Moving ACF between environments and acf_form($options)

• Idealien

• February 26, 2014 at 6:36 am

If I use the export to PHP feature for a field group – how can I confirm what the ID is to use in the acf_form parameter field_groups ? Currently I have used the XML which generates a post ID in admin, but that can change between environments depending on other content created.

The scenario I’m trying to do involves using a front-end form (for a CPT photo gallery) on a separate CPT event calendar. The filter acf/pre_save_post generates the new ID, an action tied to wp_enqueue_scripts to load JS that populates Event ID into hidden field.

But the issue I have encountered was that I manually created the ACF form in dev and then in prod separately. The ACF Field Groups got different IDs – which would have also happened if I had used the export as XML. The field objects got different IDs which I use to pull event ID and photographer into gallery title – $_POST[“fields”][‘field_530ce8b2ddfcf’].

I’ve included the PHP export snippet below, but unclear how to map its ID into the acf_form options attribute field_group given that it isn’t a post ID.

if(function_exists("register_field_group"))
{
	register_field_group(array (
		'id' => 'acf_photo-gallery-details',
		'title' => 'Photo Gallery Details',
		'fields' => array (
			array (
				'key' => 'field_530ce8b2ddfcf',
				'label' => 'Event ID',
				'name' => 'pgalleryEventID',
				'type' => 'text',
				'required' => 1,
				'default_value' => '',
				'placeholder' => '',
				'prepend' => '',
				'append' => '',
				'formatting' => 'html',
				'maxlength' => '',
			),
			array (
				'key' => 'field_530ce8c0ddfd0',
				'label' => 'Photographer Name',
				'name' => 'pgalleryPhotographer',
				'type' => 'text',
				'required' => 1,
				'default_value' => '',
				'placeholder' => '',
				'prepend' => '',
				'append' => '',
				'formatting' => 'html',
				'maxlength' => '',
			),
			array (
				'key' => 'field_530ce8d9ddfd1',
				'label' => 'Photographer Email',
				'name' => 'pgalleryEmail',
				'type' => 'text',
				'required' => 1,
				'default_value' => '',
				'placeholder' => '',
				'prepend' => '',
				'append' => '',
				'formatting' => 'html',
				'maxlength' => '',
			),
			array (
				'key' => 'field_530ce8eaddfd2',
				'label' => 'Photos',
				'name' => 'pgalleryPhotos',
				'type' => 'gallery',
				'required' => 1,
				'preview_size' => 'thumbnail',
				'library' => 'all',
			),
		),
		'location' => array (
			array (
				array (
					'param' => 'post_type',
					'operator' => '==',
					'value' => 'pgallery',
					'order_no' => 0,
					'group_no' => 0,
				),
			),
		),
		'options' => array (
			'position' => 'normal',
			'layout' => 'no_box',
			'hide_on_screen' => array (
			),
		),
		'menu_order' => 0,
	));
}

http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/tutorials/creating-a-front-end-form/

• Idealien

• February 26, 2014 at 9:43 am

And the code (which doesn’t display my form) on template:

$args = array('post_id' => 'new', 'field_groups' => array('acf_photo-gallery-details'));
						
acf_form( $args );

In other templates I do have the call to acf_head(). I do see the Update button display and when inspecting source the rest of the hidden fields and form. But no actual fields.

• Idealien

• February 26, 2014 at 9:46 am

Solved. I had the register_field_group in plugin tied to admin_init instead of init.

As a future enhancement to the plugin, I might suggest a section to the admin page that lists field groupings which are created via plugin / theme for reference.