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BP – xprofile_get_field_data()

sdls
Member

@simon_said

13 years, 2 months ago

Hello! Working on some new theming strategies for BP 1.5 and I was wondering what the correct way of referencing specific meta_data for use in a custom template:

xprofile_get_field_data();

seems to be the right way to go, but I can’t seem to get it to work.

`
$user_id = bp_loggedin_user_id(); //current logged in user
$field = ’19’; // the ID of the field referenced in table wp_bp_xprofile_fields
$major = xprofile_get_field_data( $field, $user_id );
`
This doesn’t quite seem to be working any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

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sdls
Member

@simon_said

13 years, 2 months ago

answer me this one oh BP gurus and I promise never to but you about xprofile_get_field_data() again!

Paul Wong-Gibbs
Keymaster

@djpaul

13 years, 2 months ago

It should work assuming that 1) There is indeed a field with id=19 and 2) That $user_id is a valid user and 3) That $user_id has set a value for field_id=19 in their profile data (i.e. they’ve completed the field).

Boone Gorges
Keymaster

@boonebgorges

13 years, 2 months ago

So what happens when you do
`var_dump( $major );`
after all of this? Does it show up as `false`, or undefined? If false, the problem is that the user has not filled in the data (or the field doesn’t exist). If undefined, then there is a more significant problem.

You might check your database table wp_bp_profile_data to make sure that there is indeed a row corresponding to the logged in user id and field 19.

sdls
Member

@simon_said

13 years, 2 months ago

Must have been a database caching problem…. damn internet gremlins!
That first snippet worked as is with no changes…. just took 30 minutes to refresh
Thanks for your feedback both.

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