Title: Returning Multiple Meta Data Values
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Returning Multiple Meta Data Values

 *  [erikw46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erikw46/)
 * (@erikw46)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/returning-multiple-meta-data-values/)
 * So I have a custom post that has 2 custom fields. I am able to return the value
   for “photoname” but not “field”. Any help would be appreciated!
 * Here is my functions.php
 *     ```
       <?php
       if (function_exists('register_sidebar')) {
       	register_sidebar(array(
       		'before_widget' => '<li id="%1$s" class="widget %2$s">',
       		'after_widget' => '</li>',
       		'before_title' => '<h2 class="widgettitle">',
       		'after_title' => '</h2>',
       	));
       }
   
       /* ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// */
       /* Add Custom Photos Post */
   
       add_action('init', 'photos_register_post_type');
   
       function photos_register_post_type() {
           register_post_type('photos', array(
               'labels' => array(
                   'name' => 'Photos',
                   'singular_name' => 'photos',
                   'add_new' => 'Add new photos',
                   'edit_item' => 'Edit photos',
                   'new_item' => 'New photos',
                   'view_item' => 'View photos',
                   'search_items' => 'Search photos',
                   'not_found' => 'No photos found',
                   'not_found_in_trash' => 'No photos found in Trash'
               ),
               'public' => true,
               'menu_icon' => get_stylesheet_directory_uri() . '/article16.png',
               'supports' => array(
                   'title',
                   'editor'
               ),
               'taxonomies' => array('category', 'post_tag') // this is IMPORTANT
           ));
       }
   
       add_action("admin_init", "admin_init");
   
       function admin_init(){
         add_meta_box("credits_meta", "Photo:", "credits_meta", "photos", "normal", "low");
         add_meta_box("custom_meta_options", "Photo Orientation:", "custom_meta_options", "photos", "normal", "low");
       }
   
       /* ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// */
       /* Add Custom Fields */
   
       /* Add Photo Custom Field */
   
       function credits_meta() {
         global $post;
         $custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
         $photoname = $custom["photoname"][0];
         ?>
         <p><label>File Name:</label><br />
         <textarea cols="50" rows="5" name="photoname"><?php echo $photoname; ?></textarea></p>
       <?php
       }
   
       /* Add Dropdown Custom Field */
   
       function custom_meta_options(){
       	global $post;
       	$custom = get_post_custom($post->ID);
       	$field= $custom["field"][0];
       	?>
       	<strong><label>Field:</label></strong>
       	<select name="field">
       		<option value="standard">Standard</option>
       		<option value="panoramic">Panoramic</option>
       		<option value="vertical">Vertical</option>
       	</select>
   
       <?php
       }
   
       /* Save Data */
   
       add_action('save_post', 'save_details');
   
       function save_details(){
         global $post;
   
         update_post_meta($post->ID, "photoname", $_POST["photoname"]);
         update_post_meta($post->ID, "field", $_POST["field"]);
       }
   
       ?>
       ```
   
 * And here is my page.php
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
   
       		<section id="content-container">
   
       			<?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'photos', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) ); ?>
   
       				<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
   
       				<div class="photo-container">
   
       				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><img class="entry-photo" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/photos/<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'photoname', true); ?>"></a>
   
       				<span class="entry-title"><?php the_title( '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a>' ); ?> | <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?>
   
       				</div><!-- end .photo-container -->
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
   
       		</section><!-- end #content-container -->
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * Thanks!

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [13 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/returning-multiple-meta-data-values/#post-3038337)
 * I don’t see anywhere in the page.php that you tried to retrieve the ‘field’ CF.
   Can you show the code you tried that did not work?
 *  Thread Starter [erikw46](https://wordpress.org/support/users/erikw46/)
 * (@erikw46)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/returning-multiple-meta-data-values/#post-3038342)
 * Yes, my fault. Here is the code. The data would be entered as a class on the 
   <img> tag.
 * Thank you.
 *     ```
       <?php get_header(); ?>
   
       		<section id="content-container">
   
       			<?php $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'photos', 'posts_per_page' => 10 ) ); ?>
   
       				<?php while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); ?>
   
       				<div class="photo-container">
   
       				<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent Link to <?php the_title_attribute(); ?>"><img class="entry-photo <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'field', true); ?>" src="<?php bloginfo('template_url'); ?>/images/photos/<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'photoname', true); ?>"></a>
   
       				<span class="entry-title"><?php the_title( '<a href="' . get_permalink() . '" title="' . the_title_attribute( 'echo=0' ) . '" rel="bookmark">', '</a>' ); ?> | <?php the_time('F jS, Y'); ?>
   
       				</div><!-- end .photo-container -->
       				<?php endwhile; ?>
   
       		</section><!-- end #content-container -->
   
       <?php get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/returning-multiple-meta-data-values/#post-3038345)
 * I tested code as similar to that as I could, and it worked for me. Don’t know
   why it won’t work for you.

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 * Last reply from: [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/returning-multiple-meta-data-values/#post-3038345)
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