on save_post send email, taxonomy field issue

• manu_baje

• July 20, 2019 at 2:35 am

I am using acf/save_post hook to send an email when the post is submitted. All fields are being sent properly with the exception of the taxonomy field(select appearance)When saving the post the field will be empty in the body of the sent email.

function my_acf_save_post( $post_id ) {

//doesn’t work for taxonomy
$term_manufacturer = get_field(‘manufacturer’, $post_id);
if( $term_manufacturer ):
$body_manufacturer = $term_manufacturer->name;
endif;
//works for the following fields: text, textarea, radio button, gallery(image url), select
if(get_field(‘model’, $post_id)){
$body_model = get_field(‘model’, $post_id);
}
}

add_action(‘acf/save_post’, ‘my_acf_save_post’, 15);

Can’t see what’s not working for the Taxonomy field. Thanks!

• James

• July 21, 2019 at 3:01 am

Hi @manu_baje

This is likely because different field types will return different data types from the get_field() API call.
Please debug the output to check the returned data: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/debug/

• manu_baje

• July 24, 2019 at 1:17 am

Thanks,

The post was saved correctly, so I end up saving the post first, and then send the email, instead of save the post and send email at the same time. This way I got the correct values in the email.