I have a meta box to insert ISBN in the book's post type.Here is my code:
add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'book_isbn_meta_box');
function book_isbn_meta_box()
{
add_meta_box(
'book_isbn_meta_box',
'Book ISBN',
'book_isbn_meta_box_content',
'books',
);
}
function book_isbn_meta_box_content($post)
{
wp_nonce_field(plugin_basename(__FILE__), 'book_isbn_meta_box_content_nonce');
?>
<label for="isbn"></label>
<input type="text" id="isbn" name="isbn" placeholder="Enter ISBN" />
<?php
}
add_action('save_post', 'book_isbn_meta_box_save');
function book_isbn_meta_box_save($post_id)
{
$isbn = $_POST['isbn'];
global $wpdb;
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "books_info";
$wpdb->insert($table_name, array('post_id' => $post_id, 'isbn'
=> $isbn) );
}
Now I want to validate ISBN to be unique and if it wasn't unique we shouldn't store book post type and books_info. How can I do this?
You can check for the existence of the isbn code by adding a pre-query before your insert. Not tested, but should work:
function book_isbn_meta_box_save($post_id){
$isbn = $_POST['isbn'];
global $wpdb;
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "books_info";
$existing = $wpdb->get_var("SELECT post_id from $table_name WHERE isbn = $isbn;")
if (!$existing) {
$wpdb->insert( $table_name, array( 'post_id' => $post_id, 'isbn' => $isbn ) );
}
}