Association

This field allows to select and reorder multiple post type posts, taxonomy terms, users or comments. Useful for creating links between any of these items.

Config methods

set_types( $types )

It allows you to specify the types of data that you want to have available in this association field.

In this context:

• type is the data type – post, term, user, comment, or a custom value (if implemented).
• subtype clarifies the exact type to be used.
  • For the post_type type, you can use post, page or any other registered custom post type.
  • For the taxonomy type, you can use category, post_tag or any other registered custom taxonomy.
  • The subtype is not used for the user and comment types.

Defaults to array( array( 'type' => 'post', 'post_type' => 'post' ) )

set_min( $min )

Allows you to set the minimum number of selected items in an association field. By default, there is no requirement.

Field::make( 'association', 'crb_association' )
    ->set_min( 5 )

set_max( $max )

Allows you to limit the maximum number of selected items in an association field. By default, there is no limit.

Field::make( 'association', 'crb_association' )
    ->set_max( 5 )

set_duplicates_allowed( $allow )

If enabled will allow the same item to be selected more than once. By default, duplicates are not allowed.

Field::make( 'association', 'crb_association' )
    ->set_duplicates_allowed( true )

Getting stored values

/* Get the association data as an array */
carbon_get_post_meta( $id, $name );
/*
The above example returns: 
array( 
    0 => array(
        'id' => 20,
        'type' => 'post',
        'subtype' => 'page',
        'value' => 'post:page:20',
    ), 
    1 => array(
        'id' => 16,
        'type' => 'term',
        'subtype' => 'category',
        'value' => 'term:category:16',
    )
)
*/

Example

The example below registers the following options for the association field:

• Post Type: Page
• Post Type: Post
• Taxonomy: Category
• Taxonomy: Post Tag
• Users
• Comments

Field::make( 'association', 'crb_association' )
    ->set_types( array(
        array(
            'type' => 'post',
            'post_type' => 'page',
        ),
        array(
            'type' => 'post',
            'post_type' => 'post',
        ),
        array(
            'type' => 'term',
            'taxonomy' => 'category',
        ),
        array(
            'type' => 'term',
            'taxonomy' => 'post_tag',
        ),
        array(
            'type' => 'user',
        ),
        array(
            'type' => 'comment',
        ),
    ) )

Value Format

array(
    array(
        'value': 'post:page:10',
        'id': 10,
        'type': 'post',
        'subtype': 'page',
    ),
    ...
)