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Alt text using the_subfield not showing

  • Hey,

    I have a bit of trouble to get the alt text for my images.

    I have tested the solution in this thread: http://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-alt-tags/

    and it works for the regular get_field. But when I try to use the same code for my Flexible Content Field it doesn’t seem to work and I can’t get my head around what’s wrong.

    Have read the documentation without any success.

    The code I have used is as follow:

    <?php 
     
    /*
    *  Loop through a Flexible Content field and display it's content with different views for different layouts
    */
     
    while(has_sub_field("testalt")): ?>
     
      <?php if(get_row_layout() == "testaltlayout"): // layout: Content ?>
     
        <div>
    
    <?php $imageID = the_sub_field('imagealt'); ?>
    <?php $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $imageID, 'full' ); ?>
    <?php $alt_text = get_post_meta($imageID , '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true); ?>
    <img src="<?php echo $image[0]; ?>" alt="<?php echo $alt_text; ?>" />
    
        </div>
     
      <?php endif; ?>
     
    <?php endwhile; ?>
  • Hi!

    Make sure that your image field is set to return the image ID and not the URL or object!

  • Hi Jonathan and thanks for your quick reply.

    I have set the image field to ID. But after your reply I checked the code again and found the error.

    I had used the_sub_field instead of get_sub_field.

    So thanks for validating that your solution also worked on sub fields that pointed me in the right direction.

    I saw your answer in this topic (http://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/how-to-use-alt-tags/) and used the last solution you provided.

    Final code that worked for me.

    Code added to function.php

    
    // Alt text for ACF get_sub_field images
    
    function get_image_with_alt($imagefield, $postID, $imagesize = 'full'){
    $imageID = get_sub_field($imagefield, $postID); 
    $image = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $imageID, $imagesize ); 
    $alt_text = get_post_meta($imageID , '_wp_attachment_image_alt', true); 
    return '<img src="' . $image[0] . '" alt="' . $alt_text . '" />';
    }
    
    

    And then all it like this where you want the image in your template:

    
    
    <?php echo get_image_with_alt('NAME OF THE IMAGE FIELD', get_the_ID(), ''); ?>
    
    
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