Default value for datepicker

• psyfire

• February 9, 2021 at 12:50 pm

Hi,

I am trying to get a default value for datepicker, basically if field abc has no value, then it should have value xyz. If the field has value, then the value will be displayed. I have tried it with several solutions but I am no expert:

add_filter('acf/load_field/name=date_of_birth', function ($field) {
    $field['default_value'] = date('d.m.Y');
    return $field;
});

or

$goempty = '---';
$defaultdateofbirth = get_field('date_of_birth');
if (empty($defaultdateofbirth)) {
update_field('date_of_birth', '---');
} else {
update_field('date_of_birth', $goempty);
}

The second one adds the today’s date and overwrites everything else.

Can someone help me figure out a solution for that? Thanks!!

• psyfire

• February 12, 2021 at 8:47 pm

Has really no one an idea how to solcve this? 🙁

• John Huebner

• March 13, 2021 at 4:39 am

If you want to set the default value of a date field when loading a field it must be in the same format that ACF stores in the DB

add_filter('acf/load_field/name=date_of_birth', function ($field) {
    $field['default_value'] = date('Ymd');
    return $field;
});

• NickDA

• June 2, 2021 at 5:54 am

I can now confirm John’s solution above is perfect and does the trick like a charm !