Title: Select-field empty
Last modified: March 11, 2021

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# Select-field empty

 *  Resolved [brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * (@brening)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/)
 * Hallo
    I use the function UM()->fields()->edit_field(‘my_key’) to get an editable
   select field in ‘input mode’. But the select field is displayed without the selected
   option. I am sure, that the selected option is stored in the database.Please 
   tell me, how to solve this problem.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14181972)
 * Hi [@brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * Have you tried the following?
 *     ```
       $data['default'] = um_user("my_key");
       UM()->fields()->edit_field(‘my_key’, $data );
       ```
   
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * (@brening)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14183385)
 * Small part of my code:
 *     ```
       $fields = array('my_key');
       $data = [];
       foreach ($fields as $field) {
          $data[$field] = UM()->builtin()->get_specific_field($field);
       }
       $data = apply_filters('um_account_secure_fields', $data, $User_id);
       UM()->fields()->edit_field('my_key', $data['my_key']);
       ```
   
    -  This reply was modified 5 years, 3 months ago by [brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/).
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14188974)
 * Hi [@brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * Does it work? Are you trying to create fields in the Account form?
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * (@brening)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14189842)
 * Yes, this code works for other fields. I output a form for entering user data.
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14199715)
 * Hi [@brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * Thanks for letting us know. I am closing this thread now.
 * Regards,
 *  Thread Starter [brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * (@brening)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14199725)
 * No, it doesn’t work for select field.
 *  Thread Starter [brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * (@brening)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14225039)
 * Hello! I got it wrong. My problem is still relevant. Can you help?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Champ Camba](https://wordpress.org/support/users/champsupertramp/)
 * (@champsupertramp)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/select-field-empty/#post-14326476)
 * Hi [@brening](https://wordpress.org/support/users/brening/)
 * Sorry for the late response.
 * Could you please tell us if you’re still having issues?
 * Feel free to re-open this thread by changing the topic status to “Not Resolved”
   so that we can get back to you.
 * Regards,

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