[Matt]

Hey Steve,

Hope you are excellent!

I successfully created a code snippet to add checkboxes to the Edit Entry and it is working, but I am unable to get the information I want to appear on the displayed entry using my custom card-single.php. If the checkbox is checked, I want it to display the fields ‘name’ and ‘desc’ when the entry is displayed. Thanks for your help! -Matt. Here is my code thus far:

[Steven Zahm]

@ Matt

You would add this to your template:

$region_1 = $entry->getMeta(
        array(
            'key'    => 'region_id_1', // This should match exactly the field id used when registering the custom field.
            'single' => TRUE        // Do not change this.
        )
    );

echo if ( $region_1 ) 'All of Minnesota.';

Hope that helps!

[Matt]

Steve,

Thanks for your help! We are getting there. I got it to display “All of Minnesota.” Sweet. However, the array is just grabbing the 1 key. How do I get it grab all the keys for each region_id_# (1-8)? Do I need to copy and paste the array 7 more times and customize each of them? I thought arrays had the ability to grab all the info and store it, so I can pull out what I need?

Matt

[Steven Zahm]

@ Matt

The fields you set up are a individual checkboxes. These are not saved in the db as an array, they are saved as individual unique rows in the db. A checkbox group, would be saved as a single unique row as a json encoded array in the db.

I think the confusion is that the fields are setup and registered using arrays which has no bearing on the date is saved and retrieved (well, in a way it does, based that is based on the field type).

re: How do I get it grab all the keys for each region_id_# (1-8)? Do I need to copy and paste the array 7 more times and customize each of them?

Yes, take the code I gave and change the key value to the registered field ID.

re: I thought arrays had the ability to grab all the info and store it, so I can pull out what I need?

You can if you use a checkbox group

Hope that helps.

[Steven Zahm]

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