I have pages with flexible content. I identify layouts in my loop and then include a template file for that layout. These template files are set up to be used in a variety of ways, from a variety of sources, and output data from an array.
I want to get my layout data as an array, and not have to know sub-field names in advance. My current solution works, but there must be a better way?
if ( have_rows( 'page_layout' ) ):
// loop through the rows of data
while ( have_rows( 'page_layout' ) ) : the_row();
if ( get_row_layout() == 'layout_1' ):
// get layout data as an array
$data = get_fields(); //get all fields for this page
$index = get_row_index(); // get index of current row
$layout_data = $data['page_layout'][$index-1];
include( locate_template( 'component-templates/layout-1-block.php', false, false ) );
No, there isn’t a better way if what you want is have an array with the data. Or maybe there isn’t, I might do it differently in order to remove an extensive if/elseif/elseif
based on the code you provided
// get the entire flex field
$layouts = get_field('page_layout');
if ($layouts) {
foreach ($layouts as $layout_data) {
$layout_name = str_replace('_', '-', $layout_data['acf_fc_layout']);
$template = locate_template('component-templates/'.$layout_name.'-block.php', false, false);
if ($template) {
// why am I doing this?
// if locate_template returns false, include(false) will throw an error
include($template);
}
} // end foreach layout
} // end if layouts
