xprofile_insert_field( array|string $args = '' )

Insert or update an xprofile field.

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Description Description

Parameters Parameters

$args

(Optional) Array of arguments.

  • 'field_id'
    (int) Optional. Pass the ID of an existing field to edit that field.
  • 'field_group_id'
    (int) ID of the associated field group.
  • 'parent_id'
    (int) Optional. ID of the parent field.
  • 'type'
    (string) Field type. Checked against a list of allowed field_types.
  • 'name'
    (string) Name of the new field.
  • 'description'
    (string) Optional. Descriptive text for the field.
  • 'is_required'
    (bool) Optional. Whether users must provide a value for the field. Default: false.
  • 'can_delete'
    (bool) Optional. Whether admins can delete this field in the Dashboard interface. Generally this is false only for the Name field, which is required throughout BP. Default: true.
  • 'order_by'
    (string) Optional. For field types that support options (such as 'radio'), this flag determines whether the sort order of the options will be 'default' (order created) or 'custom'.
  • 'is_default_option'
    (bool) Optional. For the 'option' field type, setting this value to true means that it'll be the default value for the parent field when the user has not yet overridden. Default: true.
  • 'option_order'
    (int) Optional. For the 'option' field type, this determines the order in which the options appear.

Default value: ''

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Return Return

(bool|int) False on failure, ID of new field on success.

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Source Source

File: bp-xprofile/bp-xprofile-functions.php 

function xprofile_insert_field( $args = '' ) {

	$r = wp_parse_args( $args, array(
		'field_id'          => null,
		'field_group_id'    => null,
		'parent_id'         => null,
		'type'              => '',
		'name'              => '',
		'description'       => '',
		'is_required'       => false,
		'can_delete'        => true,
		'order_by'          => '',
		'is_default_option' => false,
		'option_order'      => null,
		'field_order'       => null,
	) );

	// Field_group_id is required.
	if ( empty( $r['field_group_id'] ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Check this is a non-empty, valid field type.
	if ( ! in_array( $r['type'], (array) buddypress()->profile->field_types ) ) {
		return false;
	}

	// Instantiate a new field object.
	if ( ! empty( $r['field_id'] ) ) {
		$field = xprofile_get_field( $r['field_id'] );
	} else {
		$field = new BP_XProfile_Field;
	}

	$field->group_id = $r['field_group_id'];
	$field->type     = $r['type'];

	// The 'name' field cannot be empty.
	if ( ! empty( $r['name'] ) ) {
		$field->name = $r['name'];
	}

	$field->description       = $r['description'];
	$field->order_by          = $r['order_by'];
	$field->parent_id         = (int) $r['parent_id'];
	$field->field_order       = (int) $r['field_order'];
	$field->option_order      = (int) $r['option_order'];
	$field->is_required       = (bool) $r['is_required'];
	$field->can_delete        = (bool) $r['can_delete'];
	$field->is_default_option = (bool) $r['is_default_option'];

	return $field->save();
}

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1.1.0 Introduced.

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