Invalid Taxonomy Error

Looking through the code it seems like it’s not finding the taxonomy that I input. Here’s the source:

$cpt_onomy->wp_set_object_terms( $meetup_ID , ‘goal-slug-that-user-enters’, ‘goals’ , true )

Thanks for the response! My functions.php looks like this:

<?php
	//Create post types meetups and skills
	require_once('functions/type-meetups.php');
	require_once('functions/type-skills.php');
	require_once('functions/type-skills-profiles.php');
	require_once("functions/type-messages.php");
	require_once("functions/type-goals.php");
	require_once("functions/type-organizations.php");
	require_once("functions/type-positions.php");
	require_once("functions/type-schools.php");
	require_once("functions/type-schools-profiles.php");

	//Allow users to sign-in with email
	require_once('functions/signin-email.php');
	require_once('functions/remove-admin-slug.php');

	//Functions to add friends and partnerships
	require_once("functions/friend-functions.php");
	require_once("functions/partner-functions.php");

?>

Then the partner-functions.php looks like this:

<?php

	function add_meetup($sender_ID, $recipient_ID, $pitch, $goal, $skill, $meetup_date){

		//echo $sender_ID."<br><br>". $recipient_ID."<br><br>".$pitch."<br><br>". $goal."<br><br>".$skill."<br><br>". $meetup_date;

		$sender = get_userdata(intval($sender_ID));
		$recipient = get_userdata(intval($recipient_ID));

		$meetup = array(
		  'post_title'    => "Meetup between $sender->first_name $sender->last_name and $recipient->first_name $recipient->last_name",
		  'post_content'  => $pitch,
		  'post_status'   => 'publish',
		  'post_type'	  => 'meetups',
		  'comment_status' => 'open',
		);

		$meetup_ID = wp_insert_post( $meetup );

		global $cpt_onomy;
		$cpt_onomy->wp_set_object_terms(  $meetup_ID , 'stars', 'goals' , true );
		add_post_meta($meetup_ID, 'possible_dates', $meetup_date);
		add_post_meta($meetup_ID, 'sender', $sender_ID);
		add_post_meta($meetup_ID, 'recipient', $recipient_ID);

		exit();
		wp_redirect('http://www.wisevice.com/meetups/'.get_post( $meetup_ID )->post_name);
	}

	if ($_POST["sender_ID"] && $_POST["recipient_ID"] && $_POST["add_partnership"]){

		add_meetup($_POST["sender_ID"],$_POST["recipient_ID"], $_POST["pitch"], $_POST["goal"], $_POST["skill"], $_POST["meetup_date"]); 

	}

	if(isset($_GET["confirm"]) && isset($_GET["confirm_ID"])){
			update_post_meta($_GET["confirm_ID"], 'confirmed_date' , $_GET["confirm"]);
			wp_publish_post( $_GET["confirm_ID"] ) ;
		}
?>

It’s just called when the page loads, but I’m not using a hook. I’ve tried including the partner-functions.php in functions.php using the wp_loaded hook and it did change the error message. The function just returned a blank array.

Thanks for the help! Now I’ve created a hook for the wp_loaded action and it’s just giving a blank array.

Here’s the hook code

<?php

add_action('wp_loaded','addpart');
function addpart(){
	if ($_POST["sender_ID"] && $_POST["recipient_ID"] && $_POST["add_partnership"]){

		$sender_ID = $_POST["sender_ID"];
		$recipient_ID = $_POST["recipient_ID"];
		$pitch= $_POST["pitch"];
		$goal= $_POST["goal"];
		$skill = $_POST["skill"];
		$meetup_date = $_POST["meetup_date"];

		//echo $sender_ID."<br><br>". $recipient_ID."<br><br>".$pitch."<br><br>". $goal."<br><br>".$skill."<br><br>". $meetup_date;

		$sender = get_userdata(intval($sender_ID));
		$recipient = get_userdata(intval($recipient_ID));

		$meetup = array(
		  'post_title'    => "Meetup between $sender->first_name $sender->last_name and $recipient->first_name $recipient->last_name",
		  'post_content'  => $pitch,
		  'post_status'   => 'publish',
		  'post_type'	  => 'meetups',
		  'comment_status' => 'open',
		);

		$meetup_ID = wp_insert_post( $meetup );

		global $cpt_onomy;

		print_r($cpt_onomy->wp_set_object_terms(  $meetup_ID , 'stars', 'goals' , true ));
		add_post_meta($meetup_ID, 'possible_dates', $meetup_date);
		add_post_meta($meetup_ID, 'sender', $sender_ID);
		add_post_meta($meetup_ID, 'recipient', $recipient_ID);

		wp_redirect('http://www.wisevice.com/meetups/'.get_post( $meetup_ID )->post_name);

	}
}
?>

If I var_dump the $cpt_onomy variable I get this : object(CPT_TAXONOMY), which makes me think that it IS registered and accessible. This is working on every other page I need it to. It’s just this page that’s a problem. This code is on the search page. Could that change anything?

Actually I think it was the hook thing. Thanks for the help though! You’re great.