Members List display of s2member custom fields

I agree and indeed, the data is stored in the sql table.
The trick is though that instead of many separate custom fields, they only use one field and as I noted, store the custom data in a JSON-encoded array.
In some ways more efficient than creating a slew of fields which may or may not be used but not as easily accessed by folks like me.

And while I have some programming background, I am far from ready to create my own plugins.

DP   

Daine,

I uses TextPad to do quick editing on the server. Easy line numbers etc.

I also needed to list the members with s2Member and was having the same problem, so this thread has been very helpful.

The key to reading s2Member custom fields correctly in that loop is:

<code>
$customdata = $u->$v['name'];
</code>

Then, $customdata is just an array with all of your fields in it and you can call them as needed with $customdata['custom_field_name'] within that loop.

I'm using this a little differently to populate member address information into Google Maps API, so I destroyed that markup function a little more that you would for a normal list, but that should get you started.

- Dan

I think I may have miss-typed above, the fields are saved into wp_usermeta but as one field also, mgm_member. Would you be able to point me to where I should be adding this code?

$customdata = $u->$v['mgm_member'];

$customdata['custom_field_name']

Thanks

gspiash, you'll need another plugin that will store this data for you in the wp_usermeta table.

cedric, it sounds like s2member is storing the data in a serialized array in the database. Meaning when the information is retrieved from the database it parses it and turn it into an array in PHP. The members list is only capable of retrieving strings from the database to print to the page. A string is plain text instead of a list of elements.

If you find a way to parse the data in the array, share it please ^^

Ok, I am trying to insert this code into the markup.
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<li>
    <div class="tern_wp_member_info">
        <div class="tern_wp_members_display_name">admin</div>
        <div class="tern_wp_members_user_email"><a href="mailto:ngentile@gmail.com">ngentile@gmail.com</a></div>
        <div class="tern_wp_members_wp_s2member_custom_fields"><?php echo get_user_field("user_hobby", $user_id); ?></div>
    </div>
</li>
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The third line where the s2member custom field is being referenced I am trying to use the get_user_field call to pull this is. It won't work in the markup here but when placed in the same page after the member list it will execute and print on the page. Any ideas?

I think there is only one custom field variable but this is an array with as many fields as you select with s2Member.
I think your code didn't work because member list couldn't use get_user_field.

<div class="tern_wp_members_wp_s2member_custom_fields"><?php echo get_user_field("user_hobby", $user_id); ?></div>

Adding PHP (like above) directly to the mark-up will not work.

Currently this plugin is set up to receive strings from the wp_usermeta table. The plugin, in attempt to be compatible with a wide range of plugins, checks the database table wp_usermeta for all names of user meta fields. This is why you see the titles of the fields you've set up with s2member.

The plugin only sees values that have been filled out because again it looks directly to the wp_usermeta table to find fields it could post.

Any fields containing information other than strings will not render as you'd like them to. This plugin was not designed to parse and deal with serialized arrays. Think about the search features of the plugin. In the event that you set up a field called "city" and you wanted the users of your site to be able to search through your users by city, a query needs to be created to allow this to happen. MySQL does not have the capability of parsing a serialized array while querying. Storing the "city" information in a serialized array would break the query.

It does not make sense to store data in the wp_usermeta table as an array or in any form other than a string or integer. This is how the table was meant to be used. Plugins that store the data in ways other than strings or integers are not playing nice. They make it significantly more difficult on other plugin developers.

The Members List plugin will not offers this capability. You'll need to find a plugin that allows you to add fields and stores them properly in the wp_usermeta table.