get_post_meta() works but get_fields() doesn't

• haleeben

• October 28, 2013 at 11:29 am

I’m in a foreach loop and trying to get the custom fields.

I’ve tried

    $link = get_field("external_link",$post->ID);
    echo  $link;

but it doesn’t work, but if I try

    $link = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'external_link', true );
    echo $link;

it works, can’t figure it out.

• Elliot

• October 28, 2013 at 5:52 pm

Hi @haleeben

Have you debugged $post->ID and $link?
As in, have you printed out the contents of these variables?

<?php 

echo '<pre>';
	print_r($post->ID);
echo '</pre>';
die; ?>

• haleeben

• October 28, 2013 at 6:14 pm

Hey @elliot

Yeah

$post->ID = the right post ID (1682)

$link = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'external_link', true );

gives me the string I need ‘this is the link’

but

$link = get_field("external_link",$post->ID); = nothing,

if I do a var_dump of $link it shows bool(false)

• haleeben

• October 28, 2013 at 6:15 pm

if get_post_meta works, shouldn’t get_field work?

• Elliot

• October 29, 2013 at 5:27 pm

Hi @haleeben

100% yes. The get_field function should be working for you, I don’ understand why it isn’t..

Do you have any filters which could be hooking in and overriding the value returned?

Any chance you would debug the issue through the core/api.php file? (the get_field function is within that file)

• haleeben

• November 8, 2013 at 1:04 pm

Hey @elliot

The latest update for ACF fixed this issue, sorry I should have mentioned I was trying to do this from the functions file, thanks for the update.

PS – is this a custom built support forum theme, is it available to buy? one of the best I’ve used.

• Elliot

• November 9, 2013 at 10:14 am

Hi @haleeben

its a bbPress support forum with a custom theme and custom functionality!

Thanks mate
Elliot