Echo a variable in a custom field?

• fabiano1987

• August 17, 2020 at 8:30 am

Hi, it’s possible to echo a variable in a custom field?

Let me explain

I’ve installed a download-counter plugin on WordPress and with a simple php code i can show on my site how many downloads has obtained every item

That’s all ok..
The problem starts when i don’t want to show the result in my webpage but in my iOS app. For the app i use REST API and That download plugin doesn’t have an API so i can’t call/show the downloads number BUT… your plugin is supported by REST API. This means that i can show a custom field “content” in my app

So, I need to put the downloads number in a custom field then show the custom field in the app

there is a way to put the result from the downloads plugin in a custom field that i could name “afc_downloads”?

Something like:

$N_Downloads = echo the number for a defined item

N_Downloads == the_field(afc_downloads)

(To store the number in a custom field)

Is that totally wrong? 😅😂

• vipstephan

• August 17, 2020 at 5:20 pm

Perhaps update_field() will be something for you?