Custom ACF Field Type – Phone number

• hcmedia

• December 8, 2014 at 4:52 am

Hi,

i would like to create a new custom field type “phonenumber”.
A field type with 4 input fields (country-prefix, area-code, number, direct-dialing).

My create_field-Function:

function create_field( $field )
	{
		global $post;
		$field = array_merge($this->defaults, $field);
		?>
		<table border="0">
			<tr>
				<td><div class="acf-input-prepend"><?= $field['country-prefix']; ?></div></td>
				<td><div class="acf-input-wrap"><input type="text" id="<?php echo $field['key']; ?>" class="<?php echo $field['class']; ?> acf-is-prepended" name="<?php echo $field['name']."['country-prefix']"; ?>" value="" placeholder="Landesvorwahl" /></div></td>
				<td><?= $field['seperator'] ?></td>
				<td><div class="acf-input-wrap"><input type="text" id="<?php echo $field['key']; ?>" class="<?php echo $field['class']; ?>" name="<?php echo $field['name']."['area-code']"; ?>" value="" placeholder="Ortsvorwahl" /></div></td>
				<td><?= $field['seperator'] ?></td>
				<td><div class="acf-input-wrap"><input type="text" id="<?php echo $field['key']; ?>" class="<?php echo $field['class']; ?>" name="<?php echo $field['name']."['phone-number']"; ?>" value="" placeholder="Nummer" /></div></td>
				<td><?= $field['seperator'] ?></td>
				<td><div class="acf-input-wrap"><input type="text" id="<?php echo $field['key']; ?>" class="<?php echo $field['class']; ?>" name="<?php echo $field['name']."['direct-dialing']"; ?>" value="" placeholder="Durchwahl" /></div></td>
			</tr>
		</table>
		<?php
	}

Unfortunately, nothing is saved…

Has anybody a tip for me?

• hcmedia

• December 8, 2014 at 6:49 am

Now I have managed to store the data.
But now, there is a problem to get the value from the db.

The saved data looks like:
a:4:{s:14:"country_prefix";s:2:"43";s:9:"area_code";s:1:"1";s:12:"phone_number";s:6:"666666";s:14:"direct_dialing";s:4:"0111";}

But, when i debug the $field var at the backend output i only get this data:

Array
(
    [seperator] => -
    [country-prefix] => +
    [key] => field_54848f4ff3185
    [label] => test
    [name] => fields[field_54848f4ff3185]
    [_name] => test
    [type] => phonenumber
    [order_no] => 26
    [instructions] => 
    [required] => 0
    [id] => acf-field-test
    [class] => phonenumber
    [conditional_logic] => Array
        (
            [status] => 0
            [rules] => Array
                (
                    [0] => Array
                        (
                            [field] => field_545fc78e1d45a
                            [operator] => ==
                            [value] => 0
                        )

                )

            [allorany] => all
        )

    [field_group] => 137
    [value] => 
)

The value is missing…
…also in the frontend

• Elliot

• June 4, 2015 at 10:08 am

Hi @hcmedia

Did you find a solution for this?
Where did you place the debug code to output $field?

Also, what version of ACF are you using?

Thanks
E

• rafaraon

• May 31, 2016 at 4:34 pm

🙁