Wordpress WooCommerce text attribute - php

Question

I am using WooCommerce plugin in Wordpress. In that plugin I need to add text input for each product where in clients can fill in the additional product details.
The problem I am facing is that whenever I Add Text Attribute, it changes to a select box. Please suggest some solution. Thanks!

Answer 1

Do you mean that your clients should have this text input field available on frontend?
If it's just backend, you can add this to your functions.php:
if (is_admin()){
// Add the Meta Box
function add_textfield() {
add_meta_box(
'textfield', // $id
'Custom textfield', // $title
'show_textfield_backend', // $callback
'product', // $page
'normal', // $context
'high' // $priority
);
}
add_action('add_meta_boxes', 'add_textfield');
// The Callback
function show_textfield_backend() {
global $post;
global $wpdb;
$meta = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'textfield', true);
// Use nonce for verification
echo '<input type="hidden" name="textfield_nonce" value="'.wp_create_nonce(basename(__FILE__)).'" />';
_e('Custom textfield: ');
echo '<input type="text" placeholder="text" id="textfield" class="textfield" name="textfield" ', $meta ? " value='$meta'" : "",' />';
}
// Save the Data
function save_textfield($post_id) {
global $wpdb;
// verify nonce
if (!wp_verify_nonce($_POST['textfield_nonce'], basename(__FILE__)))
return $post_id;
// check autosave
if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE)
return $post_id;
// check permissions
if ('page' == $_POST['post_type']) {
if (!current_user_can('edit_page', $post_id))
return $post_id;
} elseif (!current_user_can('edit_post', $post_id)) {
return $post_id;
}
if ( !wp_is_post_revision( $post_id ) ) {
$textfield = $_POST['textfield'];
update_post_meta($post_id, 'textfield', $textfield);
}
}
add_action('save_post', 'save_textfield');
}