Data from the_field doesnt show up on the right place

• delsupreme

• October 17, 2021 at 8:42 am

Hey guys,

I have a problem with the output of the content from “the_field()” fields. The following is my code:

$review_recaps_class = get_post_class();
				if ((in_array("genre-filme-reviews", $review_recaps_class)) OR (in_array("genre-filme-recaps", $review_recaps_class))) {
					$ouput .='<div>'.the_terms( $post->ID, 'regisseur', 'Regisseur: <span class="flight">', ', ', '</span> ' )
					.'• Erscheinungsdatum:<span>'
					.the_field('produziert')
					.'</span>• FSK: <span>'
					.the_field('fsk')
					.'</span>• Filmlänge: <span>'
					.the_field('filmlaenge')
					.'</span>• Schauspieler:'
					.the_terms( $post->ID, 'schauspieler', 'Besetzung: <span class="flight">', ', ', '</span> ' ).'</div>';
				} elseif ((in_array("genre-serien-reviews", $review_recaps_class)) OR (in_array("genre-serien-recaps", $review_recaps_class))){
					$ouput .='<div>'.the_terms( $post->ID, 'regisseur', 'Showrunner: <span class="flight">', ', ', '</span> ' )
					.'• Staffelstart: '
					.the_field('produziert')
					.'• FSK: '
					.the_field('fsk')
					.'• Episoden: '
					.the_field('episoden')
					.'• Schauspieler:'
					.the_terms( $post->ID, 'schauspieler', 'Besetzung: <span class="flight">', ', ', '</span> ' ).'</div>';
				}

On this picture you can see the the content of the fields are only show up in the source code (not on the page) and also on the wrong place:

The content should normally be show up on this place between the <span>-tags:

What is wrong? Can you help me? :/

• John Huebner

• October 17, 2021 at 10:47 am

the_field() echos the value where it appears in the code. To get the value you need to use get_field(). Example; $output = 'something and.get_field();`

You will find that ‘the_terms()` works the same way.

• delsupreme

• October 18, 2021 at 2:29 pm

The problem is not to get the values – it works which you can see in the screenshots. But for some reason the values are on the wrong place. Thats my problem :/

• John Huebner

• October 18, 2021 at 2:58 pm

Yes, it is. Sorry, but you are using the wrong function. The values are in the wrong place because they are echoed at the point where the function the_feild() is called.

Example:

// this will output the value of a field here
// and set $value == NULL
// because the_field() does not return a value
$value = '<p>The value of the field is echoed here ('.the_field().')</p>';

// this will echo the <p> with nothing in the ()
// because the_field() already echoed the value above 
// and returned NULL
echo $value

I won’t go into the issues with using ‘the_terms()’ in the context that you are attempting to use it. Removing that from one of your lines what it should look like is this

$ouput .='<div>'
.'• Erscheinungsdatum:<span>'
.get__field('produziert')
.'</span>• FSK: <span>'
.get__field('fsk')
.'</span>• Filmlänge: <span>'
.get__field('filmlaenge')
.'</span>• Schauspieler:'
.'</div>';

echo $output;

the_field()
get_field()

• delsupreme

• October 18, 2021 at 5:31 pm

Ok, the fields where I work with get_field() I now get in the right place. But the fields where I currently still try to get the result with the_terms() do not work.

I tried the_terms() because more than one result can come out.