Using get_post_meta for custom key but no data is returned.

The code that you have looks right, so there must be something else wrong with the code. You need to have this in the loop.

I’m working on a site right now, that has case studies and in the single.php, I have this:

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

	Lots of other stuff here ....

		<div id="testimonial">
			<p><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'testimonial', true); ?></p>
			<cite>&mdash; <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'client_name', true); ?></cite>
		</div>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

Both the testimonial and author are custom fields, but they are called inside the loop.

Stil to no avail i cannot get the fields from formidable pro to show in any theme in any of these php configrations:

This:
‘<?php global $post; global $prqutg; echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘prqutg’, true); ?>’

or this:
‘<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘prqutg’, true); ?>’

or this:
‘<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<div id=”pricelist”>
<p><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘prqutg’, true); ?></p>
</div>

<?php endwhile; endif; ?>’

I have tried every way possible to call this information into my front page list of posts but to no avail, still returning nothing.

I cannot figure this out for the life of me, and if i can’t call the fields from formidable pro into my template files then i cannot make my templates display correctly with the information i need.n I have tried to contact formidable pro support and they sent me here stating it is a wordpress issue.

Any suggestions? Might there be a conflict somewhere i am missing, is my code even right?

I’m not sure what formidable pro is.. can you post a link to your site. Perhaps the theme you are using is doing something funky…

Sure I have tried with twentyten & twenty 11 themes to and it is still not working.

https://real360media.com/demo-sites/demo2/

If you look at that main page in the titles for each post there is the word TEST next to the word test i have the code
‘<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, ‘prqutg’, TRUE); ?>’

And as you can see it is returning nothing.

I think that you will need to provide your entire code. It’s hard to tell what’s going on. Can you paste your index.php into pastebin.com and provide us with the link.

Also, please explain what you mean by Test….

As for the “Test” Basically in index.php i have put in plain text the word ‘TEST’ on the main page found here:

https://real360media.com/demo-sites/demo2/

there are posts for properties that have been listed on the website. With each post is an image, excerpt and address.

If you look above the address which sits over the image you will see the word ‘TEST’. Next to ‘TEST’ in the actual index.php file is where i have placed the code <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'prqutg', TRUE); ?>

You can see the Pastebin here:
https://pastebin.com/GUmz64ts

That doesn’t make any sense at all. The only thing that I can think of is that the key to your custom fields is not prqutg.

Can you try adding a conditional like so:

<div class="boxim">
<div class="btitle">
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'prqutg', true) ) {
      echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'prqutg', true)
 }else { echo 'test'; }
endif; ?>
</div>

If that still doesn’t work, then perhaps we need to see a screenshot of your post admin and custom fields

Also, on another note, you shouldn’t be using timthumb. There is no need for it whatsoever, and instead should be using the the_post_thumbnail() function.

<div class="boxim">
<div class="btitle">
<?php if ( get_post_meta($post->ID, 'prqutg', true) ) {
      echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'prqutg', true)
 }else { echo 'test'; }
endif; ?>
</div>

Returns a Syntax Error with that code.

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected '}', expecting ',' or ';' in /hsphere/local/home/c361163/https://************.com/****/******/wp-content/themes/Carmen/home.php on line 33

As for timthumb it was used in the theme i am using, what code should i use instead and where do i place it?

FIXED IT!

(ALTHOUGH still seeking info on removing timthumb and replacing with the thumbnail code you mentioned)

It was a formidable pro issue. I posted solution here:
https://formidablepro.com/help-desk/using-get_post_meta-but-all-it-is-returning-is-the-word-array/
Formidable pro is a Form building plugin(quite impressive one) within it you can have each form filled out create a post, BUT you must through the formidable pro interface append each custom field to the post in order to reference it. sot technically the key was never being added to the post and this not being found.

Once i added i to the posts and created a new post it all seemed to work fine. in each posts dashbaord edit area the fields were now showing up under the custom fields section, so now when i reference them i get the fields just fine!