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1. WebTechGlobal
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I created a custom post type and some taxonomies. I'm trying to add values for the taxonomies I created. The meta boxes show on the Edit Post screen, but are never populated with values.

   Closest I get is new custom fields.

   Can someone please confirm what goes where on this function...

   add_metadata( $meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value );

   Thank you

   function eci_populatetaxonomy($recordarray,$csv,$filename,$set,$posttype,$postid)
   {
   	// first check that the post type exists in the taxonomy array
   	if(isset($csv['taxonomies'][$posttype]))
   	{
   		// loop through all set columns - for each column set in array we add that columns data to the taxonomy stored with it
   		foreach($csv['taxonomies'][$posttype] as $csvcolumn=>$tax)
   		{
   
   			//echo $csvcolumn.'= Column title in data used to extract data value from record array <br />';
   			//echo $tax.'= Taxonomy name i.e. MyTaxonomy <br />';
   
   			if($key != 'NA')
   			{
   				// add_metadata($meta_type, $object_id, $meta_key, $meta_value, $unique = false)
   
   				$sqlcolumn_clean = eci_cleansqlcolumnname($csvcolumn);
   				add_metadata('term', $postid, $tax, $recordarray[$sqlcolumn_clean]);// this adds custom fields
   
   				//add_metadata($posttype, $postid, $tax, $recordarray[$sqlcolumn_clean]);// this adds custom fields
   
   				//add_post_meta($postid, $postid, $tax, $recordarray[$sqlcolumn_clean]);
   			}
   		}
   	}
   }

2. WebTechGlobal
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I still need help on this. Tidied up the area of code I need to complete to help it be a little clear what variables we have to deal with.

   I keep creating Custom Fields or nothing, whatever I do! I don't get it.

   function eci_populatetaxonomy($recordarray,$csv,$filename,$set,$posttype,$postid)
   {
   	// first check that the post type exists in the taxonomy array
   	if(isset($csv['taxonomies'][$posttype]))
   	{
   		// loop through all set columns - for each column set in array we add that columns data to the taxonomy stored with it
   		foreach($csv['taxonomies'][$posttype] as $csvcolumn=>$tax)
   		{
   
   			//echo $csvcolumn.'= Column title in data used to extract data value from record array <br />';
   			//echo $tax.'= Taxonomy name i.e. MyTaxonomy <br />';
   
   			if($key != 'NA')
   			{
   				// Post ID: $postid
   				// Custom Post Type: $posttype
   				// Taxonomy Name: $tax
   				// $recordarray[$csvcolumn]: data value
   
   				// what do I put here to add meta data to a post so that it
   				// populates custom meta boxes and not custom fields ?
   
   			}
   		}
   	}
   }

3. WebTechGlobal
   Member
   Posted 10 months ago #

   I'm thinking it is this and I have tried it before. About to try again

   //wp_set_object_terms( 123, 'Bob', 'person' );
   //wp_set_object_terms( $object_id, $terms, $taxonomy, $append )
   wp_set_object_terms( $postid, $recordarray[$csvcolumn], $tax );

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