My guess is that this is the wrong hook for what you are trying to do, or you are using it incorrectly. A few notes: You are passing unvalidated data into a query. Please don’t do that. This… $town_b = $_POST[‘item_meta’][800];//Gets the value from the first field global $wpdb; $query = “SELECT County FROM wp_locations … Read more
You need a set of functions to : process datas sanitize options allow datas to be updated output the form I like to proceed this way. I set also a function to grab datas so I can call them the simpliest way : add_action(‘wp_dashboard_setup’, ‘wpse_106458_add_widget’); function wpse_106458_add_widget() { $title = my_function_get_options(); $title = $title[‘title’]; wp_add_dashboard_widget(‘widget_id’, … Read more
use Visual Form Builder. It’s a WordPress plugin, allows you to visually build your forms, and keeps track of all entries for you.
You never initialize the value in $url. Test the value in $swapcategory. When there is no match, $url is empty and that may be the problem. This comment is false: // $url now contains our new success page. Let’s update the form setting. It should say: // $url may contain our new success page or … Read more
Your page-xyz.php has to look like this: $cookie_set = isset( $_COOKIE[‘mycookie’] ); if ( $_SERVER[‘REQUEST_METHOD’] == ‘POST’ ) : // exec your mysql queries and do else stuff… // after it set your cookie setcookie(‘mycookie’, ‘some value’); $cookie_set = true; endif; if ( $cookie_set ) : // render your content here else : // render … Read more
your nonce action name is wrong use same as entered in wp_nonce_field(‘update_grn_data’,’grn_data’); and also you forget to echo nonce, try this if ( isset( $_POST[‘grn_data’] ) && wp_verify_nonce($_POST[‘grn_data’],’update_grn_data’) ) { //if nonce check succeeds. $postid = $_POST[‘post_id’]; $data = $_POST[‘grn’]; update_post_meta($postid,’grn’,$data); } form <?php /* This file is to provide input fields to record data … Read more
See the myplug_admin_page function. And see the selected calls inside it. selected works in a way that check the value of the item with the current saved value. In your selected calls the current saved value should be $input[‘select_it’] but.. no $input variable it’s defined in that function. In that function the current saved value … Read more
Rename your <select> to something other than page_id. The problem is that page_id is already taken (and handled) by WordPress (as query var). This should do, for example: <?php if (isset($_GET[‘editevent’]) && true == $_GET[‘editevent’]) echo ‘Post ID: ‘.$_GET[‘my_page_id’]; ?> <form method=”GET” action=”#”> <select name=”my_page_id” id=”my_page_id” onchange=”this.form.submit()”> <?php $args = array( ‘posts_per_page’ => -1, ‘post_type’ … Read more
For multiple selections to work the name attribute of your form has to be an array, you can specify that like this: name=”fruits[]” – or as complete line: <input type=”checkbox” name=”fruits” id=”fruits[]” value=”apple” /> This is well documented, for example: Settings API with arrays example HTML input array
You can use in search query wp public query vars. When searching in multiple categories, wordpress accepts comma separated category ids in url &cat=1,2,5 Now I can come up with only such simple solution. Get rid of wp_dropdown_categories use e.g. get_categories, so you can customize SELECT attribute name into cat[] (which is also possible with … Read more