@ndbe– I can’t reproduce this. Works absolutely fine for me. The indexes reset perfectly on save.

To make sure we’re both looking at the same thing, would you be able to send some screenshots or a screencast?

Hello Steve,

I am having the same issue as ndbe. I have an add_more group with a two text boxes and an editor. If I click the plus button to add multiple groups/sections, save the post, then delete any of the middle sections, I have data issues. I have to actually move the section to delete to the bottom of all of the sections (make it the last section), before deleting it. Please see my screencast here for more details: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3844293/deleting_addmore-group.mp4

I have also upgraded to Piklist v.0.9.9.7

Also, here is the code that I’m using:

<?php
/*
Post Type: drama
Order: 10
Priority: high
Tab: Teacher Page
Flow: DW Workflow
*/

   piklist('field', array(
    'type' => 'group'
	,'field' => 'teacher_page'
    ,'label' => 'Teacher Pages'
    ,'template' => 'field'
	,'description' => 'To add more staff members, click the blue "+" button. Click and drag to rearrange the order'
    ,'add_more' => true
    ,'fields' => array(
	
      array(
        'type' => 'text'
        ,'field' => 'section_title'
        ,'label' => 'Section Title'
        ,'columns' => 6
      )

      ,array(
        'type' => 'text'
        ,'field' => 'section_anchor'
        ,'label' => 'Section Anchor ID'
        ,'columns' => 6
      )

	  ,array(
			'type' => 'editor'
			,'field' => 'section_content'
			,'label' => 'Section Content'
			,'options' => array(
			  'wpautop' => true
			  ,'media_buttons' => true
			  ,'shortcode_buttons' => true
			  ,'teeny' => false
			  ,'dfw' => false
			  ,'tinymce' => array(
				'resize' => false
				,'wp_autoresize_on' => true
			  )
			  ,'quicktags' => true
			  ,'drag_drop_upload' => true
			)
	  )

	  
    ) // end group: teacher_page

  )); // end field declaration

Thanks

Hey Steve,

I’m glad the video helped. I’m a visual learner so I know videos help me better than text sometimes.

I will hold off on updating my code until the next version is available. The other tabs on this Post Type have multiple add_more groups and I have different theme files that would need to change, all of which were already updated when I upgraded to Piklist 0.9.9 🙂

The work around of moving the section that I need delete to the bottom first will work in the meantime.

Thanks for all of your help!

Hi Donna

Just the same for me. What’s even more strange: If I use the following group field for standard posts, then it gets wrong serialized, but despite of that its data shows up correctly. If I use the field in a custom post type (for the event custom post type of https://de.wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/), then its data doesn’t show up.

<?php
/*
Title: Weitere Durchführungstage
Post Type: event
Context: side
Priority: high
Order: 2
Meta box: true
*/

piklist('field', array(
    'type' => 'group'
    ,'field' => 'weitere_tage'
    ,'scope' => 'post_meta'
    ,'description' => 'An welchen weiteren Tagen findet dieser Kurs statt?'
    ,'columns' => '12'
    ,'add_more' => true
    ,'fields' => array(
        array(
            'type' => 'datepicker'
            ,'label' => __('Datum')
            ,'scope' => 'post_meta'
            ,'field' => 'weiterer_tag_datum'
            ,'attributes' => array(
                'class' => 'text'
            )
            ,'options' => array(
                'dateFormat' => 'dd.mm.yy'
            ,'firstDay' => '1'
            ,'changeYear' => true
            ,'yearRange' => "-0:+5"
            ,'changeMonth' => true
            ,'constrainInput' => true
            ,'monthNamesShort' => [ "Jan", "Feb", "Mär", "Apr", "Mai", "Jun", "Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Okt", "Nov", "Dez" ]
            ,'dayNamesMin' => [ "So", "Mo", "Di", "Mi", "Do", "Fr", "Sa" ]
            )
            ,'columns' => '6'
        )
        ,array(
            'type' => 'text'
            ,'field' => 'weiterer_tag_beginn'
        ,'scope' => 'post_meta'
            ,'label' => __('Start')
            ,'value' => '08:00'
            ,'columns' => '3'
        )
        ,array(
            'type' => 'text'
            ,'field' => 'weiterer_tag_ende'
        ,'scope' => 'post_meta'
            ,'label' => __('Ende')
            ,'value' => '17:00'
            ,'columns' => '3'
            )
    )
));

Thanks for the hint, Steve. But it doesn’t work. I made a 2-minute-screencast, which shows, what’s happening: Youtube.

@Steve any ETA on when we will the patched version be released? I’m having the same problem with Piklist 0.9.9.7

BTW, what is the correct way to filter/edit post metadata before it’s saved in the DB?
In native WP there’s wp_insert_post_data, but I tried using it but the $data array doesn’t have any of the metadata included. Where should I look?

I made a temporary fix for this issue, but I had to edit Piklist plugin files because I couldn’t figure how to filter the metadata. If anyone is interested, here’s how I fixed it:

First defined this somewhere:

/*
 * Custom fix for: https://piklist.com/support/topic/0-9-9-6-add-more-problem/
 *
 * TODO: Remove when fixed upstream!
 */
function fix_keys(&$value) {
    if (is_array($value)) {
        // Check whether the array has numeric keys
        // From: http://stackoverflow.com/a/4254008
        if (!(count(array_filter(array_keys($value), 'is_string')) > 0)) {
            $value = array_values($value);
        }
        foreach ($value as &$item) {
            fix_keys($item);
        }
    }
}

Then at piklist\includes\class-piklist-form.php after line 3111 (beginning of the else clause) I added this:

if ($field['type'] === 'group' && is_array($field['request_value'])) {
    fix_keys($field['request_value']);
}

No idea if it’s optimal in any way, but at least everything seems to work now (only did some quick tests).

Still not fixed in 0.9.9.8, use fix_keys function from nakanaa.

This seems to be an issue with group add_more fields only. Let us know if you see it in just simple add_mores, and then post your field here.

Any news when this bug will be fixed? I have the same problem in v 0.9.9.9.

Here my add-more field code:

  piklist('field', array(
    'type' => 'group'
    ,'label' => 'Warenkorb'
    ,'field' => 'fvb_order_cart'
    ,'add_more' => true
    ,'fields' => array(
        array(
            'type' => 'select'
            ,'field' => 'product'
            ,'label' => 'Produkt'
            ,'columns' => 6
            ,'choices' => $choices
            ,'conditions' => $conditions
        )
        ,array(
            'type' => 'number'
            ,'field' => 'price'
            ,'label' => 'Preis [EUR]'
            ,'columns' => 3
            ,'value' => '0.00'
            ,'description' => 'This field is updated by the Select field above'
            ,'attributes' => array(
                'min' => -10000
                ,'step' => 0.01
            )  
        )
        ,array(
            'type' => 'number'
            ,'field' => 'number'
            ,'label' => 'Anzahl'
            ,'columns' => 2
            ,'value' => 1
            ,'description' => 'This field is updated by the Select field above'
        )
    )
    ,'validate' => array(
      array(
        'type' => 'fvb_resource'
        ,'options' => array(
            'resource' => 'cart'
        )
      )
    )
  ));