Wordpress custom metabox with TinyMCE saving formatting properly

wp_mce_metabox_save.php

add_action( 'add_meta_boxes', 'add_metaname_box');



add_action( 'save_post', 'metaname_save');



function add_metaname_box() {

 add_meta_box(

 'metaname_id',

 __( 'Shows text', 'metaname_textdomain'),

 'metaname_custom_box',

 'page'

 );

}



function metaname_custom_box() {

 global $post;

 wp_nonce_field( plugin_basename( __FILE__ ), 'metaname_noncename' );

  $data = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'metaname_custom_box', true);

    echo <<<EOT

    <script type="text/javascript">

jQuery(document).ready(function() {

    jQuery("#metaname_custom_box").addClass("mceEditor");

    if ( typeof( tinyMCE ) == "object" &&

         typeof( tinyMCE.execCommand ) == "function" ) {

        tinyMCE.execCommand("mceAddControl", false, "metaname_custom_box");

    }

});

</script>

    <textarea id="metaname_custom_box" name="metaname_custom_box">$data</textarea>

EOT;

}



function metaname_save($post_id) {

    global $post;



    // Verify

     if ( !wp_verify_nonce( $_POST['metaname_noncename'], plugin_basename(__FILE__) )) {

         return $post_id;

     }

     if ( 'page' == $_POST['post_type'] ) {

         if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_page', $post_id ))

             return $post_id;

     } else {

         if ( !current_user_can( 'edit_post', $post_id ))

             return $post_id;

     }



     $key = 'metaname_custom_box';

 $data = wpautop($_POST[$key]);

 

     // New, Update, and Delete

     if(get_post_meta($post_id, $key) == "") 

         add_post_meta($post_id, $key, $data, true);

     elseif($data != get_post_meta($post_id, $key, true))

      update_post_meta($post_id, $key, $data); 

     elseif($data == "")

         delete_post_meta($post_id, $key, get_post_meta($post_id, $key, true));        

}

thx for this

Glad it helped

Great!

Is it possible to add "Visual" and "Text" to this like the wp_editor?