I have no idea how someone comes to such a suggestion.

@toscho random answer generator?

oooh those

I suppose there's uses

I have no hope, but I self nominated because 4 candidates were too few ...

@G.M. Wohoo! Finally. :)

@G.M. Appreciated. :)

I solved that.

But … my demo code contains 7 classes and three interfaces. Should I post that much code or rewrite it to a dumbed down version?

@toscho I think you can. The way the theory can be explained better is the preferred way of answering - as I believe. :)

@MayeenulIslam most of the code is for the options page I set up for the test

@toscho So, what do you think?

@MayeenulIslam I put the complete code to GitHub and use an excerpt in my answer.

Get WP editor per AJAX

@toscho That's good too. Thanks.

how do I give access a page secured via login cookie (invoice) to cron function?

you mean remote page? add cookie to http request

not remote but in same site.. I guess I should just create another function which generates the html from given post object. Most of the time I think too complex.. :/

anyone know good csv parser?

there's built in PHP Core functions for that

I am trying to scrap and parse this file but solution to the similar problem doesn't work

have you tried str_getcsv?

yes. used wp_remote_get() and str_getcsv

tried in my local (windows) and on server (linux) with same result. But on some online parser it works

@Sisir for Gists: Use valid filenames (no spaces) and an opening <?php tag or select the language from the drop down.

ah.. okey..

done

get it to working without str_getcsv() but without HTTP API.

any ideas? wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/130467/…

been struggling to figure out what's going on

while voting happens can we see who's in the lead or do we have to wait till the final close for results?

final, complex math

@toscho it's more like 565 eligible user, but I agree the rate isn't good - what a understatement..

@ialocin conversely there are 32015 ineligible users

@GhostToast indeed :) I was personally a bit surprised about the overall distribution of reputation per user, thought there must be a lot more with more reputation, but to be fair I never took a closer look before

1271 potential voters

@TomJNowell how much reputation you need for that?

150

@TomJNowell cross-reference that score with users who have been active on meta within the past month

and you'll find the real voting pool!

hmmm Im not sure of the data SQL for that

I kind of want to nominate myself now, but the caveat is, I just don't know if I'm able to be as active as needed, because I might be on the road for some time this year

data.stackexchange.com/wordpress/query/161263/…

599 potential voters

out of 32580 total

1.8%

I was doing the same, but for last access since 1.1.14, then there are 547

what's needed to get the 100 rep bonus on joining new exchange sites?

@TomJNowell i think its having over 200 on any other site

does anyone know if those numbers are particularly wpse specific?

they are

note you can choose the site to run it on in the top right

@TomJNowell I'm a little confused on your question, although it reads perfectly fine, what exactly are you having trouble with? Are you not able to declare two inputs in a control successfully? Just asking because I work with the customizer in our app...

@userabuser it doesn't work, it's not clear how it should work either

e.g. there's a settings parameter when registering a control, and you can tell it which setting you are talking about when using $this->value() and $this->link etc

yet when I use it as it appears, they both return blank empty strings

no saving on modification etc

I might aswell have copy pasted an input from a different website

if I don't pass a setting in via value or link it works

but that gives me a single input in my control

I need multiple inputs

I know, I guess I wanted to have the answer the lazy way

besides that, if I'm not mistaken, the numbers aren't the same on all the sites, I think at SO you need 3000 for nomination

300 for nomination

@TomJNowell We just loop through an array of controls, using add_section, are you doing this or similar? Or have code on hand?

yes, I should've made clear that was referring to stackoverflow, stackoverflow.com/election/4

@userabuser so you have multiple controls?

yeah, in a section, e.g. two inputs and a textarea and so forth

=/ That's already an option I know how to do, sadly this would lead to a very long and repetitive customizer list

it also introduces new problems

control Bs contents depend on control As

and it's a suboptimal UI

Easy google fonts somehow manages it

in a section is an option to configure a font

dont think I follow what you really want

you expand it and you get font family/weight/size etc

so the contorl is not weight or size

it's a control for a heading that contains a weight and size and family field etc

TYpography is the section

and not all font families have the same weights

yes but that section contains font chooser controls

not weight controls and family controls and size controls

each choice has a single control with multiple inputs

you're suggesting multiple controls with single inputs

that's the problem

how do I do the first?

are you using add_control()?

yes, I wasn't aware there were other ways

"Nominations close in 4 hours."

@TomJNowell Well, there isn't afaik, Easy Google Fonts is just looping over an array of controls and using add_control to add them to a single section.

...this is what we do.

@userabuser it isn't

an Easy google font control contains tabs and each tab has controls

I see no means of nesting like that

if you do, add it as an answer

well, what they are doing is a little tricky... out of the box the customizer API does not support that...

instead what they are doing.... is simply instantiate a control building on add_control

which you can too... this is how they piece together custom controls with custom markup/nested/tabs etc...

I know how to build a custom control

that's not the issue

they have a whole set of views dedicated to just opening and closing custom containers

I don't know how to build a custom control with multiple inputs

$wp_customize->add_control(
	new EGF_Font_Control(
		$wp_customize,
		$option_parameter['name'],
		array(
			'label'    => $option_parameter['title'],
			'section'  => 'tt_font_' . $option_parameter['tab'],
			'settings' => 'tt_font_theme_options['. $option_parameter['name'] . ']',
			'priority' => $priority,
			'option'   => $option_parameter,
		)
	)
);

afterall what's the point in having a custom control that adds tabs if there's only a single item that you can put in there?

...this is how you would do it.

pass an instance of your custom control class to add_control

you've just posted code I've already seen but I understand nothing more

I already have a custom control

The problem is not adding a custom control

it's how do I put multiple inputs inside

I know you do but what I am saying is that type of thing is enitrely custom, you need to follow the logic of their EGF_Font_Control class.

which I don't understand

I know it's custom

but how do I do it?

E.g. a render_content method that has 2 textboxes not 1

how do I make them both work

i can make 1 work, how do I make 2 work

public function render_content() {
        ?>
        <label>
                <span class="customize-control-title"><?php echo esc_html( $this->label ); ?></span>
                <textarea rows="5" style="width:100%;" <?php $this->link(); ?>><?php echo esc_textarea( $this->value() ); ?></textarea>
        </label>
<?php
}

how would I add a second textarea in that method?

Simply add it...

yes but HOW

That's what I do

are you calling the method?

customizer is calling it

that single textarea works

but what do I do to get a second?

Yes but you must extend WP_Customizer with your control builder class

I can add a nonfunctional dumb textarea

then pass instance of your control builder to add control

@userabuser you keep telling me this, I already know this

I have a working custom control

passed in via add_control

it saves, it updates, it works

it only has a single html input

i need it to have multiple html inputs

how do I modify my custom control accordingly?

If I put in a text area afterwards it won't have the necessary stuff, it'll show in the customizer, but it will be useless, it won't save, it won't update

where do I get it's value from?

what about the link() method? how do I differentiate them?

I know that

=s

now im confused

but that's exactly it

yes but you have it in your head

I do not

Ok...

lets take a step back

/*etc... do your thing */

Lets say for example the following...

WP_Customize_Control doesn't have an add_control method

Sitll not grasping what you mean, and that control builder has invalid construction parameters

Each argument (field) is an array of properties that within your Toms_Control_Builder, you manipulate to build the control how you want... Since you have two controls, a text input and textarea in this example, you process those fields and pass them to render_control()...

yes but how?

you're talking at a high level

I don't know how to translate that into code

but how what? that's up to you how you want to do it... your class should have methods that enable you to wrap the controls with containers/divs/styles etc

ok hold on then

I dont care about divs etc, I only care about inputs, and making sure they get values and update/save

When you extend WP_Customizer_Control things like $this->label, $this->id are now in scope!

So within your render_control() method, you have those available to show the correct values of the field...

yes but thats fine for a single input

I cant just copy paste the input a second time though

I just nominated myself.

yay

Lets have some primaries! 4 more hours, 4 more nominations!

@TomJNowell Yeah but they're only storing their values in a hidden input, serialized or the like then iterating over those results to build the custom output in the form of multiple controls... Alternatively you can do the same but with an array key for the name attribute name="control[]"... on load, you iterate over the $this->value and distribute results accordingly to each field

so they dont use multiple inputs

they use a single input which holds serialised data that fills the other inputs

?

Well they do BUT they are multiple hidden inputs

yes...

=s how do I do multiple hidden inputs?

Just do two inputs with an array key name attribute, dump the result of $this->values in your render control method to see the data, you'll see that accessing your results is as simple $this->values[0] ...etc.

Assuming you only have two inputs per control...

@TomJNowell e.g.

$wp_customize->add_control( new Toms_Control_Builder( $fields) );

class Toms_Control_Builder extends WP_Customize_Control {

    public $html = array();

    public function __contstruct( $fields ) ) {
        foreach($fields as $field)
            $this->build_field_html($field);
    }

    public function build_field_html($field) {
        //do your custom control modification here, or call additional wrappers depending
        //on your field array parameters, etc... No limits as to what can be done.

Does that help any?

ish

doesnt the custom constructor create warnings/notices/errors though?

by passing an instance of your class?

no...

@TomJNowell I lied, Easy Google Fonts, is using more than just hidden inputs, however the same applies... The example above is a 30,000 foot view of exactly how you would do it. EGF just have a lot more complexity, but that's due to their requirements. Your class will have its own complexity based on its use-case. Principle still applies.

I use exactly the same approach and my class is very very basic, I have nowhere near the complex requirements as EGF, but its easy to inject any kind of UI wrapping your fields that you need. If you need tabs, simple, inject the markup, enqueue your JS library and custom JS file to work on the DOM elements you've inserted into the control.

modified my own code, and it gives me two textboxes, but modifying them doesn't indicate to the customiser that anything has changed, so there's no method to save

So when you save, nothing happens?

once i figure that out, I can do whatever JS trickery with tabs and custom UI etc I need

I cant save, the button isn't clickable

it jsut says 'saved'

modifying other fields changes it back to 'save and publish'

but not the ones in my control

doesnt sound like its picking up the changed event for you

try with two text inputs, then enter a value... does the save and publish button then become active?

that's the purpose of $this->link from what I can tell

I have 2 text inputs currently

using a modified version of what you posted further above

yeah you need the data attribute

data-customize-setting-link="fieldname"

use the $this->link

@userabuser was visiting your profile.. no location info. only info is about sea shells :)

@Sisir would you like to buy some? I sell them.

where would I get fieldname from?

should be $this->id

but that's the same for all inputs is it?

sorry just try, $this->link()

ya.. probably when I visit your beach..

you dont need to manually set the attribute

@Sisir private island prob

@Sisir I'm in AU

grr damned link method echos not returns

@userabuser too far from here.. I would like to visit europe first..

@TomJNowell try get_link()

yeah got that bit, now Im tryignt o figure out why its complaining with an error Fatal error: Call to a member function check_capabilities() on a non-object in htdocs/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php on line 160

austria and australia should be forced to use 3 letter abbreviations methinks :D

@GhostToast there should be different ISO code for two letters.. there are also 3 letter ISO codes..

@Sisir i know. i had to look it up. AT is austria AU is australia. united states has its own problems with 2 letter abbreviations being confusing

@TomJNowell not sure, but i'd just dump from within that method to check where its failing

on permissions or whether its the control setting

for states

@userabuser I wass pasisng in '' as settings in the constructor, back and working now, except modifying the inputs doesnt trigger the js event for the update

that's with the data attribute

@TomJNowell I guess you're searching for some UI element trickery that's commonly called "chained selection", right?

hmm the data attribute isnt in there =s

oh

@kaiser the dropdown 2 depends on dropdown 1?

not quite

that assumes I have inputs I can modify and save

@GhostToast AUS = Australia and AUT = Austria ... soooo obvious.

that's a further step

@TomJNowell yes

@TomJNowell no

right now I don't have reliable modification and saving of basic inputs

and It's necessary for what I need

so much chat messages.. looks awesome!

wether I use chained selection or not

@TomJNowell You select something in drop down/select el 1 > select element 2 appears showing options depending on selected in element 1.

@kaiser yes this is what I was hoping for part of my control UI, but it's not the entire thing

else I would have a dummy dropdown, and a single working dropdown and filter the values via JS

eventually I could have 3 or 4 inputs to control

some mutually exclusive of others

@kaiser was the 2 letter ones that made me have to look it up

@TomJNowell nope. doing AJAX calls.

that's another way to do it

but that still doesn't give me multiple working input fields that can be saved independently of eachother

I'm doing it with the NDC-public-facing-sister-plugin of Filterama.

@TomJNowell sure it does. at least in a normaly form. not sure what the customizer does. haven't used it in a while.

@kaiser it doesn't, I need multiple inputs, regardless of type or eventual UI

just give the selects an id and a name...

chained selection is only part of the intended control

@TomJNowell ok. then I still don't get what you're trying to do. maybe you need a MS-Paint mock-up that you can show around...

e.g. a dropdown for Mr/Mrs/Miss/Dr/etc and a textfield for firstname, and a field for second

in a single control

rather than 3

what do you mean by "in a single control". please use full sentences :P

a single add_control() from customizer API

Each section in customizer can have multiple controls, but Tom is talking about multiple controls within a control

The only way to do that is to create a custom control instance passed to add_control()

where you define the controls layout in render_content() inherited method

a single customizer control

containing multiple html inputs

and your problem is that it doesn't pick up the content of any ui el after the 1st one upon saving, right?

at the moment it doesnt pick any of them up

guess it's confused. maybe expecting string and retrieving an array?

now that the data attribute is back

it works

but not quite how expected

typing in box 1 adds and saves as expected

however as I type, box 2 is modified to have the same value

that sounds like a JS problem

it is

hadn't you got some gist as example of that?

if, then pls link it. I'll take a look.

@TomJNowell I distinctly remember a snippet of JS that rewrote our data attributes to the field id="name"

actually that might even be in one of our class methods

gist.github.com/Tarendai/5946aefd0f8ab569d4c6

there's my code at the moment

(V) (ಠ,,,ಠ) (V)

@TomJNowell looking at it... btw: class inside function O.o

@kaiser I know, irksome

but it's what Otto suggested

bah

no point

Otto... can be shortend to: O.o

defined at the bottom of the file in an if statement means the class isn't declared when I try to instantiate it, messy

@kaiser lol

@TomJNowell ehm... wat?

Do NOtto put your classes inside a function

@kaiser I know, ghastly, it's all because of an attempt to only load the customizer classes when needed

when the file is loaded the customizer classes the class depends on don't exist yet

yeah... one class, one file. remember? ;)

but when the hook is fired, they do

so load when needed. not just stuff yet another class in a single file.

also gists, gists, gists, gists, gists

single file example

even gists can hold multiple files.

I know, but effort

come ooooon, Tom! :)

when I have a working case I will simplify and refine

until then pedantry is being restrained

that and slight mind frazzle atm

n/p ... it's such a day: rainy, dark, mood dropping and smile draining.

what was the jquery plugin name that reduce the font size when browser resizes? useful for text logos not brake to multiple lines..

fittext

what happens when I star a repo on github? is it like bookmarking?

@Sisir yes

@Sisir also that dev gets a sticker next to his name for that day

I've used Fittext before... mixed results, nice plugin though

@GhostToast you've missed the entry of our sixth moderator candidate

@ChipBennett i've got a sore throat, can you fill in for me? :D

@GhostToast I'm not sure I can quite do your announcement comments justice ;)\

ok i'm on it

@ChipBennett thanks for the heads up

@GhostToast did my best

thanks!

wonderful, refreshing, and adds to authenticity somehow

but ya, caught flu on thursday. sucks

wordpress.org/support/view/plugin-reviews/…

@GhostToast hope you feel better soon!

thanks

guessing primaries will be skipped?

@GhostToast looks it

you should still be able to follow the election, we'll just need to wear macs to shield us from the flem

@TomJNowell I'm back at looking at your thing. Can you find the declaration of WP_Customize_Control::$type? Hitting "Goto declaration"/"Ctrl + B" in PHPStorm doesn't show me anything. Is this intended to get set by the extending class?

mpf... TomJNohere.

i should photoshop an image that is the rest of @TomJNowell 's face so i can stand next to him in this room and look like his face

lol

@kaiser sorry my sister came round

to be fair I'm inclined to remove that variable, not sure how it got there either

@TomJNowell It seems to tell how to render_content() a control for the main function. Still it's mainly there for a very stupid reason: "Extendibility". The main class has text, select and dropdown-pages (iirc). And other core classes have upload or image. Seems that it's there so extending classes can inherit the builtin markup. Not really useful imho...

ooh the switch case in the parent class

the whole settings array hints that you pass in via the settings arg an array of settings, and then pass in a setting name via link and value

yeah. that one switches on $this->type. wasn't sure where it got set. but it's just a "variable used as constant" without any sort of setter or getter

I tried that route though, it has to be a string, a setting object breaks the code

and any parameter i passed when I tried into the value etc methods returned ''

let's get back to the drawing board: your desired result is just a chained selection, right?

it's just multiple inputs in a control

chained selection is step 2

with what purpose?

there are other parts of the control that aren't chained selection

font selection

so font -> weight is the chained selection part

but there are also others, text transform etc

colour etc

Well, have you already taken a look at Site Title & Tagline?

It got a section labeled "Tagline" that is input (text) + Checkbox

class-wp-customize-manager.php on L#714: register_controls()

hmm doesnt have a checkbox here

$this->add_section( 'title_tagline', array(
	'title'    => __( 'Site Title & Tagline' ),
	'priority' => 20,
) );
# (...)
$this->add_control( 'blogname', array(
	'label'      => __( 'Site Title' ),
	'section'    => 'title_tagline',
) );
# (...)
$this->add_control( 'blogdescription', array(
	'label'      => __( 'Tagline' ),
	'section'    => 'title_tagline',
) );
# (...)
// Input type: checkbox
// With custom value
$this->add_control( 'display_header_text', array(
	'settings' => 'header_textcolor',

It's 2012 theme (iirc) that has that section. Guess every theme has that one.

that's still adding two controls to a section calling add_control() twice

yeah, twenty twelve

@userabuser jup

@kaiser hop on skype?

wat?

hop = jump, get on

k. but only shortly. need to take a nap.

@GhostToast online.

AHA

		$wp_customize->add_setting( $this->name, array(
			'default'        => $this->default,
			'type'           => 'theme_mod',
			'capability'     => 'edit_theme_options'
		) );
		$wp_customize->add_setting( 'moomins', array(
			'default'        => $this->default,
			'type'           => 'theme_mod',
			'capability'     => 'edit_theme_options'
		) );
		$wp_customize->add_setting( 'papa', array(
			'default'        => $this->default,
			'type'           => 'theme_mod',
			'capability'     => 'edit_theme_options'

and in render_content :

$tests = array(
					0, 'testfield',1,'moomins',2,'papa'
				);

				echo '<ul>';
				foreach( $tests as $value ) {
					echo '<li>'.$value.' -- ';
					$this->link( $value );
					echo '</li>';
				}
				echo '</ul>';

gives:

And it works!!!!

thought you were already doing that?

but finally, great!

nooo I tried it but it didnt work

because i was expecting the setting names to be the keys

not array indices

right

damned lack of documentation

stupid API decision

could always do array flip

shouldn't have to

full code here gist.github.com/Tarendai/5946aefd0f8ab569d4c6

sorry to have been a pain before

not a problem at all

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Damn it... @TomJNowell I made a mistake. I edited your answers to the "desired format". Now my face is shown at your answer - confusing and stupid. Could you file any edit so it goes away? Sorry.

Composer ticket on trac is such a mess :(((

again.

@kaiser saw it

fixed

thanks

@Rarst bpetty is being annoying, gah, i like the note on composer opening up things to non developers

I was happy with ticket on ice. as I said many productive things happened on topic outside of it and none inside of it