Add ACF to existing array

• [email protected]

• December 31, 2014 at 9:50 am

How do I add an advanced custom field to en existing array (this is the Recent Posts Extended Widget)? I have the ACF, titled ‘start-date’ and I know I want to add it in where it says ‘<h3>’start-date'</h3> or below the ‘title’ below, but I’m not sure what the correct syntax would be, or if/how to add the arg to the list in the array. The php syntax I usually use is not working in this case. Please help!

Here is my code:

`$defaults = array(
‘title’ => esc_attr__( ‘Recent Posts’, ‘rpwe’ ),
‘title_url’ => ”,

‘limit’ => 5,
‘offset’ => 0,
‘order’ => ‘DESC’,
‘orderby’ => ‘date’,
‘cat’ => array(),
‘tag’ => array(),
‘taxonomy’ => ”,
‘post_type’ => array( ‘post’ ),
‘post_status’ => ‘publish’,
‘ignore_sticky’ => 1,

‘excerpt’ => false,
‘length’ => 10,
‘thumb’ => true,
‘thumb_height’ => 45,
‘thumb_width’ => 45,
‘thumb_default’ => ‘http://placehold.it/45×45/f0f0f0/ccc&#8217;,
‘thumb_align’ => ‘rpwe-alignleft’,
‘date’ => true,
‘date_relative’ => false,
‘readmore’ => false,
‘readmore_text’ => __( ‘Read More »’, ‘rpwe’ ),

‘styles_default’ => true,
‘css’ => $css_defaults,
‘cssID’ => ”,
‘css_class’ => ”,
‘before’ => ”,
‘after’ => ”

);

// Allow plugins/themes developer to filter the default arguments.
return apply_filters( ‘rpwe_default_args’, $defaults );

}

/**
* Outputs the recent posts.
*
* @since 0.9.4
*/
function rpwe_recent_posts( $args = array() ) {
echo rpwe_get_recent_posts( $args );
}

/**
* Generates the posts markup.
*
* @since 0.9.4
* @param array $args
* @return string|array The HTML for the random posts.
*/
function rpwe_get_recent_posts( $args = array() ) {

// Set up a default, empty variable.
$html = ”;

// Merge the input arguments and the defaults.
$args = wp_parse_args( $args, rpwe_get_default_args() );

// Extract the array to allow easy use of variables.
extract( $args );

// Allow devs to hook in stuff before the loop.
do_action( ‘rpwe_before_loop’ );

// Display the default style of the plugin.
if ( $args[‘styles_default’] === true ) {
rpwe_custom_styles();
}

// If the default style is disabled then use the custom css if it’s not empty.
if ( $args[‘styles_default’] === false && ! empty( $args[‘css’] ) ) {
echo ‘<style>’ . $args[‘css’] . ‘</style>’;
}

// Get the posts query.
$posts = rpwe_get_posts( $args );

if ( $posts->have_posts() ) :

$html = ‘<div ‘ . ( ! empty( $args[‘cssID’] ) ? ‘id=”‘ . sanitize_html_class( $args[‘cssID’] ) . ‘”‘ : ” ) . ‘ class=”rpwe-block ‘ . ( ! empty( $args[‘css_class’] ) ? ” . sanitize_html_class( $args[‘css_class’] ) . ” : ” ) . ‘”>’;

$html .= ‘<ul class=”rpwe-ul”>’;

while ( $posts->have_posts() ) : $posts->the_post();

// Thumbnails
$thumb_id = get_post_thumbnail_id(); // Get the featured image id.
$img_url = wp_get_attachment_url( $thumb_id ); // Get img URL.

// Display the image url and crop using the resizer.
$image = rpwe_resize( $img_url, $args[‘thumb_width’], $args[‘thumb_height’], true );

// Start recent posts markup.
$html .= ‘<li class=”rpwe-li rpwe-clearfix”>’;

if ( $args[‘thumb’] ) :

// Check if post has post thumbnail.
if ( has_post_thumbnail() ) :
$html .= ‘<a class=”rpwe-img” href=”‘ . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . ‘” rel=”bookmark”>’;
if ( $image ) :
$html .= ‘<img class=”‘ . esc_attr( $args[‘thumb_align’] ) . ‘ rpwe-thumb” src=”‘ . esc_url( $image ) . ‘” alt=”‘ . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . ‘”>’;
else :
$html .= get_the_post_thumbnail( get_the_ID(),
array( $args[‘thumb_width’], $args[‘thumb_height’] ),
array(
‘class’ => $args[‘thumb_align’] . ‘ rpwe-thumb the-post-thumbnail’,
‘alt’ => esc_attr( get_the_title() )
)
);
endif;
$html .= ‘</a>’;

// If no post thumbnail found, check if Get The Image plugin exist and display the image.
elseif ( function_exists( ‘get_the_image’ ) ) :
$html .= get_the_image( array(
‘height’ => (int) $args[‘thumb_height’],
‘width’ => (int) $args[‘thumb_width’],
‘image_class’ => esc_attr( $args[‘thumb_align’] ) . ‘ rpwe-thumb get-the-image’,
‘image_scan’ => true,
‘echo’ => false,
‘default_image’ => esc_url( $args[‘thumb_default’] )
) );

// Display default image.
elseif ( ! empty( $args[‘thumb_default’] ) ) :
$html .= sprintf( ‘<a class=”rpwe-img” href=”%1$s” rel=”bookmark”><img class=”%2$s rpwe-thumb rpwe-default-thumb” src=”%3$s” alt=”%4$s” width=”%5$s” height=”%6$s”></a>’,
esc_url( get_permalink() ),
esc_attr( $args[‘thumb_align’] ),
esc_url( $args[‘thumb_default’] ),
esc_attr( get_the_title() ),
(int) $args[‘thumb_width’],
(int) $args[‘thumb_height’]
);

endif;

endif;

$html .= ‘<h3 class=”rpwe-title”><a href=”‘ . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . ‘” title=”‘ . sprintf( esc_attr__( ‘Permalink to %s’, ‘rpwe’ ), the_title_attribute( ‘echo=0’ ) ) . ‘” rel=”bookmark”>’ . esc_attr( get_the_title() ) . ‘</a></h3>’ . ‘<strong><h3>start-date</h3></strong>’;

if ( $args[‘date’] ) :
$date = get_the_date();
if ( $args[‘date_relative’] ) :
$date = sprintf( __( ‘%s ago’, ‘rpwe’ ), human_time_diff( get_the_date( ‘U’ ), current_time( ‘timestamp’ ) ) );
endif;
$html .= ‘<time class=”rpwe-time published” datetime=”‘ . esc_html( get_the_date( ‘c’ ) ) . ‘”>’ . esc_html( $date ) . ‘</time>’;
endif;

if ( $args[‘excerpt’] ) :
$html .= ‘<div class=”rpwe-summary”>’;
$html .= wp_trim_words( apply_filters( ‘rpwe_excerpt’, get_the_excerpt() ), $args[‘length’], ‘ …’ );
if ( $args[‘readmore’] ) :
$html .= ‘<a href=”‘ . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . ‘” class=”more-link”>’ . $args[‘readmore_text’] . ‘</a>’;
endif;
$html .= ‘</div>’;
endif;

$html .= ‘</li>’;

endwhile;

$html .= ‘</ul>’;

$html .= ‘</div><!– Generated by http://wordpress.org/plugins/recent-posts-widget-extended/ –>’;

endif;

// Restore original Post Data.
wp_reset_postdata();

// Allow devs to hook in stuff after the loop.
do_action( ‘rpwe_after_loop’ );

// Return the posts markup.
return $args[‘before’] . apply_filters( ‘rpwe_markup’, $html ) . $args[‘after’];

}

/**
* The posts query.
*
* @since 0.0.1
* @param array $args
* @return array
*/
function rpwe_get_posts( $args = array() ) {

// Query arguments.
$query = array(
‘offset’ => $args[‘offset’],
‘posts_per_page’ => $args[‘limit’],
‘orderby’ => $args[‘orderby’],
‘order’ => $args[‘order’],
‘post_type’ => $args[‘post_type’],
‘post_status’ => $args[‘post_status’],
‘ignore_sticky_posts’ => $args[‘ignore_sticky’],
);

// Limit posts based on category.
if ( ! empty( $args[‘cat’] ) ) {
$query[‘category__in’] = $args[‘cat’];
}

// Limit posts based on post tag.
if ( ! empty( $args[‘tag’] ) ) {
$query[‘tag__in’] = $args[‘tag’];
}

/**
* Taxonomy query.
* Prop Miniloop plugin by Kailey Lampert.
*/
if ( ! empty( $args[‘taxonomy’] ) ) {

parse_str( $args[‘taxonomy’], $taxes );

$operator = ‘IN’;
$tax_query = array();
foreach( array_keys( $taxes ) as $k => $slug ) {
$ids = explode( ‘,’, $taxes[$slug] );
if ( count( $ids ) == 1 && $ids[‘0’] < 0 ) {
// If there is only one id given, and it’s negative
// Let’s treat it as ‘posts not in’
$ids[‘0’] = $ids[‘0’] * -1;
$operator = ‘NOT IN’;
}
$tax_query[] = array(
‘taxonomy’ => $slug,
‘field’ => ‘id’,
‘terms’ => $ids,
‘operator’ => $operator
);
}

$query[‘tax_query’] = $tax_query;

}

// Allow plugins/themes developer to filter the default query.
$query = apply_filters( ‘rpwe_default_query_arguments’, $query );

// Perform the query.
$posts = new WP_Query( $query );

return $posts;

}`

Would I add something like this to the bottom section:

if ( $args[‘start-date’] ) :
$html .= ‘<a href=”‘ . esc_url( get_permalink() ) . ‘”>’ . $args[‘start-date’] . ‘</a>';

If so, how would I add the ACF ‘start-date’ to the args in the first section?

Thanks in advance!

• James

• April 15, 2016 at 8:24 pm

Hi @driscoll62gmail-com,

Thanks for the post.

To get values from an ACF field, you will only need to make use of the get_field() function when calling the value of the $args[] parameter.

If the field is located within a widget, you might need to add a second parameter, this would be a string containing the the word ‘widget_’ and the widget’s ID in the following format; “widget_{$widget_id}”