Set values for select_advanced field type

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(@reypm)

I am defining my metaboxes as follow:

$meta_boxes[] = array(
        'id'       => 'related_link_1',
        'title'    => __('Noticia relacionada (1)'),
        'pages'    => array( 'post', 'page' ),
        'context'  => 'normal',
        'priority' => 'high',
        'fields' => array(
            array(
                'name'  => 'Noticia relacionada',
                'id'    => $prefix . 'related_link_1',
                'type'  => 'select_advanced',
                'clone' => true,
            ),
        )
    );

And all works fine, metaboxes are displayed on post add|edit. Now I need to fill that metaboxes using all the post I have on my DB since this is a related new, how do I achieve this?

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/plugins/meta-box/

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Thread Starter reypm
(@reypm)

11 years, 4 months ago
Ok, researching for a possible solution I’ve found this at demo.php file:
```
array(
    'name'        => __( 'Select', 'meta-box' ),
    'id'          => "{$prefix}select_advanced",
    'type'        => 'select_advanced',
    // Array of 'value' => 'Label' pairs for select box
    'options'     => array(
        'value1' => __( 'Label1', 'meta-box' ),
        'value2' => __( 'Label2', 'meta-box' ),
    ),
    'multiple'    => false,
    'placeholder' => __( 'Select an Item', 'meta-box' ),
)
```
Now, how do I get all the post from the DB?
Plugin Author Anh Tran
(@rilwis)

11 years, 4 months ago
To get all post from DB, you can use this code:
```
$posts = get_posts( array(
    'post_type' => array( 'post', 'page' ), // Add your post types here
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'orderby' => 'title',
    'order' => 'ASC',
) );
$options = array();
foreach ( $posts as $post )
{
    $options[$post->ID] = $post->post_title;
}
```
Then you can pass $options to the field like this:
```
array(
    'name'        => __( 'Select', 'meta-box' ),
    'id'          => "{$prefix}select_advanced",
    'type'        => 'select_advanced',
    // Array of 'value' => 'Label' pairs for select box
    'options'     => $options,
    'multiple'    => false,
    'placeholder' => __( 'Select an Item', 'meta-box' ),
)
```
Thread Starter reypm
(@reypm)

11 years, 4 months ago

Hi, excellent but because I have a lot of post this option is not suitable for me since page get too slow which leads me to the next question, can I do the same using Select2 Ajax functionality? How?

Plugin Author Anh Tran
(@rilwis)

11 years, 4 months ago

Right now the plugin doesn’t support ajax functionality for Select2. But it’s put on the issue list on Github and we will try to implement it later.

Thread Starter reypm
(@reypm)

11 years, 4 months ago

Ohhh nice but later you mean today or other day? I need this as soon as you can, any ETA?

Plugin Author Anh Tran
(@rilwis)

11 years, 4 months ago

The time isn’t specified yet. I hope we can implement it in next major version update.

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