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<?php
// added to single.php
// if outside of "The Loop" we need to get the current post id
$queried_object = get_queried_object();
$post_id = $queried_object->ID;
// gets a list of all post categories
$categories = wp_get_post_categories($post_id);
// you could also limit the list returned above by including
// secong $args parameter for function, for more info see
// https://developer.wordpress.org/reference/functions/wp_get_post_categories/
$url = false; // initialize $url value
if (count($categories)) {
// the post has one or more categories
// loop through them and see if any has an image set for the field
foreach ($categories as $category) {
$value = get_field('featuredimage', $taxonomy.'_'.$category->term_id);
if ($value) {
// this category has an image
// you could also do more checking here
// if there are other conditions to
$url = $value;
// in this case, use the first category that has an image
// once we find an image stop looking
break;
} // end if $value
} // end foreach categories
} // end if categories
?>
<div id="banner"<?php
if ($url) {
?> style="background-image: url(<?php echo $url; ?>);"<?php
} // end if url
?>>
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