Control Display of Custom Field

• toad78

• July 20, 2016 at 6:07 am

I’ve created a custom field with the rule Post Type = Widget Block.

In my Widget Block, I created the custom field and it displays perfectly using this template code:

`<?php
$retheading = get_field(‘ret_heading’,163);
$retcont = get_field(‘ret_content’,163);
$leftcont = get_field(‘left_column_content’,163);
$centercont = get_field(‘center_column_content’,163);
$rightcont = get_field(‘right_column_content’,163);
$botcont = get_field(‘bottom_content’,163);

if( !empty($retcont) ): ?>
<section id=”retinal”>
<div class=”container”>
<h3><?php echo $retheading; ?></h3>
<?php echo $retcont; ?>
<div style=”overflow: hidden”>
<div class=”col-sm-4″>
<?php echo $leftcont; ?>
</div>
<div class=”col-sm-4″>
<?php if( !empty($centercont) ): ?>
<img src=”<?php echo $centercont[‘url’]; ?>” />
<?php endif; ?>
</div>
<div class=”col-sm-4″>
<?php echo $rightcont; ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php echo $botcont; ?>
</div>
</section>
<?php endif; ?>`

EXCEPT, I don’t want it to load/display on specific pages. I’ve tried using “Display Widget” to control this, but the custom fields still post. Is there a way to get around this? Or do I have to create a custom template for specific pages to not display this field?

• James

• July 20, 2016 at 9:01 pm

Hi @toad78 ,

Thanks a lot for reaching out to us.

I believe you should be able to add to create an extra location rule such that fields show where post type == widget block and page ==’you pages’.

Let me know if it helps.

• James

• July 20, 2016 at 9:01 pm

Hi @toad78 ,

Thanks a lot for reaching out to us.

I believe you should be able to add to create an extra location rule such that fields show where post type == widget block and page ==’you pages’.

Let me know if it helps.

• toad78

• July 21, 2016 at 8:06 am

Well I did try this and the widget block still appears on those pages that share the same template.

• James

• July 21, 2016 at 4:46 pm

Hi @toad78

I think I misunderstood your question. I’m sorry about that.

I believe you can add a post object field and then add the pages you want to exclude. After that, you can check if the current page is excluded or not like this:

// Get the excluded IDs
$excluded = get_field('excluded_pages_field', 163, false);

// Get the current post
global $post;

//Check if the current page is excluded or not
if( $excluded && !in_array($post->ID, $excluded) ){
    
    // Your code here
    echo "not excluded";
    
}

I hope this helps 🙂

• toad78

• July 22, 2016 at 12:41 am

Okay,
I will try that.

Thank you, James.

• toad78

• October 14, 2016 at 8:55 am

Okay, I’ve tried the above using this method but the widget block just disappeared and doesn’t appear on ANY pages.

<?php
$excluded = get_field('excluded_pages_field', 1255, 1509, 1213, 1293, false);
global $post;
if( $excluded && !in_array($post->ID, $excluded) ){

	 $eventcontent = get_field('event_content', 1368);
	 $moredetails = get_field('more_details', 1368);
	 $eventimage = get_field('event_image', 1368);
           
 if(!empty($eventcontent) ): ?>
	<section class="boldSection gutter btBottomVertical btParallax">
    	<div class="specialevent" style="background:  linear-gradient(to right, rgba(255,255,255,1) 0%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 16%,rgba(255,255,255,1) 50%,rgba(255,255,255,0.01) 52%,rgba(255,255,255,0) 55%), url(<?php echo $eventimage; ?>); background-size: cover!important; background-repeat: no-repeat!important; background-position: right center!important;"> 
            <div class="col-sm-6">
            		<header class="header btDash bottomDash">
                    	<div class="dash">
                        	<h2>
                            	<span class="headline">Special Event</span>
						 	</h2>
                    	</div>
                    </header>
            		<?php echo $eventcontent; ?>
            		<a href="<?php echo $moredetails; ?>" class="btBtn btBtn btnOutlineStyle btnAccentColor btnBig btnHalfWidth btnRightPosition btnNoIcon"><span class="btnInnerText">More Details</span></a><a href="about/season-tickets/" class="btBtn btBtn btnOutlineStyle btnAccentColor btnBig btnHalfWidth btnRightPosition btnNoIcon"><span class="btnInnerText">Get Tickets</span></a>
            	<div class="btClear btSeparator topSemiSpaced noBorder"><hr></div>
           </div>           
        </div>
   </section>
 <?php endif; ?>  
 <?php } ?>

• James

• October 14, 2016 at 12:25 pm

Hi @toad78

Please keep in mind that you are not supposed to list the post IDs you want to exclude in the get_field() function. You should use the post ID where the post object field is assigned (1368 in your last code). Also, please don’t forget to create the excluded_pages_field post object field in your widget field group too.

So, after you set the pages you want to exclude, you should be able to do it like this:

<?php
$excluded = get_field('excluded_pages_field', 1368, false);
global $post;
if( $excluded && !in_array($post->ID, $excluded) ){

	 $eventcontent = get_field('event_content', 1368);
	 $moredetails = get_field('more_details', 1368);
	 $eventimage = get_field('event_image', 1368);
           
 if(!empty($eventcontent) ): ?>

I hope this makes sense 🙂

• toad78

• October 15, 2016 at 3:49 am

Thanks for the help, James.

I’ve managed to get it working correctly just as you’ve recommended.