Group data in custom table not printed via shortcode

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December 3, 2019 at 4:19 AM #17304
Resolved Neal
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Hi Anh,

Yesterday I purchased a lifetime license and I am already having fun with the Meta Box plugin.
One thing that I am trying to figure out is to show the group data that is stored in a custom table via a shortcode. I am following your tutorial on how to create the shortcode and have this:
```
add_shortcode( 'dr_pricing', function() {
    $group = rwmb_meta( 'pricing_group' );
    if ( empty( $group ) ) {
        return '';
    }
    
    $output = '';
    
    // Sub-field Class.
    $groupclass = $group['group_class'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $groupclass . '</h3>';

    // Sub-field Number of Classes.
    $groupnumber = $group['number_of_classes'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $groupnumber . '</h3>';

    // Sub-field Price.
    $groupprice = $group['group_price'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $groupprice . '</h3>';

    // Sub-field No Classes.
    $noclass = $group['no_class'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $noclass . '</h3>';
    

    
    return $output;
} ); 
```
When I look in the custom database table I can see that the group data is stored as expected but it is not printed with shortcode [dr_pricing].
Do I need to alter the shortcode function to point to the custom database table? I could not find that piece of information in the tutorial or forum.

Thanks so much!
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December 3, 2019 at 3:27 PM #17318
Anh Tran
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Hi Neal,

When getting the data from a custom table, you need to pass parameters to the rwmb_meta function, like this:
```
$value = rwmb_meta( $field_id, ['storage_type' => 'custom_table', 'table' => $table_name] );
```
Please try that.
December 5, 2019 at 4:47 AM #17363
Neal
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Thanks Anh!

It is still not pulling the data in. This is what I have:
```
add_shortcode( 'dr_pricing', function() {
$group = rwmb_meta( 'pricing_group', ['storage_type' => 'custom_table', 'table' => 'dr_workshops_page_settings'] );
    if ( empty( $group ) ) {
        return '';
    }
    
    $output = '';
    
    // Sub-field Class.
    $groupclass = $group['group_class'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $groupclass . '</h3>';

    // Sub-field Number of Classes.
    $groupnumber = $group['number_of_classes'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $groupnumber . '</h3>';

    // Sub-field Price.
    $groupprice = $group['group_price'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $groupprice . '</h3>';

    // Sub-field No Classes.
    $noclass = $group['no_class'] ?? '';
    $output .= '<h3 class="my-title">' . $noclass . '</h3>';
    

    
    return $output;
} ); 
```
When I check the source code of the page I can see the HTML code: <h3 class=”my-title”> </h3> but no data is pulled in, although the data is present in the database.
December 6, 2019 at 3:35 PM #17415

Anh Tran
Keymaster

Hi Neal,

Please see this video: https://www.loom.com/share/600b5473ebc343fdaaf440717af7088a

I made a demo based on your code and it works.

December 7, 2019 at 1:20 AM #17441

Neal
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Hi Anh,

Thanks so much for creating the video! I see what you did there and with the small adjustments that you mentioned in the video to call the cloned fields it works like a charm!

Thanks so much for your support. This already makes it so much worth to have invested in the pro version of Meta Box.

You are the best!
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