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1. dyrk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Hey

   I've added a custom post type that's working fine. For a final tweak I'd like to use show some of the custom field values in columns in the post manager.

   this is the code i have for the columns...but i'm not sure how to get custom field values to show.

   add_action("manage_posts_custom_column", "my_custom_columns");
   add_filter("manage_edit-candidates_columns", "my_candidates_columns");
   
   function my_candidates_columns($columns)
   {
   	$columns = array(
   		"cb" => "<input type=\"checkbox\" />",
   		"title" => "FAB ID",
           "name" => "Name",
   		"area" => "Area"
   	);
   	return $columns;
   }
   
   function my_custom_columns($column)
   {
       global $post;
   
       $cname = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'cname', true);
       $carea = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'carea', true);
   
   	if ("ID" == $column) echo $post->ID;
   	elseif ("name" == $column) echo $cname;
   	elseif ("area" == $column) echo $carea;
   }

   the problem is somewhere with the get_post_meta...not sure what the solution would be.

   any idea would be greatly appreciated

   thanks in advance

2. Peter_L
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   try using add_meta_box

3. dyrk
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   Thanks

   Can I use that to display existing custom fields in the columns?
   And if so...how? A code snippet would be very useful.

   Many thanks

4. Peter_L
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   hold on, I misunderstood your problem
   add_meta_box has nothing to do with columns

   gonna experiment with columns myself a bit

5. Peter_L
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #
   

   try this, works for me
   

   function my_custom_columns($column){
   	global $post;
   	switch($column){
   		case "name":
   		    $custom = get_post_custom();
         		    echo $custom["cname"][0];
   		    break;
   		case "area":
   		    $custom = get_post_custom();
   		    echo $custom["carea"][0];
   		    break;
   	}
   }

   else, read this http://thinkvitamin.com/dev/create-your-first-wordpress-custom-post-type/

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