Hello All,
My field name is {{instructor_organization}}
I added the below code to my function.php file:
<?php $instructor_organization = get_field($instructor_organization, $post_id, $format_value); ?>
To display it, I then added the below code to a page called single-event.php:
<?php the_field($instructor_organization, $post_id); ?>
But it is not showing when I view the front end. What am I missing? I am new to PHP. Any help would be appreciated. Kindly tell me what I should put and where
Hi @tmbond
Chances are you are miss-using the 2nd and 3rd parameters.
Have you tried just:
<?php the_field($instructor_organization); ?>
@tmbond
I think the issue is that you’re trying to reference a variable in single-event.php ($instructor_organization) which is defined in functions.php – this is because the variable is “out of scope” (see: http://php.net/manual/en/language.variables.scope.php).
You’ll need something like this in single-event.php:
the_field('instructor_organization');
// OR
echo get_field('instructor_organization');
Both output the field value. Alternatively, you could do:
// in functions.php:
function get_instructor_org($post_id){
$org = get_field('instructor_organization', $post_id);
return $org;
}
// then in single-event.php:
// assuming you're in the Loop (i.e. $post variable is available)
echo get_instructor_org($post->ID);
Obviously the first way is easier, but the second gives you an idea of how variables can be passed to functions.
@Elliot
@wells5609
Thanks for your responses. Sorry for not responding to you sooner. Now, I actually had it done in a different way. But I am going to try your code suggestions to see how they work in case of a future need. Thanks again.
