ACF Pro Flexible Content Sub-Fields are Null for new Field Groups

• Cal

• November 27, 2016 at 10:10 pm

Hi all,
I’ve read every thread on the forum that’s remotely related to this issue and I’m stumped. I have a couple of Field Groups utilizing Flexible Content fields which have been working fine. However, a new Field Group I’m working with is returning Null for all flex content sub fields.

So far, I’ve tried deleting and recreating both the sub-fields and the flex content field itself with no luck. I’ve double checked I’m using ‘get_sub_field’ in my template. I’ve switched on debug mode and gotten no php errors. I’ve created a new Field Group with one Text field and a Flex content field with a Text sub-field and associated it with a different post type for testing.

Same problem.

Here’s my code:

<?php get_header(); ?>
<div class="container mb-1 text-xs-center">
  <div class="row">
    <?php
      echo get_field('fix_text_field_1');
      echo get_sub_field('fix_text_field_2');
     ?>
  </div>
</div>
<?php get_footer(); ?>

And here’s some screenshots for context:

• John Huebner

• November 28, 2016 at 1:56 am

When using a flex field you need to have a loop https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/flexible-content/

if (have_rows('flex_field_name')) {
  while (have_rows('flex_field_name')) {
    the_row();
    echo get_sub_field('fix_text_field_2');
  }
}

• Cal

• November 28, 2016 at 6:59 am

*facepalm*
No more coding to the point of exhaustion for me.

Thanks very much John.