I'm currently working on a plugin for worpdress and have ran into a strange problem.
I currently have a frontend form which the user fills in and submits. Once submitted this then creates a post in a custom post type, with the following function:
$my_post = array(
'post_title' => $title,
'post_type' => 'product_enquiries',
'post_content' => $message,
'post_status' => 'private',
'post_author' => 1,
);
$post_id = wp_insert_post( $my_post );
update_post_meta($post_id, '_user_email', $_POST["email"]);
update_post_meta($post_id, '_user_name', $_POST["name"]);
update_post_meta($post_id, '_user_phone', $_POST["phone"]);
wp_reset_postdata();
On the same page i also have this:
$pID = get_the_id();
$customemail = get_post_meta($pID, 'enquiry_email', true) ;
For some reason when the form is submitted and then post is created, it deletes the value of $customemail. I have been through it over and over again and cant work it out?
I have tried changing update_post_meta to add_post_meta which made no difference, and have also added wp_reset_postdata(); which again makes no difference.
If I remove the code that inserts the new post then $customemail retains its value.
Any ideas?