ACF Repeater returns Sub-row count instead of array

• frafor

• June 15, 2017 at 8:46 pm

Hi there,

I have a widget that display several fields from a specific post (within a Custom Post Type).

The problem is that if I loop through a Repeater fields, then it returns an INT which represents the count of the rows, but not the rows itself.

Tried event with get_post or query_posts: the first one didn’t work, query_posts breaks the layout (maybe because i’m using Site Origin Page Builder to build pages).

// $carousel_id comes from the widget's UI and it's a post ID
$args = array(
				'post_type' => 'carosello_custom',
				'post__in' => array($carousel_id),
			);
			$carousel_query = new WP_Query($args);
	        
	        echo "<div class='latest-post-carousel'>";
	        
	        if($title) {
	        	echo "<h2 class='carousel-heading'>".$title."</h2>";
	        }
	        echo "<div class='generic-carousel custom-carousel'>";
	        	
	        while ( $carousel_query->have_posts() ) {
				$carousel_query->the_post();

	        	if( have_rows('elementi') ):
	        		
	        		// loop through the rows of data
				    while ( have_rows('elementi') ) : the_row(); ?>
				    
				    <div class="carousel-item">
        				<a class="permalink" href="<?php the_sub_field('link_el'); ?>" title="<?php the_sub_field('titolo_el'); ?>">
        				<?php
        					$cover = get_sub_field('immagine_el');
							$the_title_attr = get_sub_field('titolo_el');;
							if($cover) {
								$thumb = $cover['sizes']['thumbnail'];
								echo "<img src='$thumb' alt='$the_title_attr'>";
							}
	        			?>
	        			<h3 class="entry-title"><?php the_sub_field('titolo_el'); ?></h3>
	        			<span class="carousel-button">SCOPRI</span>
	        			</a>
					</div>
				
				<?php
					endwhile;
					
				else :
					// tried some debug here

					the_field('elementi'); // Repeater field: returns row count
					the_field('test_r'); // Repeater field: returns row count
					the_field('testo'); // Text field: returns content
					
				endif;

	        	
	        }
	        
	        echo '</div><!-- .posts-carousel -->';
	        echo '</div><!-- .latest-post-carousel -->';
	        
	        wp_reset_postdata();