https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dyanimacally-populating-drop-down-with-custom-field-values-of-posts Gravity Support Forums Topic: Dyanimacally populating drop down with custom field values of posts en-US Sun, 05 Apr 2026 06:22:36 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.1 q https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/search.php https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dyanimacally-populating-drop-down-with-custom-field-values-of-posts#post-42502 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:32:39 +0000 Carl Hancock 42502@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>David has also updated the tutorial to include this information in the tutorial here:</p> <p><a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields</a> </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dyanimacally-populating-drop-down-with-custom-field-values-of-posts#post-42491 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:45:27 +0000 Casey Kluver 42491@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>You are the best! Thanks so much David :) Works like a charm! </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dyanimacally-populating-drop-down-with-custom-field-values-of-posts#post-42470 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:54:00 +0000 David Smith 42470@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>Hi Fallingup,</p> <p>You can do this by replacing line 20 of the pasted snippet to this:</p> <pre><code>[php] $choices[] = array(&#39;text&#39; =&gt; get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, &#39;meta_key&#39;, true), &#39;value&#39; =&gt; get_post_meta($post-&gt;ID, &#39;meta_key&#39;, true));</code></pre> <p>Replace "meta_key" with the meta key of the custom field you are trying to retrieve. </p> https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/topic/dyanimacally-populating-drop-down-with-custom-field-values-of-posts#post-42449 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:41:51 +0000 Casey Kluver 42449@https://legacy.forums.gravityhelp.com/ <p>This post in the "How-To" Documentation has helped me a ton!<br /> <a href="http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields" rel="nofollow">http://www.gravityhelp.com/documentation/page/Dynamically_Populating_Drop_Down_Fields</a><br /> I first want to say thanks for this info!!</p> <p>In this example how to it was described how to populate a drop down with the post_title of custom post types dynamically. </p> <p>I know have an instance where I would like to dynamically populate a drop down field with the a custom field value of the post rather than the post_title of that post. </p> <p>Here is the full code from the "How-To" doc<br /> <a href="http://pastie.org/2105544" rel="nofollow">http://pastie.org/2105544</a></p> <p>Can anyone help me out?<br /> Thanks! </p>