Display custom field value from another post type

• hbarone

• January 11, 2017 at 10:25 am

Hi

I have a Custom Post Type called Playlists and other called Projects

I want to display the project_description field from CPT Projects into CPT Playlits if project_name field (Playlists) = post title (Projects)

project_name = select field

I trying make this, but not works:

$project_name = get_field(“project_name”);
the_field(‘project_description’, $name);

• John Huebner

• January 12, 2017 at 1:54 pm

Is the field project_name a select field that you’ve added choices to or is it a post object or at relationship field?

• hbarone

• January 12, 2017 at 2:29 pm

Hi, John
It’s a a select field that I’ve added choices
But I do not know if this is the simplest way to do

• hbarone

• January 12, 2017 at 2:37 pm

I think using post object would be better

• John Huebner

• January 12, 2017 at 11:29 pm

You are correct, you should use a post object field. While it may be possible to do a query based on something selected, it will not be easy to accomplish. A post object field saves the post ID that is related so you can use the post ID to easily get the information you need from the other post.

• hbarone

• January 13, 2017 at 3:51 am

Thanks ! This is works:

<?php

$post_object = get_field('project_name');

if( $post_object ): ?>

    <div>
    	<h4><?php echo get_the_title($post_object->ID); ?></h4>
        <span>Post Object Custom Field: <?php the_field('project_description', $post_object->ID); ?></span>
    </div>
    <?php wp_reset_postdata(); // IMPORTANT - reset the $post object so the rest of the page works correctly ?>

<?php endif; ?>