Populating a textbox's default value to a wordpress option

• chrisallen76

• December 2, 2013 at 10:29 pm

I’m trying to set the default value of a textbox to a WordPress option I’m setting in another page

The code I have is as follows, can anyone tell me what I’m doing wrong as the default value does not get set

function my_acf_load_field( $field )
{
    $field = get_option('global_apr');
 
    return $field;
}
// acf/load_field/key={$field_key} - filter for a specific field based on it's name
add_filter('acf/load_field/key=field_86', 'my_acf_load_field');

• Elliot

• December 3, 2013 at 10:33 am

Hi @chrisallen76

perhaps instead of overriding the entire field, you want to update the default value?

$field['default_value'] = get_option('global_apr');

Thanks
E

• chrisallen76

• December 3, 2013 at 9:19 pm

That’s exactly what I want to do, however the text box does not populate t all

I’ve checked the field key and the get_option variable and both are correct

here is my current code, am I missing something?

function my_acf_load_field( $field )
{
    $field['default_value'] = get_option('global_apr');
    return $field;
}
add_filter('acf/load_field/key=field_86', 'my_acf_load_field');

• Elliot

• December 4, 2013 at 10:45 am

Hi @chrisallen76

Can you check that the filter is running by changing your function code to:

<?php 

$field['default_value'] = get_option('global_apr');

echo '<pre>';
	print_r( $field );
echo '</pre>';
die;

return $field;
    
 ?>

Does the print_r / die produce any visible results on a page load?

Thanks
E