Pods extended User cannot save first_name, last_name

[lougreenwood]

When extending wp_user with pods, $pod->save() does not save the first_name or last_name values.

$pod->save([
    'first_name' => 'new_fn',
    'last_name' => 'new_ln',
]);

Doesn't result in a saved user first/last name.

[sc0ttkclark]

@lougreenwood what happens to $pod above this?

[jimtrue]

Related #1890 and #3430

[jimtrue]

In addition @sc0ttkclark for your reference, these fields also are not available in the magic tag syntax/template reference, which probably means we're not 'presenting' them.

Correction: They're actually available as they're user_meta, they're just not 'visible'. I had to traverse into them through the relationship field to users.

[lougreenwood]

@sc0ttkclark

when do you call that save() and on what page?

save() is called by a hook which is triggered when saving another Pod (let's called it related_pod). I have the same issue when saving related_pod via wp-admin or front-end.

what is done with $pod above your ->save() call?

I have a wrapper which I use as an interface to updating a pod, this is the code which my internal code calls to update the field:

    /**
     * Update an existing record.
     * @param  int      $id       ID of record to be updated.
     * @param  array  $fields Record fields & values to be saved.
     */
    public static function update( int $id, array $fields ){
        // Initalise the pod for this controller's associated model
        $pod = \pods( static::SLUG );

        // Update the entry
        return $pod->save( $fields, null, $id );
    }

[sc0ttkclark]

My test code works for this. So it looks like there's another problem going on here. Have you extended the Users pod yet? You need to extend that wp object with Pods first before you can start saving fields to it with pods().

[lougreenwood]

@sc0ttkclark Yep, Users has been extended.

I have an idea for how to reproduce, we can discuss it in Slack as some details are private.

[rosalynpoort]

I'm having the same issue, when i display a form for user pod (extended wp user) the first name, last name, description fields don't show.
$mypod = pods( 'user' ); echo $mypod->form();

[sc0ttkclark]

@rosalynpoort please create a new issue for that, this is a separate issue about saving, yours is an issue about the form fields shown by default for users.

[louisgan]

Could be the new updates on W3 Total Cache causing the issue or because of certain cache configuration. I cleared cache and disabled W3TC plugin and this issue went away.

[louisgan]

Ah could be related to issue #4005 when using redis

[lougreenwood]

@sc0ttkclark

My test code works for this. So it looks like there's another problem going on here. Have you extended the Users pod yet? You need to extend that wp object with Pods first before you can start saving fields to it with pods().

Do you still have the test code? Curious to see what field name you use for first name & last name...

Just stumbled into this bug again

[sc0ttkclark]

Took me long enough, finally debugged this deep enough to find the issue!