Reply To: wp_insert_post and repeater fields

• friendofdog

• February 20, 2016 at 6:57 pm

Hi James,

Ends up that I cannot use the field names, for the reason that you mentioned.

I want to use acf_form() but I couldn’t get it to work for me. It’s not really a big issue, as I found a workaround.

Below is the end product. I’m pretty satisfied with this (in that it works), but any further suggestions/comments are appreciated.

$some_post = array(
	'post_title' => 'Title',
	'post_content' => 'Content',
	'post_content' => '',
	'post_status' => 'publish'
);

$the_post_id = wp_insert_post($some_post);

update_field('field_111111111111', 'Tom', $the_post_id);
update_field('field_222222222222', 'New York', $the_post_id);

// repeater field with one subfield
$classs_field_key = 'field_3a3a3a3a3a3a';
$classs_subfield_key = 'field_3b3b3b3b3b3b';
$classs_items = array('class 1','class 2','class 3');

foreach ($classs_items as $classs_items_value) {
	$classs_value[] = array($classs_subfield_key => $classs_items_value);
	update_field($classs_field_key, $classs_value, $the_post_id);
}

// repeater field with multiple subfields
$fruit_field_key = 'field_4a4a4a4a4a4a';
$fruit_subfield_name = 'field_4b4b4b4b4b4b';
$fruit_subfield_colour = 'field_4c4c4c4c4c4c';
$fruit_names = array('Banana','Pear','Grape');
$fruit_colours = array('yellow','green','purple');

foreach ($fruit_names as $index => $fruit_names) {
	$fruit_value[] = array($fruit_subfield_name => $fruit_names, $fruit_subfield_colour => $fruit_colours[$index]);
	update_field( $fruit_field_key, $fruit_value, $the_post_id );
}