Add flexible content sub fields programmatically

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  • cyriac15

  • September 7, 2022 at 2:54 pm

  Hi,
  I want to add flexible content sub field from front end. I need to add multiple fields to same field key. I tried it using update_field() and update_sub_field() but didn’t worked.Can someone help me with this
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  • John Huebner

  • September 7, 2022 at 3:23 pm

  are you trying to update the field’s content or add a new field?
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  • cyriac15

  • September 7, 2022 at 3:24 pm

  Hi John,
  Both.I need to add and update flexible sub field content.
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  • John Huebner

  • September 7, 2022 at 3:35 pm

  Well, first the field has to exist.

  You might try this https://www.mootpoint.org/blog/create-acf-field-programmatically-permanently-in-database/

  once the field is created then add_row() or update_sub_field() is probably what you are looking for.
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  • cyriac15

  • September 10, 2022 at 7:21 am

  Thanks John,
  That helped me a lot.
  Is it possible to save multiple values for same field key from frontend. ie saving flexible content multiple sub fields for same field key.
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  • John Huebner

  • September 10, 2022 at 10:12 am

  I don’t know what you mean by

  multiple values for same field key
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  • cyriac15

  • September 10, 2022 at 10:46 am

  Hi,
  Please find the link.
  I tried to add values to repeatedly created group multiple times with same key from frontend but that didnt worked.