Image wont display in header.php template file

• rik89

• January 6, 2016 at 11:02 pm

Hey,
I have an image set using ACF in the admin area for a custom post type, using the following in the header gets me an empty array:

`$image = get_field(‘background_image’);
print_r($image);`

The key is 100% correct it has been copied and pasted, I have also used the meta_key to no avail.

I have tried every example on this page http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/image/ and nothing works…

If I try:
`$img = get_post_meta(81, ‘background_image’);
print_r($img);`

I get:

Array ( [0] => 82 )

Any help would be great! I have been racking my brains all morning on this.

Thanks!

• John Huebner

• January 6, 2016 at 11:34 pm

Since you are in header.php you are outside of “The Loop”, you will need to supply the get_field() function with the post ID;

$queried_object = get_queried_object();
$image = get_field('background_image', $queried_object->ID);

• rik89

• January 7, 2016 at 2:05 am

Thanks! This works… if I hardcode the post ID, so at the moment I have:

$image = get_field('background_image', 81);

if I do a dump on get_queried_object(); I get null.