I try to get the value of the source field 'enddate', save it in the variable $enddatevar and write it in the target field 'promote' in the loop by activating the plugin, but the code I added to this working code doesn't work. Any help would be appreciated.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Update MetaData for Posts
Description: Enable this plugin to update the metadata for all the posts
Author: JackJohansson
Version: 1.0
Author URI: 
*/
// Run the loop when the plugin is activated
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'update_my_metadata');
function update_my_metadata(){
    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'touren', // Only get the posts
        'post_status' => 'publish', // Only the posts that are published
        'posts_per_page'   => -1 // Get every post
    );
    $posts = get_posts($args);
    foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
        // Run a loop and update every meta data
//code added to original code
$enddatevar = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key = 'enddate', $single = false);
//end of code added 
//'meta_value' used in original code replaced with '$enddatevar' below
        update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'promote', '$enddatevar' );
    }
}
?>

I try to get the value of the source field 'enddate', save it in the variable $enddatevar and write it in the target field 'promote' in the loop by activating the plugin, but the code I added to this working code doesn't work. Any help would be appreciated.

<?php
/*
Plugin Name: Update MetaData for Posts
Description: Enable this plugin to update the metadata for all the posts
Author: JackJohansson
Version: 1.0
Author URI: http://example
*/
// Run the loop when the plugin is activated
register_activation_hook(__FILE__, 'update_my_metadata');
function update_my_metadata(){
    $args = array(
        'post_type' => 'touren', // Only get the posts
        'post_status' => 'publish', // Only the posts that are published
        'posts_per_page'   => -1 // Get every post
    );
    $posts = get_posts($args);
    foreach ( $posts as $post ) {
        // Run a loop and update every meta data
//code added to original code
$enddatevar = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key = 'enddate', $single = false);
//end of code added 
//'meta_value' used in original code replaced with '$enddatevar' below
        update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'promote', '$enddatevar' );
    }
}
?>

• custom-field
• meta-value

2 Answers 2

$enddatevar = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key = 'enddate', $single = false);

$post_id is not defined, either declare it beforehand, or use $post->ID.

update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'promote', '$enddatevar' );

'$enddatevar' shouldnt be inside quotes.

Thanks! I was close to the solution, tried both, but not in combination. Thus

$enddatevar = get_post_meta( $post->ID, $key = 'enddate', $single = false);
update_post_meta( $post->ID, 'promote', $enddatevar );

worked.