I have a function that adds and saves very well an extra field to the user profile. But, because the content of this field gets old very quickly, I need to know when the user refreshed it last time – only this specific field, not the whole user meta data! I need to know if the user REALLY updated (edited) the content of this field, not only simply pushed the update button. How to do this?
/* Add extra fields to the user profile */
add_action( 'show_user_profile', 'extra_user_profile_fields' );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile', 'extra_user_profile_fields' );
function extra_user_profile_fields( $user ) { ?>
<table class="form-table">
<tr><th><label for="consultations_day"><?php _e("Consultation day"); ?></label></th>
<td><textarea rows="3" cols="30" name="consultations_day" id="consultations_day" style="margin-bottom: 0px;" /><?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author_meta( 'consultations_day', $user->ID ) ); ?></textarea><br />
<span class="description"><?php _e("Put here your consultations day and hours"); ?></span><br />
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<?php
}
/* Save extra user profile fields */
add_action( 'personal_options_update', 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' );
add_action( 'edit_user_profile_update', 'save_extra_user_profile_fields' );
function save_extra_user_profile_fields( $user_id ) {
if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_user', $user_id ) ) { return false; }
update_user_meta( $user_id, 'consultations_day', $_POST['consultations_day'] ); //Consultations day
}