Reply To: Rules for Cloed fields

• James

• October 14, 2016 at 5:55 pm

Hi @jursdotme

The best way to do it would be by registering the fields via PHP code instead. This page should give you more idea about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/register-fields-via-php/.

With this method, you can utilize the current_user_can() function to check if the current user is an administrator and then add the fields. Here’s an example how to do it:

if( function_exists('acf_add_local_field_group') ):

// This will be shown to all users
$field_options = array (
	'key' => 'group_56d98afb08172',
	'title' => 'ACF Tab',
	'fields' => array (
		array (
			'key' => 'field_56d98b01c0a1b',
			'label' => 'Tab 1',
			'name' => '',
			'type' => 'tab',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required' => 0,
			'conditional_logic' => 0,
			'wrapper' => array (
				'width' => '',
				'class' => '',
				'id' => '',
			),
			'placement' => 'top',
			'endpoint' => 0,
		),
		array (
			'key' => 'field_56d98b32c0a1e',
			'label' => 'Tab 1 Text',
			'name' => 'tab_1_text',
			'type' => 'text',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required' => 0,
			'conditional_logic' => 0,
			'wrapper' => array (
				'width' => '',
				'class' => '',
				'id' => '',
			),
			'default_value' => '',
			'placeholder' => '',
			'prepend' => '',
			'append' => '',
			'maxlength' => '',
			'readonly' => 0,
			'disabled' => 0,
		),
		array (
			'key' => 'field_56d98b22c0a1c',
			'label' => 'Tab 2',
			'name' => 'tab_2',
			'type' => 'tab',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required' => 0,
			'conditional_logic' => 0,
			'wrapper' => array (
				'width' => '',
				'class' => '',
				'id' => '',
			),
			'placement' => 'top',
			'endpoint' => 0,
		),
		array (
			'key' => 'field_56d98b59c0a1f',
			'label' => 'Tab 2 Text',
			'name' => 'tab_2_text',
			'type' => 'text',
			'instructions' => '',
			'required' => 0,
			'conditional_logic' => 0,
			'wrapper' => array (
				'width' => '',
				'class' => '',
				'id' => '',
			),
			'default_value' => '',
			'placeholder' => '',
			'prepend' => '',
			'append' => '',
			'maxlength' => '',
			'readonly' => 0,
			'disabled' => 0,
		),
	),
	'location' => array (
		array (
			array (
				'param' => 'options_page',
				'operator' => '==',
				'value' => 'custom-options-page',
			),
		),
	),
	'menu_order' => 0,
	'position' => 'normal',
	'style' => 'default',
	'label_placement' => 'top',
	'instruction_placement' => 'label',
	'hide_on_screen' => '',
	'active' => 1,
	'description' => '',
);

/* Only show the tab for administrator */

if( current_user_can('administrator') ){
    
    // Add the third tab
    $field_options['fields'][] = array (
        'key' => 'field_56d98b23c0a1d',
        'label' => 'Tab 3',
        'name' => 'tab_1_copy_copy',
        'type' => 'tab',
        'instructions' => '',
        'required' => 0,
        'conditional_logic' => 0,
        'wrapper' => array (
            'width' => '',
            'class' => '',
            'id' => '',
        ),
        'placement' => 'top',
        'endpoint' => 0,
    );
    
    // Add the tab contents
    $field_options['fields'][] = array (
        'key' => 'field_56d98b69c0a20',
        'label' => 'Tab 3 Text',
        'name' => 'tab_3_text',
        'type' => 'text',
        'instructions' => '',
        'required' => 0,
        'conditional_logic' => 0,
        'wrapper' => array (
            'width' => '',
            'class' => '',
            'id' => '',
        ),
        'default_value' => '',
        'placeholder' => '',
        'prepend' => '',
        'append' => '',
        'maxlength' => '',
        'readonly' => 0,
        'disabled' => 0,
    );
}

acf_add_local_field_group($field_options);

endif;

Please keep in mind that the fields registered via PHP won’t show up on the field group list on the backend.

I hope this helps 🙂