Using data in bp_xprofile_data

  • cbloom1919

    (@cbloom1919)


    9 years, 2 months ago

    I have a Gravity Form user registration that collects user profile fields that are displayed in the user’s BuddyPress profile. I also have a Gravity Form user submission form where a user submits information and a new custom post type post is created using merge tags. I need for some of the post author’s profile data to be attached to the post. I think I can do this using merge tags of the user’s meta data but when I look at where the user’s profile information from BuddyPress is stored, it is in the “_bp_xprofile_data” table, not the usermeta table, so it doesn’t appear in the list of available merge tags. How do I map the data collected in the user registration form to populate the usermeta table?

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  • Moderator bcworkz

    (@bcworkz)

    9 years, 2 months ago

    It’s inadvisable to create redundant information. When you need that BP user data, just get it from the source table. Don’t put it somewhere else that will not be updated when the original source changes. There’s likely a BP function to do this, you’d best inquire in their dedicated forum for that. If all else fails it can be queried with SQL and the global $wpdb object.

    You can create your own shortcode that does this, so other than the name not being in the dropdown it would basically work the same way. There may even be a hack to add such a shortcode to the dropdown without it being a true merge tag. I wouldn’t be able to suggest how such a hack could be implemented because Gravity Forms source code is not publicly available.

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