ACF Within Loop

• creativ3group

• January 16, 2014 at 5:28 pm

I’m hoping someone can help me with this.

I’m trying to create the following functionality:

<?php if (have_posts()): while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
		
			<strong><?php if(get_field('pick_your_theme') == "LCBU Trends") { ?></strong>

			<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
			<p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
			
			<?php } ?>

			<?php endwhile; ?>

	<?php endif; ?>

The above works as a general loop for a site. Unfortunately, the site I’m working on is a theme purchased by the client. The site itself is like “build-a-bear” and it’s a large open php string for the whole page.

I believe the ACF goes somewhere within the section of php below, but I can’t get it to work no matter what I do.

<div class="content-wrapper <?php echo $sidebar_class; ?>">
			
		<div class="page-wrapper">
			<?php
				$left_sidebar = get_post_meta( $post->ID , "page-option-choose-left-sidebar", true);
				$right_sidebar = get_post_meta( $post->ID , "page-option-choose-right-sidebar", true);		
			
				echo "<div class='gdl-page-float-left'>";
				
				echo "<div class='gdl-page-item'>";
				
				global $page_background;
				$page_background = get_post_meta( $post->ID, "page-option-enable-background", true);
				
				// Page title and content
				$gdl_show_title = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'page-option-show-title', true);
				$gdl_show_content = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'page-option-show-content', true);
				if ( have_posts() ){
					while (have_posts()){ the_post(); 

						if( $gdl_show_title != "No" ){
							echo '<div class="sixteen columns mb0">';
							echo '<div class="page-header-wrapper">';
							echo '<h1 class="page-header-title title-color gdl-title">' . get_the_title() . '</h1>';
							echo '<div class="header-gimmick mr0"></div>';
							echo '<div class="clear"></div>';
							echo '</div>';	
							echo '</div>'; // sixteen columns								
						}

						if( $page_background != 'No' ){
							echo "<div class='sixteen columns'>";
							echo '<div class="page-bkp-frame-wrapper">';
							echo '<div class="page-bkp-frame">';
						}	
						
						$content = get_the_content();
						// Show content
						if( $gdl_show_content != 'No' && !empty($content) ){
							echo '<div class="sixteen columns">';
							echo '<div class="gdl-page-content">';
							echo '<div class="bkp-frame-wrapper">';
							echo '<div class="bkp-frame p20">';							
							the_content();
							echo '</div>';				
							echo '</div>';		
							echo '</div>'; // page-content
							echo '</div>'; // sixteen columns
						}

					} // while loop
					
				} //if have posts

If anyone has any idea how to get this to work that would be fantastic. I can provide the whole page code if needed in an attachment.

• Elliot

• January 17, 2014 at 10:13 am

Hi @creativ3group

Your code shows no use of the get_field or the_field functions. Perhaps this is why no values are being shown?

Can you please read over the getting started chapter on the documentation page?

Thanks
E

• creativ3group

• January 21, 2014 at 7:13 am

Sorry, there is nothing within the second code pasted because I’ve tried multiple times to add the

<?php if(get_field('pick_your_theme') == "LCBU Trends") { ?>

within the document and all it does is break the page layout as well as doesn’t filter correctly. The issue here is that how the theme author has created the page in one giant open PHP function rather than breaking it up (as in example code 1 above) where I can easily insert the selector get_field.

I’ve attached an attachment of the PHP document I am trying to edit so you can have a clear understanding.

The basic functionality is that I have built a custom field on every post to choose where to place the post. Thus, if they choose “Option A” in the post, then the code needs to check for that option to be true before passing all of the content related to the post (Title, Content, Images, etc.)

page.php_.zi....zip