How to get field data from a group inside a group

• Enkota

• January 28, 2018 at 2:32 am

I have created a group field album_group that includes groups inside it. What I’m trying to figure out now is how to output the text fields inside album_information. For example, get the campaign_title field using the usual <?php echo get_field('campaign_title');?>

Album Group

Album Information

Am I correct in saying I can access the nested group fields without having to use a loop? I’d rather just access them so I can place in certain divs etc.

• Enkota

• January 28, 2018 at 2:47 am

All good, worked it out by putting it through the loop then accessing the sub_fields!

<?php

  if( have_rows('album_group') ):

  while( have_rows('album_group') ): the_row();

  $cp_album_info = get_sub_field('album_information');
  $cp_album_music = get_sub_field('album_music_g');
  $cp_album_name = get_sub_field('campaign_album_name');
  $cp_album_links = get_sub_field('album_links');

  ...

 ?>

• acfsilvan

• August 28, 2018 at 12:41 am

I had the same problem and it drove me nuts. This should be mentioned in the docs somewhere. I know it is on the groups page of the docs, but it does not state WHY.

• elemusma

• January 13, 2019 at 11:01 am

Using the variables isn’t working for me, neither is the basic code from the documentation. I also tried the loop have_rows() function but with no success. Can someone help me?

<?php
// vars
$phone = get_field(‘contact_phone’);
if( $phone ): ?>
<p class=”heading-8″><?php echo $phone[‘title’]; ?></p>
<?php endif; ?>

I’m using this documentation as reference and like I said, neither of those methods are working.
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/group/

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• ddffgg123

• January 25, 2019 at 4:44 pm

<div class="war-front-form">
	<?
        php if( have_rows('warranty-member') ): //parent group field
	while( have_rows('warranty-member') ): the_row(); 
	// vars
	   $name = get_sub_field('warranty-name');
	   $birth = get_sub_field('warranty-birth');
	   $phone = get_sub_field('warranty-phone');
	   $email = get_sub_field('warranty-email');
	?>
	  <div class="war-front-member">
	    <h1>고객정보</h1>
	     <ul>
		<li><span>이름</span><p><?php echo $name ?></p></li>
		<li><span>생년월일</span><p><?php echo $birth ?></p></li>
		<li><span>연락처</span><p><?php echo $phone ?></p></li>
		<li><span>이메일</span><p><?php echo $email ?></p></li>
		<li>
		 <?php if( have_rows('warranty-adress-group') ): //child group field
                 while( have_rows('warranty-adress-group') ): the_row(); 
		    // vars
		      $postcode = get_sub_field('warranty-postcode');
		      $adress = get_sub_field('warranty-adress');
		      $adress2 = get_sub_field('warranty-adress-2');
		    ?>
		    <span>주소</span>
		    <p><?php echo $postcode ?></p>
		    <p><?php echo $adress ?></p>
		    <p><?php echo $adress2 ?></p>
							
		<?php endwhile; ?>
		<?php endif; ?>
		</li>
	     </ul>
      </div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>

this is my group in group source code

• dush88gs

• May 16, 2019 at 2:59 pm

If you don’t need to use loops, this will work for you.

<?php
    $our_services = get_field('our_services'); // 'our_services' is your parent group
    $service_one = $our_services['service_one']; // 'service_one' is your child group 
 ?>
 
 <?php echo $service_one['service_heading']; // 'service_heading' is a subfield of your child group ?>

• elemusma

• March 12, 2020 at 2:43 am

`<?php $bigImageGroup = get_field(‘big_image_with_button’);
?>
<img src=”<?php echo $bigImageGroup[‘image’][‘url’]; ?>” alt=”<?php echo $bigImageGroup[‘image’][‘alt’]; ?>” width=”100%”>
<a href=”<?php echo $bigImageGroup[‘button’][‘url’]; ?>” class=”btn secondary”><?php echo $bigImageGroup[‘button’][‘text’]; ?></a>

This worked for me, I’m not well versed but it seems on PHP but it seems that you keep passing on the objects.

• levicole404

• July 23, 2020 at 1:06 am

I like to add a helper function to my themes…

if ( function_exists( 'get_field' ) ) {
	function get_group_field( string $group, string $field, $post_id = 0 ) {
		$group_data = get_field( $group, $post_id );
		if ( is_array( $group_data ) && array_key_exists( $field, $group_data ) ) {
			return $group_data[ $field ];
		}
		return null;
	}
}

Usage: <?php echo get_group_field( 'album_group', 'album_information' ); ?>

• acfndre

• March 2, 2022 at 10:43 am

Thanks for your solution. How would this function look like if ‘album_information’ is another group width fields in it? Like:

get_group_field( 'album_group', 'album_information', 'album_title' )