justbishop

Amazing, thank you!

Thanks for the reply 🙂

Actually it was debug mode that alerted me to the rogue code in a template file. That was literally the only line generated as I clicked around, so I don’t think there should be anything else lurking about.

I fear it’s the Pie Register plugin that may be “hijacking” user_register, which will need to be resolved as I need to be able to charge a fee for registration, which is what I’m using Pie for in the first place. I did a bit of research and tried replacing user_register with one of the Pie actions that is apparently happening once it creates a new registered user, but that wasn’t generating the post I need, either.

Next step is definitely the plugin deactivation/reactivation. Ughhhh.

I thought that’s what I’d done, but maybe I’m not understanding? The site doesn’t have any traffic yet, as it’s still in testing/building stage. All of the draft posts are being created any time I delete the current ones, or navigate to a different screen in the admin area. I go back to the posts screen and the “Debug Data” posts have multiplied! I’ve also tried deleting cache and cookies in my browser, but they just keep coming!

Anyway, here is the code in my plugin file, userpost.php. I looked into the db and found that the restaurant name value is being stored in usermeta –> pie_text_7 (I’m using the plugin Pie Register to add the collection field to the registration process):

<?php

 /*

  Plugin Name: Auto-Create Post on User Registration
  Description: What it says on the tin
  Version: 1
  
*/

add_action( 'user_register', 'restaurant_profile_create', 10, 1 );
function restaurant_profile_create( $user_id )
{
    // Get user info
  /* $user_meta = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'pie_text_7', true );

    // Create a new post
    $user_post = array(
        'post_title'   => $user_meta,
        'post_type'    => 'post', 
    );
    // Insert the post into the database
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $user_post ); */
    
    
    $user_meta = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'pie_text_7', true );

    $user_post = array(
        'post_title'   => 'Debug Data',
        'post_type'    => 'post', 
    );
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $user_post );

}

• This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by justbishop.

Ok, nothing is working. Time to do this var_dump thing. I found the following code snippet elsewhere, but I have no idea where to put it. Functions.php?

$sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE key = 'restaurant_name'");
$assoc = mysql_fetch_assoc($sql);

// Dump variable containing the result of the MySQL query
var_dump($assoc);

Thanks so much for explaining, but I’m not sure I’m getting it. This is what I thought needed changed, based on the advice given, but it’s still not working. No post created ><;;

Posting the ENTIRE code in my plugin file. Maybe I’ve messed up something completely different?

<?php

 /*

  Plugin Name: Auto-Create Post on User Registration
  Description: What it says on the tin
  Version: 1
  
*/

add_action( 'user_register', 'restaurant_profile_create', 10, 1 );
function restaurant_profile_create( $user_id )
{
    // Get user info
   $user_meta = get_user_meta( $user_id, 'restaurant_name', true );

    // Create a new post
    $user_post = array(
        'post_title'   => $user_meta->restaurant_name,
        'post_type'    => 'post', 
    );
    // Insert the post into the database
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $user_post );

}

?>

Hm, yeah I probably should start a child theme. Thanks for reminding me that is a thing, lol!

As for the post creation, I’ve checked my DB directly and confirmed it’s tossing the restaurant_name value into the usermeta table. Changed my code to the following and tried it both as a plugin and in functions.php. Still no luck. Am I not using get_user_meta correctly?

Oh, and no I definitely do NOT want posts being published willy-nilly. Draft status is perfect!

add_action( 'user_register', 'restaurant_profile_create', 10, 1 );
function restaurant_profile_create( $user_id )
{
    // Get user info
    $user_meta = get_user_meta( $user_id );

    // Create a new post
    $user_post = array(
        'post_title'   => $user_meta->restaurant_name,
        'post_type'    => 'post', 
    );
    // Insert the post into the database
    $post_id = wp_insert_post( $user_post );

}

• This reply was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by justbishop.

Well, I’m running into a real problem. I’m doing a test run of the registration fee (I have it set to $0.01), and when I hit the submit button on the reg form, it does redirect to the Paypal logon. I’m logging in using an email address and password I know are correct (I just checked by using them to log straight into Paypal in another tab), but the form keeps telling me “Check your email address and password and try again.”

I have the payment gateway in the global settings using my Paypal account, and I’m trying to test the user registration with my husband’s Paypal account.

Any ideas?