Reply To: get_field('field')['subfield'] vs get_field('field_subfield')

• John Huebner

• April 22, 2021 at 8:55 am

get_field('field')['subfield'];

calls

get_field('field');

so ACF gets the entire group field as an array

get_field('field')['subfield'];

is simply returning one element of that returned array. So yes, this could create extra work if you do not want to get the entire group and all of its sub fields.

Basically what you are doing is a shortcut for

$array = get_field('group_field');
value = $array['sub_field'];