[Resolved] Access User Profile Custom Fields for a specific user id

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[nathanw-6]

I am trying to read custom user profile checkboxes data for different users from PHP but just can't see a way of doing this.

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Nathan,

Thank you for contacting our support forum.

You want to use php to get the user info from a user custom field correct?

This is known as the user meta and you will need to use this function
https://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_user_meta

Please let me know if this helps.
Thanks,
Shane

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Also if I misinterpret the issue please let me know.

Providing an example will also help me to understand better.

Thanks,
Shane

[nathanw-6]

Hi Shane, I understand that about using the get user meta but not sure about the "checkboxes" as this appears to be a serialised data type. Will this come back as an array that can be parsed for the multiple checkboxes and the states of each?

[Shane Supporter Languages: English (English ) Timezone: America/Jamaica (GMT-05:00)]

Hi Nathan,

The checkboxes would return as an Array so you will need to slice off the section of the array value that you want.

Thanks,
Shane

[nathanw-6]

Hi Shane, I have done what you suggested but the returned array is impossible to decode. Below is the result of the array.

array(1) { [0]=> array(4) { ["wpcf-fields-checkboxes-option-c584e1b689f99efc3554ab9836ceb598-1"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "1" } ["wpcf-fields-checkboxes-option-6be0bd7cc6af74f84469370319eb3bc3-1"]=> array(1) { [0]=> string(1) "1" } ["wpcf-fields-checkboxes-option-b6f87ce47d3025f5e1a82f087cef6991-1"]=> int(0) ["wpcf-fields-checkboxes-option-1b0cea320ab689bfc41ec7aaa32f3845-1"]=> int(0) } }