Title: Creating Placemarks using php
Last modified: March 13, 2018

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# Creating Placemarks using php

 *  [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-placemarks-using-php/)
 * Can I create new placemarks within a php code snippet such as [insert_php]
    I
   would like to create the PlaceMark Name and the Address i.e. Latitude,Longitude

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 *  Thread Starter [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-placemarks-using-php/#post-10074773)
 * I’ve got this working now with the following code. All I need to do now is pass
   my values from my Participants Database.
 * [insert_php]
    $post_id = 100; $author_id = 1; $slug = ‘arctic-fern’; $title =‘
   Arctic Fern’; $content = ‘Milford Haven Marina – Najad 391’ ;
 *  $post_id = wp_insert_post(
    array( ‘comment_status’ => ‘closed’, ‘ping_status’
   => ‘closed’, ‘post_author’ => $author_id, ‘post_name’ => $slug, ‘post_title’ 
   => $title, ‘post_content’ => $content, ‘meta_input’ => array(‘bgmp_address’ =
   > ‘52.12345,-2.54321’, ‘bgmp_latitude’ => ‘52.12345’, ‘bgmp_longitude’ => ‘-2.54321’),‘
   post_status’ => ‘publish’, ‘post_type’ => ‘bgmp’) ); [/insert_php]
 *  Thread Starter [supernova42](https://wordpress.org/support/users/supernova42/)
 * (@supernova42)
 * [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-placemarks-using-php/#post-10079086)
 * This is my finished function. Basically users input details of their boat into
   the website. Data is stored in Participants Database. The user also inputs the
   Lat and Long of their boat. The routine below creates a PlaceMarker page for 
   the users details and the PlaceMarker is displayed on the Google Map. I have 
   a lot of subscribers and as more users enter their details the number of PlaceMarkers
   grows.
 * > [insert_php]
   >  /* Update Members Details */ $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
   > $user_name = $current_user->user_login; $user_id = Participants_Db::get_record_id_by_term(‘
   > username’, $user_name); $record = Participants_Db::get_participant( $user_id);
   > echo do_shortcode(‘[pdb_record tabs=true record_id=’.$user_id.’]’);
   > /* Update Najad Yacht Position and PlaceMarker */
   >  $current_user = wp_get_current_user();
   > $id = $current_user->id; $boatdata = Participants_Db::get_participant($id);
   > $boat_name = $boatdata[‘boat_name’]; $home_port = $boatdata[‘home_port’]; $
   > model = $boatdata[‘model’]; $latitude = $boatdata[‘latitude’]; $longitude =
   > $boatdata[‘longitude’];
   > if (!empty($boat_name) &&
   >  !empty($home_port) && !empty($model) && !empty($
   > latitude) && !empty($longitude) && ($latitude <> ‘0’) && ($longitude <> ‘0’)){
   > /* Find existing Post ID and delete Post */
   >  $mypost = get_page_by_title($boat_name,”,‘
   > bgmp’ ); $post_id = $mypost->ID; wp_delete_post($post_id);
   > /* Create new PlaceMark */
   >  $author_id = 1; $post_id = wp_insert_post( array(‘
   > comment_status’ =>’closed’, ‘ping_status’ =>’closed’, ‘post_author’ => $author_id,‘
   > post_name’ => $slug, ‘post_title’ => $boat_name, ‘post_content’ => $home_port.'
   > <br />’.$model, ‘meta_input’ => array( ‘bgmp_address’ => $latitude.’,’.$longitude,‘
   > bgmp_latitude’ => $latitude, ‘bgmp_longitude’ => $longitude), ‘post_status’
   > => ‘publish’, ‘post_type’ => ‘bgmp’) ); } else {echo ‘Information has not been
   > entered…’;} [/insert_php]

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 * Last activity: [8 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-placemarks-using-php/#post-10079086)
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