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WordPress

Posted by Ranish Malhan
Ranish Malhan
Courses Plus Student 377 Points

How to save custom meta box data in wordpress?

I have created a custom meta box with some fields in it. Now, i want to save that data in the database. Please help me the code is given below:-

//add meta box for the offer post function offers_add_meta_boxes(){ add_meta_box( 'offer_details', 'Offer Details', 'coupon_hawker_offer', 'offers', 'normal', 'high' ); } add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'offers_add_meta_boxes' );

function coupon_hawker_offer(){

wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename(_FILE_), 'offer-meta-box-nonce-feild');

//offer type goes here
$html = '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here for offer type
    $html .= '<label for="offer_type" class="offer_label" id="offer_type">';
        $html .= "Offer Type";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //Selection box goes here
    $html .= '<select name="offer_types" class="input_types">';
        //first option
        $html .= '<option value="Coupon">';
            $html .= 'Coupon';
        $html .= '</option>';
        //second option
        $html .= '<option value="Deal">';
            $html .= 'Deal';
        $html .= '</option>';
    $html .= '</select>';
$html .= '</div>';

//Offer availabilty goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here for availabilty
    $html .= '<label for="avail_as" class="offer_label">';
        $html .= "Availablity";
    $html .= '</label>';
    // selection for availablity type
    $html .= '<select name="availabilty" class="input_types">';
        //first option goes here
        $html .= '<option value="Offline">';
            $html .= 'Offline';
        $html .= '</option>';
        //second option goes here
        $html .= '<option value="Online">';
            $html .= 'Online';
        $html .= '</option>';
        //third option goes here
        $html .= '<option value="Both">';
            $html .= 'Both';
        $html .= '</option>';

    $html .= '</select>';
$html .= '</div>';

//Offer details goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here
    $html .= '<label for="offer_details" class="offer_label" id="offer_details_label">';
        $html .= "Offer Details";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //text area for ofer details goes here
    $html .= '<textarea id="offer_details" name="offer_details" class="input_types">';
    $html .= '</textarea>';
$html .='</div>';

//Coupon code goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here
    $html .= '<label for="Coupon_code" class="offer_label">';
        $html .= "Coupon Code";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //text box for coupon code
    $html .= '<input type="text" name="coupon_code" value=" " class="input_types">';
$html .= '</div>';

//Affilate link goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here
    $html .= '<label for="Coupon_code" class="offer_label">';
        $html .= "Affilate link";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //input box for affilate link goes here
    $html .= '<input type="text" name="affilate_link" value=" " class="input_types">';
$html .= '</div>';

//Featured section goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here
    $html .= '<label for="Featured" class="offer_label">';
        $html .= "Featured";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //checkbox for featured offers goes here
    $html .= '<input name="featured_offers" type="checkbox" id="featured" title="featured">';
$html .= '</div>';

//Activation date section goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here
    $html .= '<label for="activation_date" class="offer_label">';
        $html .= "Activation Date";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //input for date goes here
    $html .= '<input type="date" name="activation_date" id="activation_date" value="" class="input_types" />';
$html .= '</div>';

//Expiry date goes here
$html .= '<div class="meta_container">';
    //label goes here
    $html .= '<label for="expiry_date" class="offer_label">';
        $html .= "Expiry Date";
    $html .= '</label>';
    //input for date goes here
    $html .= '<input type="date" name="expiry_date" id="expiry_date" value=""  class="input_types"/>';
$html .= '</div>';

echo $html; }