How to read ACF value??

• buggyboo

• May 5, 2025 at 2:29 pm

I have created an ACF numeric field and attached it to the user profile.
When I view my user profile, there is a field there and I enter in a numeric value such as “123”.
I save my profile.
My field name is called group_ID
I use WP CODE to create a PHP code snippet.

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$fn=get_field(‘group_id’);

echo ‘field=[‘ . $fn . ‘]<br>’;

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When I insert the shortcode value into my page all I get back is field=[] and never a value, despite the value being properly set in my profile.

How do I read this value from the user profile and capture it as a PHP variable?