How to reference a field when dynamically populating Select

• msoulam

• March 6, 2014 at 6:57 pm

Greetings,

I have a select field preceded by a text field where user will enter a list of categories. I want the select field to be populated with the list the user entered.
Both fields are at a specific menu under the layout of a flexible content field.

The tutorial only references cases when data is pulled from Options:

$choices = get_field('my_select_values', 'option', false);

How do I reference a field from a sibling menu item?

Also, the tutorial does not specifies where to put the code. I assumed in Functions.php correct?

Thanks.

• Elliot

• March 11, 2014 at 9:03 am

Hi @msoulam

Yes, all filters are added to the functions.php file.

It is not possible to populate a select field by it’s ‘sibling’ sub field values. I am assuming that when you say ‘menu item’, you are actually talking about a flexible content layout?

• msoulam

• March 12, 2014 at 5:03 am

Hmmm. What about using WordPress built in categories. Can the Select field be populated with that?

• Elliot

• March 18, 2014 at 9:43 am

Hi @msoulam

Yes. Perhaps you could use the taxonomy field type?

Thanks
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