Adding the_field(''); to an input value="" attribute?

• thinkDru

• January 3, 2019 at 8:01 am

Afternoon,

I’ve created a custom php form and added the_field(‘item’); to the value=”” attribute of a hidden input field. Everything works as intended but when I view source within the browser, the form is broken after the value=”” attribute.

Is there a specific way to add the_field(‘item’); to the value=”” attribute without the code breaking? My snippet is below – wondering if anyone else has achieved this?

Code:
<input type="hidden" id="resource" name="resource" value="<?php the_field('item_url'); ?>">

Any help would be appreciated.

• John Huebner

• January 3, 2019 at 9:28 am

What type of field is “item_url”? if there are return settings for the field, what are they? What exactly is being inserted into the value attribute? How is it broken?

• thinkDru

• January 4, 2019 at 2:43 am

Thanks for the reply, I think I may have figured it out (not enough coffee). Here are the screenshots showing the break: https://imgur.com/a/fZFdNkl and you can see the code and the view source result.

• John Huebner

• January 4, 2019 at 3:46 am

I can’t see the output code past value=" so I still can’t tell much.