Storing Checkbox group output in WP Usermeta?

  • mplusplus

    (@mplusplus)


    5 years, 4 months ago

    Hi there

    I am adding a custom field in user profile fields.
    Checkbox group called “Skils”.
    The user can select one or more values from (Java, JavaScript, PHP, MySQL).

    How will I save these in wp usermeta? What will be the right code?

    foreach($_POST['skills'] as $value)
{
   update_user_meta( $user_id, 'skills', $value ); 
}

    Thanks.

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  • Moderator t-p

    (@t-p)

    5 years, 4 months ago

    See if this stackexchange post points in the right direction:
    https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/214719/how-do-i-add-a-field-on-the-users-profile-for-example-country-age-etc

    Thread Starter mplusplus

    (@mplusplus)

    5 years, 4 months ago

    @t-p that example is for a text-box, which I am able to do. My issue is with checkboxes.
    Any other thoughts are most welcome.

    Thanks

    Thread Starter mplusplus

    (@mplusplus)

    5 years, 4 months ago

    To add:

    I am using:

    <input type="checkbox" name="skills[]" id="1" value="php"/>PHP</input>
<input type="checkbox" name="skills[]" id="2" value="mysql"/>MySQL</input>

    //this returns null despite my selecting values in checkboxes.
    echo $_POST['skills'];

    Thanks.

    Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    5 years, 4 months ago

    Selecting boxes when the tag name attribute includes “[]” means the selections come in as an array. You cannot echo arrays, you need to print_r() arrays.

    You could actually store the entire array as-is into post meta, but in fact you need to validate and sanitize all submitted values before saving into the DB. You could loop through the data to validate and sanitize, while collecting clean data into a new array. Then save the entire array as a single meta value.

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