I would like to populate a select field from an options textfield where the label is visible in the select field but the value is returned. The reason is so the values/labels can be changed site wide. I could probably do it with some CSS but I wanted to explore this option first.
Specifically, I’d like to have an options text area with some colors (bkg_color_textfield), like this:
#000 : Black
#333 : Very Dark Gray
#666 : Dark Gray
Have the select field (bkg_color) look like this:
Black
Very Dark Gray
Dark Gray
And have the value: #000, #333, or #666 go into the rendered page.
the_sub_field(‘bkg_color’)
What gets returned now is the whole string (#000 : Black) instead of just the hex color (#000).
I’m not sure I understand completely, do you already have a select field that is being dynamically populated from the text field? I guess I’m missing how your currently getting the value of #000 : Black.
Using that example, what you need to do is go one step further
function acf_load_color_field_choices( $field ) {
// reset choices
$field['choices'] = array();
// get the textarea value from options page without any formatting
$choices = get_field('my_select_values', 'option', false);
// explode the value so that each line is a new array piece
$choices = explode("\n", $choices)
// remove any unwanted white space
$choices = array_map('trim', $choices);
// loop through array and add to field 'choices'
if( is_array($choices) ) {
foreach( $choices as $choice ) {
// split each line on ' : '
$parts = explode(' : ', $choice);
// make sure we have 2 parts
if (count($parts) > 1) {
$value = $parts[0];
$label = $parts[1];
} else {
// no separator found
$value = $choice;
$label = $choice;
}
$field['choices'][$value] = $label;
}
}
// return the field
return $field;
}
add_filter('acf/load_field/name=color', 'acf_load_color_field_choices');
You’re amazing. It worked perfectly. Thanks!
One note… do you need a ; after $choices = explode(“\n”, $choices) ?
sorry about the typo, don’t know how I managed to delete that semi colon. Glad you got it working.
