Title: $instance dosn't retrieve saved data Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # $instance dosn't retrieve saved data * [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/) * Hello , I’m planning to develop many widgets to work with your builder * But I found a bug ! * in siteorigin-panels/widgets/widgets.php on line 149 “public function form($instance){“ * $instance should retrieve saved data but it’s empty cause you are saving widget’s settings as post meta “update_post_meta($post_id, ‘panels_data’, $panels_data);” * is there any work around ??? * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/page/2/?output_format=md) * Plugin Author [Greg – SiteOrigin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gpriday/) * (@gpriday) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132061) * Hi masteryo! * Thanks for letting me know about this issue. I’m going to take a look at it as soon as I get back to the office. * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132062) * it’s possible to retrieve data in form function , but we need panel id to do that like this : * ``` $global $post $all_instances = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'panels_data', true); foreach($all_instances $as $i => $instances) if($this->panel_id == $i) $instance = $instances; ``` * unfortunately , you are creating panel id in panels.admin.panels.js , so it’s hard to get panel id in php `formHtml = formHtml.replace( /\{\$id\}/g, newPanelId);` * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132067) * Btw , edit gallery In gallery widget is not working * error in firebug : ReferenceError: event is not defined event.preventDefault(); panels.admin.media.js (line 83) * You forgot to add event in ” click: function(){“ click: function(event){ * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132099) * Another Bug Found: if we enable “Copy Content to Post Content” I get always php timeout * ``` // Update the post, removing this action first so we don't infinite loop. remove_action('save_post', 'siteorigin_panels_save_post'); wp_update_post($post); add_action('save_post', 'siteorigin_panels_save_post', 10, 2); ``` * I the above code didn’t fix stopping from infinite loop. If i remove it will work fine * Plugin Author [Greg – SiteOrigin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gpriday/) * (@gpriday) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132161) * Your official title is now Bug Finder Extraordinaire 🙂 * I’ll go over all these issues and fix up what I can. Most of the issues seem fixable. * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132165) * 🙂 , thanks * Please let me know once you fix the issue especially the first bug , Cause I’m not able to continue develop widgets without fixing it * Plugin Author [Greg – SiteOrigin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gpriday/) * (@gpriday) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132266) * Just letting you know I haven’t forgotten about this thread. I’ve been really busy with a new theme launch. I’ll be getting to these issues soon. * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132279) * actually I’v been checking your page builder plugin in github every day looking for updates ,Really thank you for your great support * Don’t forget Please , let me know once you fix it * Plugin Author [Greg – SiteOrigin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gpriday/) * (@gpriday) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132283) * Is Page Builder on GitHub? I haven’t put it on myself, but due to popular demand, I’ll probably move development there as soon as I find some time. * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132284) * Huh? he is using your name that’s why I thought is you check it out [https://github.com/wp-plugins/siteorigin-panels](https://github.com/wp-plugins/siteorigin-panels) * Plugin Author [Greg – SiteOrigin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gpriday/) * (@gpriday) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132285) * That looks like something by Plugin Mirror that automatically syncs my updates from WP.org to GitHub. That’s pretty cool. * [http://www.pluginmirror.com/plugins/siteorigin-panels/](http://www.pluginmirror.com/plugins/siteorigin-panels/) * It looks up to date, so you can keep an eye out for updates there. * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132299) * Dear Greg Priday, When do you think the first bug will be fixed? * Cause if it’s going to take time , I’ll try to figure out work around * Thread Starter [masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/) * (@masteryo) * [12 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132301) * I was trying to figure out a solution , but I think the only solution is to retrieve data & widget form of opened dialog using ajax * [Tenatious](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tenatious/) * (@tenatious) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132364) * Masteryo, would this explain why array data doesn’t show in the pagebuiler widget options but it does show on the site? * [scottsawyer](https://wordpress.org/support/users/scottsawyer/) * (@scottsawyer) * [12 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data/#post-4132365) * [@masteryo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/masteryo/), your code in [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data?replies=15#post-4655592](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/instance-dosnt-retrieve-saved-data?replies=15#post-4655592) really helped me get close. Here is what I had to do to make this work for me. * ``` public function form ( $instance ) { if ( empty( $instance ) ) { global $post; $all_instances = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'panels_data', true); foreach( $all_instances['widgets'] as $i => $instances ) { if ( $this->panel_id == $i ){ $instance = $instances; } } } /* awesome code for my custom widget */ } ``` * In my case, my widget has fields that are loaded dynamically are are used in both the sidebar ( which already works fine ) and in the panels pages, so I just needed a condition for when the $instance is not available to the form function. * I am so happy now, thanks everyone! 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