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get_field always returns null even with content and page id set
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I’m using ACF Version 6.2.1
I have this in a template partial, called in my front page template (outside of the loop):
<?php var_dump(get_field('bannertabbed')); ?>I have added dummy content to the field group on my front page. When I output get_post_meta() I can see that all my fields are there with the dummy content. I have also tried adding my ID to the get_field call but it’s still returning as NULL. I have another field group on the same page, which is also outside of the loop and it’s returning everything fine. Why is this one not? This is the export of the field group:
add_action( 'acf/include_fields', function() { if ( ! function_exists( 'acf_add_local_field_group' ) ) { return; } acf_add_local_field_group( array( 'key' => 'group_65133e0381c44', 'title' => 'bannertabbed', 'fields' => array( array( 'key' => 'field_65133e0545d2d', 'label' => 'banner1', 'name' => '', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'tab', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'placement' => 'top', 'endpoint' => 0, ), array( 'key' => 'field_65133e5345d2e', 'label' => 'image1', 'name' => 'image1', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'image', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'return_format' => 'array', 'library' => 'all', 'min_width' => '', 'min_height' => '', 'min_size' => '', 'max_width' => '', 'max_height' => '', 'max_size' => '', 'mime_types' => '', 'preview_size' => 'medium', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65133e6445d2f', 'label' => 'title1', 'name' => 'title1', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'text', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'prepend' => '', 'append' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65133e6d45d30', 'label' => 'text1', 'name' => 'text1', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'textarea', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'rows' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'new_lines' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65133e8245d31', 'label' => 'link1', 'name' => 'link1', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'link', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'return_format' => 'url', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65133ed645d32', 'label' => 'tabtext1', 'name' => 'tabtext1', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'text', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'prepend' => '', 'append' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_651340a9b2b50', 'label' => 'banner2', 'name' => '', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'tab', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'placement' => 'top', 'endpoint' => 0, ), array( 'key' => 'field_651340edb2b52', 'label' => 'image2', 'name' => 'image2', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'image', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'return_format' => 'array', 'library' => 'all', 'min_width' => '', 'min_height' => '', 'min_size' => '', 'max_width' => '', 'max_height' => '', 'max_size' => '', 'mime_types' => '', 'preview_size' => 'medium', ), array( 'key' => 'field_6513413ab2b54', 'label' => 'title2', 'name' => 'title2', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'text', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'prepend' => '', 'append' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65134190b2b56', 'label' => 'text2', 'name' => 'text2', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'textarea', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'rows' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'new_lines' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_651341cfb2b59', 'label' => 'link2', 'name' => 'link2', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'link', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'return_format' => 'url', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65134240e4fab', 'label' => 'tabtext2', 'name' => 'tabtext2', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'text', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'prepend' => '', 'append' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_651340dbb2b51', 'label' => 'banner3', 'name' => '', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'tab', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'placement' => 'top', 'endpoint' => 0, ), array( 'key' => 'field_651340ffb2b53', 'label' => 'image3', 'name' => 'image3', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'image', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'return_format' => 'array', 'library' => 'all', 'min_width' => '', 'min_height' => '', 'min_size' => '', 'max_width' => '', 'max_height' => '', 'max_size' => '', 'mime_types' => '', 'preview_size' => 'medium', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65134146b2b55', 'label' => 'title3', 'name' => 'title3', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'text', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'prepend' => '', 'append' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65134195b2b57', 'label' => 'text3', 'name' => 'text3', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'textarea', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'rows' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'new_lines' => '', ), array( 'key' => 'field_651341cdb2b58', 'label' => 'link3', 'name' => 'link3', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'link', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'return_format' => 'url', ), array( 'key' => 'field_65134243e4fac', 'label' => 'tabtext3', 'name' => 'tabtext3', 'aria-label' => '', 'type' => 'text', 'instructions' => '', 'required' => 0, 'conditional_logic' => 0, 'wrapper' => array( 'width' => '', 'class' => '', 'id' => '', ), 'default_value' => '', 'maxlength' => '', 'placeholder' => '', 'prepend' => '', 'append' => '', ), ), 'location' => array( array( array( 'param' => 'page_type', 'operator' => '==', 'value' => 'front_page', ), ), ), 'menu_order' => 0, 'position' => 'normal', 'style' => 'default', 'label_placement' => 'top', 'instruction_placement' => 'label', 'hide_on_screen' => '', 'active' => true, 'description' => '', 'show_in_rest' => 0, ) ); } );I don’t know what else to check. It looks correct. It’s driving me crazy.
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Is your front page a static page or your blog page?
Need more information about the code where you are attempting to get the fields. Any loops? Any queries? Just a single line of code is not enough, there are many things that can be affecting ACF’s ability to get the value.
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Thanks for your reply John. You’re right, my code was a bit light on content but I added everything I could think of that was relevant. As mentioned I was using the front-page.php template, and my code was not contained within any loops or queries.
I did, however find the solution. I think it was a combination of misunderstanding on my part, and some ambiguity on the part of ACF + not having super clear documentation.
There are two things that are used in ACF that sound kind of the same, field group and field (type) group . So I created a field group with the assumption I could just then grab that by referencing the field group name, and have all the data contained therein as a variable. My other field worked fine because I had a field group called ‘gallery’, and within that a field (type) group also called ‘gallery’. So when I called get_field(‘gallery’) it was working because it was grabbing the field type group and not the parent field group itself. I could not find any documentation on accessing the field group directly, so not sure if that’s even possible, so just used this as the solution instead.
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Yes, there is some ambiguity between “Field Group” and “Group Field” and it does cause some confusion unless you think of them like that, but a lot of people have difficulty with it so you’re not alone.
There is no way to access a group directly when coding templates.
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