Reply To: Pre-populate checkbox choices per repeater row

• Twansparant

• July 30, 2019 at 7:13 pm

Ok thanks for your reply!

I thought I could use the acf_add_local_field instead for this, so I added the following action that displays my checkboxes correctly now:

add_action('acf/init',	array(&$this, 'addServiceMatchMakerFilter'));
public function addServiceMatchMakerFilter() {
	if (function_exists('acf_add_local_field')) {
		$posts     = new Posts();
		$global    = $posts->getGlobalInfo();
		$questions = $global['match_maker_questions'];

		// Add field for each match maker question
		if (!empty($questions)) {
			foreach ($questions as $question) {
				$choices = [];

				if (!empty($question['choices'])) {
					foreach ($question['choices'] as $choice) {
						$value           = $choice['choice_value'] ? $choice['choice_value'] : $choice['choice_label'];
						$choices[$value] = $choice['choice_label'];
					}
				}

				acf_add_local_field([
					'key'          => 'field_' . uniqid(),
					'label'        => $question['label'],
					'name'         => sanitize_title($question['label']),
					'type'         => 'checkbox',
					'parent'       => 'field_5d3ebbd2fef0c',
					'choices'      => $choices,
					//'layout'       => 'horizontal',
				]);
			}
		}
	}
}

However, when saving my post the values from these fields are empty again (also in frontend). Any idea why this is happening?

Thanks, Toine