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update_post_meta with Custom post_type

  1. I have a custom post_type called, "lessons" which has meta fields that I populate with a gravity form.

    I then have a "duplicate" of the form that loads on a separate page and dynamically populates the content with the meta information and is supposed to let people update the post.

    I have a gform_after_submission hook to update the meta data, but because it's a custom post_type it's not working.

    Here's what I have for the function to update the meta...

    function gf_edit_plans( $entry, $form ) {
        global $post;
    		$monday_lesson = $_POST['20'];
    		update_post_meta($postID, 'monday_lesson', $monday_lesson );
    }
    add_action( 'gform_after_submission_10', 'gf_edit_plans', 10, 2 );

    Any ideas?
    I've been racking my brain on this one for hours!!

    Thanks.

    Posted 11 years ago on Wednesday July 4, 2012 | Permalink
  2. I think the problem is that $postID will not contain the ID of the post. Should that be $post->ID? Otherwise, where does $postID get defined? Can you echo the value of $postID and see what it contains?

    Also, outside the loop, you sometimes need to use this:

    global $wp_query;
    $thePostID = $wp_query->post->ID;
    Posted 11 years ago on Wednesday July 4, 2012 | Permalink
  3. It is grabbing it... but it may not be grabbing it correctly.

    Meaning I can echo it onto the page, but when I added in what you gave it "updated" the post, but it simply deleted all the entries.

    Have a look...

    Here's the template page...
    http://pastebin.com/kUHyp19H

    And here's the functions page...
    http://pastebin.com/3L6TZk2m

    Posted 11 years ago on Wednesday July 4, 2012 | Permalink
  4. Any other thoughts on this?
    I've still had no luck.

    Posted 11 years ago on Thursday July 5, 2012 | Permalink
  5. "but it simply deleted all the entries"

    That seems sort of scary.

    For troubleshooting, I would start by determining if you can retrieve the post. Can you var_dump the $postID and log it, display it, or email it to yourself?

    Once you know you have the correct post, it's a matter of updating the post_meta, correct?

    Posted 11 years ago on Friday July 6, 2012 | Permalink
  6. Got it!!

    All I had to do was change the "$_POST" to "$entry".
    I don't know why I hadn't noticed that.

    Thanks for the help!

    Posted 11 years ago on Friday July 6, 2012 | Permalink
  7. Glad you figured that out. Thanks for the update.

    Posted 11 years ago on Friday July 6, 2012 | Permalink

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