Problems with saving custom field on extended account tab

(@coxinha)

Guys, I’m going slightly mad ’cause I’m still struggeling with the own account tab thing. So please, I need your help…

I’m using UM 2.0.25 free version with WP 4.9.8

I’m looking for a solution to save a custom field on an extended account tab. The code I’ve found here doesn’t work properly: https://gist.github.com/champsupertramp/c1f6d83406e9e0425e9e98aaa36fed7d

add_action('um_after_account_general', 'showUMExtraFields', 100);

function showUMExtraFields() {
  $id = um_user('ID');
  $output = '';
  $names = array('phone_number', 'company');

  $fields = array(); 
  foreach( $names as $name )
    $fields[ $name ] = UM()->builtin()->get_specific_field( $name );
  $fields = apply_filters('um_account_secure_fields', $fields, $id);
  foreach( $fields as $key => $data )
    $output .= UM()->fields()->edit_field( $key, $data );

  echo $output;
}

add_action('um_account_pre_update_profile', 'getUMFormData', 100);

function getUMFormData(){
  $id = um_user('ID');
  $names = array('phone_number', 'company');

  foreach( $names as $name )
    update_user_meta( $id, $name, $_POST[$name] );
}

After updating the custom field the meta_value is “0” or “1” but not the value of my custom field.

So where is the mistake?

Thanks a lot for help in advance!!

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wptechnology
(@wptechnology)

6 years, 4 months ago

I’ve got exactly the same problem.
Seems like custom fields are not custom meta.
Meaning update_user_meta() save on extra information that can be retrieve with get_user_meta()
I’ve opened a topic to get the good information on how to save custom fields retrievable by using um_user(‘name_of_field’)
Will post the answer when I’ll found it.
Or if someone has it, please post it ?
wptechnology
(@wptechnology)

6 years, 4 months ago
Found it.
To save / update field value into profile account, you need to call update_profile from user class :
```
global $ultimatemember;
$user_id = um_user('ID');
    
um_fetch_user($user_id);
$toupdate[] = array('name_of_field' => 'its_value');
UM()->user()->update_profile($toupdate);
```
Thread Starter coxinha
(@coxinha)

6 years ago

Hi @wptechnology,

thanks a lot for your reply and please excuse my late reply.

Where should I enter your part in the code above?

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