If I use

add_user_meta(get_current_user_id(),’video_history’,”fero”);

and save it into single.php, oen a any blog post, I see adding one value “fero” into video_history user meta, which is working as expected.

If you open another post you save two values of “fero” into meta array.

Do you thing it is bug?

Thanks for your help. My code was not actually being called. I went the route you suggested and once I’d actually registered the function it ran without problem.

Thanks Fred, I’ll have a play with it over the weekend.
My php code often ends up being a mixture of php, PL/SQL and Java syntax!

Anita

Thanks, Anita. At a glance, that code looks like it should do what you think.

A quick-and-dirty alternative is to register a function that listens for a query string:

function maybe_do_something() {
    if( ! isset( $_GET['iwanttodosomething'] ) ) :
        return;
    endif;

    // Do thing
} 

Then just go to yoursite.com/wp-admin/?iwanttodosomething to run the code.

In either case, I’d suggest lots of var_dumps to see if your code is actually running, and go from there.

Hope that helps!

My code is below. At a quick look, can you see anything wrong with it, or is there a better way to call it than from the plugin activation?

class essaUserMeta
{
final public function __construct()
{
register_activation_hook( __FILE__, array(‘essaUserMeta’,’user_meta_statements’) );
}
#
# CLASS METHODS
public static function user_meta_statements()
{
update_user_meta( 302, ‘mobile_phone_number’, ’07nnn nnnnnn’ );
# plus 1600+ other statements generated from the database
}
} # end class essaUserMeta
?>

Thanks so much! I’ve fixed that typo.

Sorry I am wrong…