We are looking at easy ways to insert (and delete) data within a wpDataTable via PHP.
Our use case is this:
Frontend users will be able to submit a CSV file via a form. That submission needs to be reviewed by an admin user before the data is then inserted into the wpDataTable that we have set up. We are happy to create the form ourselves and manage the approval part. When the submission is approved we want to use a simple PHP function to insert the data (without having to set up our own SQL connection to the external database that we're using).
Does that exist within a class somewhere in the plugin? Or at least the ability to retrieve a database connection, then we run the SQL against that ourselves?
Something like this can't be achieved with wpDataTables' built-in features, so it's considered a custom solution, which is not covered by our support.
Updating of table's data is covered only for manual tables. For the separate DB connection, you can check out this class: wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.connection.php
You can also take a look at the method addDataSourceToTable in the file wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.wdtconfigcontroller.php, around line 1816 and adjust it.
This is just advice since, as I mentioned above, we don't provide customization services. You can also take a look at our filters, hooks, and front-end table callbacks.
Hi,
We are looking at easy ways to insert (and delete) data within a wpDataTable via PHP.
Our use case is this:
Frontend users will be able to submit a CSV file via a form. That submission needs to be reviewed by an admin user before the data is then inserted into the wpDataTable that we have set up. We are happy to create the form ourselves and manage the approval part. When the submission is approved we want to use a simple PHP function to insert the data (without having to set up our own SQL connection to the external database that we're using).
Does that exist within a class somewhere in the plugin? Or at least the ability to retrieve a database connection, then we run the SQL against that ourselves?
Best wishes
Jonny
Hello Jonny.
Thank you for reaching out to us.
Something like this can't be achieved with wpDataTables' built-in features, so it's considered a custom solution, which is not covered by our support.
Updating of table's data is covered only for manual tables. For the separate DB connection, you can check out this class: wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.connection.php
You can also take a look at the method addDataSourceToTable in the file wp-content/plugins/wpdatatables/source/class.wdtconfigcontroller.php, around line 1816 and adjust it.
This is just advice since, as I mentioned above, we don't provide customization services. You can also take a look at our filters, hooks, and front-end table callbacks.
Kind Regards,
Aleksandar Vuković
[email protected]
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