Import ACF Repeater Field Values from CSV

• bravo

• January 12, 2021 at 8:25 pm

I’m trying to import a load of data into a sub fields of a repeater field (mortgage_providers) using file field (dd_csv) to upload the file to a post and return an array. Then loop through each row with PHP and update the repeater fields. I have tried the following but I can’t seem to get it to work.

if( get_field('dd_csv') ) {
        // load csv with SERVER PATH instead of URL
        $csv = get_attached_file(get_field('dd_csv')['id']);
        if(($handle = fopen($csv, "r")) !== FALSE) {
          $count = 0;
          while(($data = fgetcsv($handle, 1000, ",")) !== FALSE) {
            // $count = acf row, $data[0] = csv column 1 value
            update_sub_field(array('mortgage_providers', $count, 'mortgage_provider_name'), $data[0], 'option');
            $count++;
          }

          fclose($handle);
        }
      }

Here’s a sample of the data:

at symbol Sipp
012 Property Shares
121 Legals
1st Source Direct
1st Stop Finance
33 KWS
3i
3M
3mc
3XD
5 Arrows
AA Commercial Insurance
AIG
A1 Lender not relevant
AA Friendly Society
AA Insurance
Abacus
…

In total there’s over 1000 rows in column 1 of the CSV.

Thanks

• John Huebner

• January 12, 2021 at 11:03 pm

Adding rows to a sub field requires using add_row().

• lxjffrs

• September 28, 2021 at 11:31 am

I just ran into a very similar problem trying to import a whole load of data from a csv into a repeater, might be useful for anyone looking at how to do this in future
https://medium.com/@alexjeffers/importing-data-from-a-csv-file-into-a-wordpress-acf-repeater-field-c411c642a54c