Why isn't get_post_meta working?

Question

Simple Wordpress problem - get_post_meta is not retrieving custom field values. Here\'s the code that is pulling from the custom fields:

Answer 1

Its because of auto save. use these lines for preventing auto save and user privileges.

// Bail if we're doing an auto save  
if( defined( 'DOING_AUTOSAVE' ) && DOING_AUTOSAVE ) return; 

 // if our current user can't edit this post, bail  
if( !current_user_can( 'edit_post' ) ) return;