Meta Box

Hi Brian,

Solution 1: adding a text field for file name.

You can do that by adding a text field into your meta box, or wrap the file_advanced and text field into a group, whatever convenient for you.

Then outputting the file using code like below (this is for the case when the file and the text field are not in a group):

$file = rwmb_meta( 'my_file' );
$file = empty( $file ) ? null : reset( $file ); // Just get the first file.
$title = rwmb_meta( 'my_file_title' );
if ( is_array( $file ) ) {
    echo "<a href='{$file['url']}'>{$title}</a>";
}

If they're in a group, then you can do like this:

$group = rwmb_meta( 'my_file_group' );
$file_ids = isset( $group['file'] ) ? $group['file'] : null;
$file_id = empty( $file_ids ) ? null : reset( $file_id );
$file = RWMB_File_Field::file_info( $file_id );
$title = isset( $group['title'] ) ? $group['title'] : '';
if ( is_array( $file ) ) {
    echo "<a href='{$file['url']}'>{$title}</a>";
}

Solution 2: using a page builder

If you use a page builder, like VC or Beaver Builder, you need to fetch the data of the file to use in the plugin. Meta Box stores attachment ID, not file URL.

A quick solution for that is writing a shortcode to get file URL from the field, like this:

add_shortcode( 'your_file_url', function( $atts ) {
    $file = rwmb_meta( 'my_file' );
    $file = empty( $file ) ? null : reset( $file );

    return empty( $file ) ? '' : wp_get_attachment_url( $file );
} );

And use shortcode [your_file_url] in your page builder module to get the file URL.

Hi Dave,

It's normal. Since when you have multiple clones, it's impossible to know which clone is affected by the value of the selected field.

Fixed in the version 1.3.0. I see that we don't need the user_id parameter at all, since the form is only for the current user.

Hi, all you need is just adding edit=true to the shortcode. The edit option is added in version 1.5.0.

What do you mean "as a filter"?

Hi Barikom,

Unfortunately, Meta Box doesn't handle all the WC form. The plugin works only with fields that are created by Meta Box.

I'm not quite clear what do you mean by "Any possibility of this field or the identification code be automatic". I just understand that posts have a custom field the_user, which stores ID of the user you want to connect with. If you change the field ID from the_user to author, then simply change that text in the code. That's all.