CPT and ACF

• crlannen

• February 16, 2016 at 7:49 am

I have two CPTs setup. One is Clients and the other is Projects. Each of specific ACF fields.

Clients has a field name called client_name and Projects has a relationship field based on client_name which is project_client. It nicely lists out the Client names.

What I need to accomplish is to display the full client name. Right now it’s just the post ID for the client. See http://taxonomystrategies.com/wp/services/clients/

I will be adding code to not display any link if a certain field is empty.

This is the full template:

<?php
/*
Template Name: Projects
*/
?>

<?php get_header(); ?>

<div id=”wrapper”>
<div id=”blurb”><?php the_field(‘page_blurb’); ?></div>
<div id=”content”>

<?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
<div class=”post” id=”post-<?php the_ID(); ?>”>
<div class=”entrytext”>
<?php the_content(‘<p class=”serif”>Read the rest of this page »</p>’); ?>

<?php link_pages(‘<p>Pages: ‘, ‘</p>’, ‘number’); ?>

</div><!– / end entry text –>

<!– acf –>
<div id=”clients” style=”width: 95%; background-color: #ffffff;margin: 0 auto;overflow: hidden;border: 10px solid #fff;”>
<?php $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘projects’, ‘posts_per_page’ => -1 );
$loop = new WP_Query( $args );

while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
//the_title();
echo ‘<div class=”project-content”>’;

echo “<div class=’projects’>”;
echo “<div class=’client-name’><a href='”;
the_field(‘project_url’);
echo “‘>”;

the_field(‘project_client’);

echo “</div>”;

echo “<div class=’pdescription’>”;
echo ““;
the_field(‘project_type’);
echo ““;
the_field(‘project_description’);

echo “</div>”;
echo “<div style=’clear: both;’></div>”;
echo “</div><!– / end projects –>”;
echo ‘</div>’;
endwhile;?>

</div> <!– / end clients –>
</div><!– / end post –>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>

</div><!– / end content –>

<?php get_sidebar(); ?>

</div><!– / end wrapper –>

<?php get_footer(); ?>

• James

• February 16, 2016 at 5:59 pm

Hi @crlannen

The returned data from a relationship field is a list of posts. Please take a look at this page to learn more about how to use relationship field: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/relationship/.

I hope this helps.

• crlannen

• February 20, 2016 at 2:12 am

Unfortunately none of them work. My code pull in the ID of the relationship field (from Clients CPT via the Projects). What I need it to display the meta_value.

So instead of post_id 312 it needs to display Small Business Administration.

• crlannen

• February 20, 2016 at 2:25 am

The Projects client information is serialized data, e.g., meta_key is project_client with meta_value of a:1:{i:0;s:3:”312″;}

• James

• February 22, 2016 at 2:34 pm

Hi @crlannen

I believe you can use this code:

<?php
$posts = get_field('project_client');
$projectUrl = get_field('project_url');

if( $posts ): ?>
    <?php foreach( $posts as $post): ?>
        <?php setup_postdata($post); ?>
        <div class="client-name"><a href="<?php echo $projectUrl; ?>"><?php the_field('client_name'); ?></a>
    <?php endforeach; ?>
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php endif; ?>

If it isn’t working, could you please share the JSON export file of your field group?

Thanks!