Can't get the_field value to show up in the front-end

• joshcoledesign

• June 30, 2016 at 10:36 pm

I have been struggling with getting the value of a field to show up on the front end for some time now. Finally at wits end.

I am currently using X theme. Within X theme I am using The Grid plugin from Themeone. To site currently being worked on is http://f04.300.myftpupload.com/.

Here is the code being used:

$output .= $tg_el->get_content_wrapper_start();
		$output .= $tg_el->get_the_terms($terms_args);
		$output .= '<div class="artist_name"> Poster Name Should Display Here -->' . the_field('poster_name') . '</div>';
		$output .= '<div class="artist_name"> Artist Name Should Display Here -->' . the_field('artist_name') . '</div>';
		$output .= $tg_el->get_the_title();
		$output .= $tg_el->get_the_excerpt($excerpt_args);
		$output .= $tg_el->get_read_more_button($readmore_args);
		$output .= '<div class="tg-item-footer">';
			$output .= $tg_el->get_the_date();
			$output .= ($comments) ? '<span>/</span>' : null;
			$output .= $comments;
		$output .= '</div>';
	$output .= $tg_el->get_content_wrapper_end();

The specific two lines of code I am working with are:

$output .= '<div class="artist_name"> Poster Name Should Display Here -->' . the_field('poster_name') . '</div>';
		$output .= '<div class="artist_name"> Artist Name Should Display Here -->' . the_field('artist_name') . '</div>';

I’ve also tried this:

$output .= '<div class="artist_name"> Poster Name Should Display Here -->' . the_field('poster_name', get_option('page_for_posts')) . '</div>';
		$output .= '<div class="artist_name"> Artist Name Should Display Here -->' . the_field('artist_name', get_option('page_for_posts')) . '</div>';

In both examples I’ve added a bit of straight HTML to identify where it should be displaying. All that said, I still cannot get the value of these fields to display. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks a ton.

• James

• July 1, 2016 at 3:50 pm

Hi @joshcoledesign

The the_field() function will echo the value when you use it. If you want to pass the value to a variable, please use the get_field() function instead. This page should give you more idea about it: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/displaying-custom-field-values-in-your-theme/.

I hope this helps 🙂