When restricting ACF field groups to certain locations, like only in certain categories, it uses this code:
‘location’ => array (
array (
array (
‘param’ => ‘post_type’,
‘operator’ => ‘==’,
‘value’ => ‘post’,
‘order_no’ => 0,
‘group_no’ => 0,
),
array (
‘param’ => ‘post_category’,
‘operator’ => ‘==’,
‘value’ => ’46’,
‘order_no’ => 1,
‘group_no’ => 0,
),
),
),
In the above example, I was restricting fields to category 46.
My question is this:
Can i create an options page, ask the user to select the categories from a drop down list pre=populated with categories, then use that stored acf field as a variable in the line that reads ‘value’ => ’46’?
So if i set a variable like $my_post_cat = the_field (‘postcats’);
then do something like ‘value’ => ‘$my_post_cat’
Can that work, or am I heading the wrong direction there?
