ACF and ACF pro not working on my Nginx server with php7.2-fpm.
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I checked my nginx error log, this is what I’m getting:
php/php7.2-fpm.sock:", host: "example.com", referrer: "https://example.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page"
2019/11/12 01:49:15 [error] 2602#2602: *126 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function acf_is_local_field_group() in /var/www/html/example.com/wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-pro/includes/acf-field-group-functions.php:31
Stack trace:
#0 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-pro/includes/acf-field-group-functions.php(318): acf_get_field_group(375)
#1 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-pro/includes/forms/form-post.php(83): acf_get_field_groups(Array)
#2 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(286): ACF_Form_Post->add_meta_boxes('page', Object(WP_Post))
#3 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-includes/class-wp-hook.php(310): WP_Hook->apply_filters(NULL, Array)
#4 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-includes/plugin.php(465): WP_Hook->do_action(Array)
#5 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-admin/includes/meta-boxes.php(1526): do_action('add_meta_boxes', 'page', Object(WP_Post))
#6 /var/www/html/example.com/wp-admin/edit-form-blocks.p" while reading response header from upstream, client: 162.218.155.178, server: example.com, request: "GET /wp-admin/post.php?post=81&action=edit HTTP/1.1", upstream: "fastcgi://unix:/var/run/php/php7.2-fpm.sock:", host: "example.com", referrer: "https://example.com/wp-admin/edit.php?post_type=page"
I had forgotten to add my PRO license key!
I added the key, updated to the latest ACF Pro version and now everything works.
It did work on my local machine without the key, so that confused me.
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