_contact($post_id) {
  global $wpdb;
  $table = $wpdb->prefix . '_group_contact_info';
  $result = $wpdb->get_row(
    "SELECT * 
    FROM $table 
    WHERE ID = $post_id"
  );
 
  $primary_contact = $result->obh_group_primary_contact;
 
  $string_query = stripos( $primary_contact, 's:' );
    
  if($string_query !==false) {
     $ass_array = preg_split('/^[s]\:([1-9][0-9]{0,2})\:\"/', $primary_contact);
    $string_1 = $ass_array[1];
    $string_2 = rtrim($string_1,'";');
  } else {
    $string_2 = $primary_contact;
  }
  
  if($string_2){
    $wpdb->update(
      $table,
      array('obh_group_primary_contact' => $string_2),
      array('ID' => $post_id )
    );
  }
}

add_action( 'rwmb_obh_group_description_after_save_post', 'obh_update_group_primary_contact' );

As far as I'm concerned, this is solved for me. Please let me know if you uncover a better way to address it in core. I'm always happy to implement your updates.

Thanks for all your hard work and the tremendous plugins!

Hi,

Just following up on this. Is there a way to create settings pages for the network?

Thanks!

I cannot replicate this with any consistency. It was doing earlier, but now it's not. I have so many things tied to save_post, add_post_meta, wp_insert_post_data and the metabox hooks that I was probably doing something wrong.

Unless you find something, let's close this one and I'll reopen it if I find something again later.

Thanks again!

Hi Anh,

I do 99.9% of my editing from the front-end. I just made an edit from the backend and the validation works there as expected. I apologize for not being more clear and more timely in my communication there.

I am still getting nothing for the front-end though.

I use the front-end form in a bootstrap modal, I'm not sure if that could be the issue.

Thanks for all your help!

Hi Anh,

I have not been able to get the validation rules to work (front-end or back-end). When I include the custom validation code, the display of the page on both the front-end and the admin gets messed up. I am using a JavaScript masonry code to display the Metaboxes on the front-end. I have some custom CSS on the back end, but nothing too outrageous. There are no errors displayed in the console.

The front-end should look like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/1t69as0hiyb2jwt/correct-display.jpg?dl=0

Instead it looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ntk1pm93knx9xmm/with-cutom-validation-code.jpg?dl=0

The admin looks like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/cqeg0qjyg9s9kcl/backend%20error.gif?dl=0

Instead it should look like this: https://www.dropbox.com/s/gku2ydcowfsc3sa/backend-normal.gif?dl=0

(all links are downloadable)

I can get the "required" custom attribute for the field settings to work just fine, but not the custom validation rules (some sort of JavaScript issue).

The "required" custom attribute works well for the majority of situations, but not for checkbox lists. With a checkbox list, the "required" custom attribute requires all check-boxes to be checked in order for the form to validate.

This what it looks like: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmkd635yjom58uu/with-required-custom-attribute.jpg?dl=0

I only need one or two boxes to be checked in order to validate. I'd also like a custom message.

I realize this is a complex issue involving many different parts and several potentially conflicting scripts. In the event that I cannot get a custom message, just modifying the core code to accommodate a checkbox-list would be sufficient for my needs.

Here is the complete code for the Metabox: https://gist.github.com/obodohub/15d9f02f1807845fa3fa0b2ef9a3b88a

Let me know your thoughts.

Thanks!

Hi again,

I've tried with something like this inline inside the modal that I use for front-end editing to no avail.

It works here: http://jsfiddle.net/AsuyC/298/

but I'm not seeing how I can accurately access the form by the class.

Any Ideas?

$(document).ready(function () {
    $('.rwmb-form').validate({
        rules: {
            'obh_member_membership_tags[]': {
              required: true
            },
            'obh_member_cohort_tags[]': {
              required: true
            },
            'obh_member_needs_tags[]': {
              required: true
            }
            'obh_member_grant_tags[]': {
              required: true
            }
        },
        messages: {
            'obh_member_membership_tags[]': {
              required: 'Select a member tag'
            },
            'obh_member_cohort_tags[]': {
              required: 'Select a cohort tag'
            },
            'obh_member_needs_tags[]': {
              required: 'Select a needs tag'
            }
            'obh_member_grant_tags[]': {
              required: 'Select a grant tag'
            }
        },
    errorPlacement: function (error, element) {
        error.insertBefore(element);
    },
    });
});