Hide Or Show Custom Profile Fields (Backend) Based On Role WordPress

Just Me answers:

<?php
add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'my_show_extra_profile_fields' );

add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'my_show_extra_profile_fields' );



function my_show_extra_profile_fields($user) {



if ($user->has_cap('subscriber'))



{ ?>





<h3>Extra Profile Information</h3>

<table class="form-table">

<tr>

<th><label for="age">Age</label></th>

<td>

<input type="text" name="age" id="age" value="<?php echo esc_attr ( get_the_author_meta( 'age', $user->ID ) ); ?>" class="regular-text" /><br />

<span class="description">Please enter your age.</span>

</td>

</tr>



<tr>

<th><label for="dropdown">Years Of Experience</label></th>

<td>

<?php

//get dropdown saved value

$selected = get_the_author_meta( 'exp_years', $user->ID );

?>

<select name="exp_years" id="exp_years" style="width:100%;">

<option value="value1" <?php echo ($selected == "value1")? 'selected="selected"' : '' ?>>Less than 1 year</option>

<option value="value2" <?php echo ($selected == "value2")? 'selected="selected"' : '' ?>>1-3 years</option>

<option value="value3" <?php echo ($selected == "value3")? 'selected="selected"' : '' ?>>4-7 years</option>

<option value="value4" <?php echo ($selected == "value4")? 'selected="selected"' : '' ?>>8-15 years</option>

<option value="value5" <?php echo ($selected == "value5")? 'selected="selected"' : '' ?>>15+ years</option>

</select>





<span class="description">Years of experience.</span>

</td>

</tr>





</table>



}

}

make sure you have no white/empty lines at the beginning or at the end of the functions.php file

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Hariprasad Vijayan answers:

Hello,

Try this
add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'my_show_extra_profile_fields' );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'my_show_extra_profile_fields' );
function my_show_extra_profile_fields($user) {?>
<h3>Extra Profile Information</h3>
<?php if($user->has_cap('administrator')) { // Custom field only display to administrator?>
<table class="form-table">
<tr>
<th><label for="age">Age</label></th>
<td><input type="text" name="age" id="age" value="<?php echo esc_attr(get_the_author_meta( 'age', $user->ID ) ); ?>" class="regular-text" />
<br />
<span class="description">Please enter your age.</span> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php } if($user->has_cap('subscriber')) {// Custom field only display to subscriber ?>
<table class="form-table">
<tr>
<th><label for="age">Phone</label></th>
<td><input type="text" name="phone" id="phone" value="<?php echo esc_attr(get_the_author_meta( 'phone', $user->ID ) ); ?>" class="regular-text" />
<br />
<span class="description">Please enter your phone.</span> </td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php } }
add_action( 'personal_options_update', 'my_save_extra_profile_fields' );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', 'my_save_extra_profile_fields' );
function my_save_extra_profile_fields( $user_id ) {
if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_id ) )
return false;
if(!empty( $_POST['age'])){
update_usermeta( $user_id, 'age', $_POST['age'] );
}
if(!empty( $_POST['phone'])){
update_usermeta( $user_id, 'phone', $_POST['phone'] );
}
}


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