Reply To: acf/load_field does not populate a Post Object field's value

• 75th

• July 22, 2020 at 5:10 am

– WordPress 5.4.2
– ACF 5.8.12
– PHP 7.3.15

I’m trying to set a default value for a PostObject field. I can set the value just fine, but I can’t detect whether the field is filled out yet, because the acf/load_field hook doesn’t populate $field['value'] on this kind of field.

function themename_default_tracking_campaign($field) {
	if(empty($field['value'])) { // $field['value'] is always NULL, even if set
		$field['value'] = ['3956']; // This line always blows away the set value
	}
	
	return $field;
}

add_filter('acf/load_field/name=pardot_tracking_campaign', 'themename_default_tracking_campaign', 99999999);

I think this is just a plain old bug? In any case, I’d love to know a workaround.