Field 41 Bug

• connorCM

• May 24, 2019 at 7:26 pm

Hi, I am making a website and believe I have encountered a rather strange bug.
I am new to ACF and am trying the free version for now before committing to developing with the paid version. The problem I have is that I do not have the repeater field and so have to do it manually.
I have set up a page for “Our Team” and so have had to set up a large number of groups for each team member each including name, position etc. 50 to be exact. I then wrote code to loop through each field and display the necessary information, and this worked fine in small scale. However, once I increased the field number to 50 members a bug occurred where member 41 does not display. I have tried moving it to different positions, remaking the field, and much more, the problems seems to be with the number 41 itself.

Here is the code I used to loop through:

<?php $team = get_field("team");?>

<div class="team-strip">

<!--loop through field only displaying members(arrays) and those with a name specified-->
<?php foreach ($team as $member):?>
 <?php if (is_array($member)):?>
<?php if ($member["name"] != ""):?>

<!--add class depending on category-->
<?php switch ($member["category"]):?>
<?php case "Administration":?>
<div class="team-member administration">
    <?php break;
    case "Boitumelo":?>
<div class="team-member boitumelo">
    <?php break;
    case "Computer Center":?>
<div class="team-member computerCenter">
    <?php break;
    case "Youth Center":?>
<div class="team-member youthCenter">
    <?php break;
    case "Counselling Center":?>
<div class="team-member counsellingCenter">
    <?php break;
    case "Performing Arts Department":?>
<div class="team-member performingArtsDepartment">
    <?php break;
    case "Urban Agriculture Initiative":?>
<div class="team-member urbanAgriculture">
    <?php break;
    default:?>
    <div class="team-member">
<?php endswitch;?>

<!-- Display Member -->
    <div class="wrap">
        <div class="member-photo">
            <img src="<?php echo $member['photo'];?>">
        </div>
        <div class="member-description">
            <p><strong><?php echo $member["name"];?></strong></p>
            <p>-<?php echo $member["position"];?></p>
        </div>
    </div>
</div>

<?php endif;?>
<?php endif;?>
<?php endforeach;?>
</div>

The problem is that it is returning member 41 as a string instead of an array, even though it is a group with sub-fields and is identical to all other members.
Any idea how to fix this? Thank you for your help.

• John Huebner

• May 25, 2019 at 1:27 am

When having problems with large numbers of fields you are usually running into an issue with the PHP max_input_vars setting. More information here https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/limit-number-fields/

• connorCM

• May 27, 2019 at 4:31 pm

Hi John,
Thank you for your reply, I have tried what is suggested on the link you sent however it doesn’t seem to have fixed the problem. Also fields after the field in question still load perfectly so I do not think it is a max var issue. I even added completely new field groups on that page which all worked without hassle.