I am just wondering if there is any way to pass values to the placeholders other than in the short codes. Can I pass values in the URL or assign the value of a field in a page? I need my user to be able to dynamically change the date used in the query.
Thanks you so much for any assistance or suggestions you may be able to offer.
Well we don't have this built-in, but you can try the following workaround but you will need some experience with writing SQL queries and using WP hooks.
You can create table with query for example
SELECT
user_id,
user_name,
user_address,
CONCAT('<a href="http:/yoursite.com/your_custom_page?user_id=',user_id,'">Details</a>') AS Details
FROM your_table_name
and then on your_custom_page you will insert shortcode of the tableid that you need with placeholder like this
[wpdatatable id=1 var1=1]
of course, you will create that second table from query like
SELECT * FROM second_table WHERE user_id = %VAR1%
and then you will use our hook for dynamic upsetting placeholders
function updateVAR1($tableID){ global $wdtVar1;
//check is set GET parametar user_id
if(isset($_GET['user_id'])){
//get value from form fieald
$wdtVar1 = $_GET['user_id'];
} }
add_action('wpdatatables_before_get_table_metadata', 'updateVAR1');
Like this I believe you will get result like you need
I am just wondering if there is any way to pass values to the placeholders other than in the short codes. Can I pass values in the URL or assign the value of a field in a page? I need my user to be able to dynamically change the date used in the query.
Thanks you so much for any assistance or suggestions you may be able to offer.
Hello David
Thank you for your purchase.
Well we don't have this built-in, but you can try the following workaround but you will need some experience with writing SQL queries and using WP hooks.
You can create table with query for example
and then on your_custom_page you will insert shortcode of the tableid that you need with placeholder like this
[wpdatatable id=1 var1=1]
of course, you will create that second table from query like
SELECT * FROM second_table WHERE user_id = %VAR1%
and then you will use our hook for dynamic upsetting placeholders
Like this I believe you will get result like you need
Kind Regards,
Aleksandar Vuković
[email protected]
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