Post Object is showing random Posts, not the selected Post

• jrstaatsiii

• December 2, 2013 at 1:38 pm

Here is a link to my code: https://gist.github.com/jrstaatsiii/7736698

It seems to be correct based on this article: http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/field-types/post-object/

However, for whatever reason, it seems to be showing a random post from the correct post type, but not post selected in the options panel. Any ideas why this might be happening?

Thanks! -Rich

• Elliot

• December 3, 2013 at 10:16 am

Hi @jrstaatsiii

Can you debug the value like so:

<?php 

echo '<pre>';
	print_r( get_field('ssm_featured_course', 'options') );
echo '</pre>';

echo '<pre>';
	print_r( get_field('ssm_featured_course', 'options', false) );
echo '</pre>';
die; 

?>

The first print_r will display the post object returned, the second will display the DB value (post_id).

Can you post back the results? Do they look correct?

Thanks
E

• jrstaatsiii

• December 4, 2013 at 4:04 am

WP_Post Object
(
    [ID] => 143
    [post_author] => 1
    [post_date] => 2013-11-24 21:49:38
    [post_date_gmt] => 2013-11-24 21:49:38
    [post_content] => 
    [post_title] => 1 Hour HTML
    [post_excerpt] => 
    [post_status] => publish
    [comment_status] => closed
    [ping_status] => closed
    [post_password] => 
    [post_name] => 1-hour-html
    [to_ping] => 
    [pinged] => 
    [post_modified] => 2013-11-24 21:49:58
    [post_modified_gmt] => 2013-11-24 21:49:58
    [post_content_filtered] => 
    [post_parent] => 0
    [guid] => http://chrispirillo.dev/?post_type=ssm_course&p=143
    [menu_order] => 0
    [post_type] => ssm_course
    [post_mime_type] => 
    [comment_count] => 0
    [filter] => raw
)
143

It looks correct here, and yet it still shows the wrong post, and for whatever reason, it shows a different post for each page this is used on.

• Elliot

• December 4, 2013 at 11:05 am

Hi @jrstaatsiii

So just to confirm, the get_field returns the correct post every time (post_id = 143)?

If so, the issue must be with your code. What code are you using to render the post?

Thanks
E

• jrstaatsiii

• December 4, 2013 at 11:27 am

I have no doubt the issue is with my code. Here is the gist:

https://gist.github.com/jrstaatsiii/7736698

• Elliot

• December 5, 2013 at 8:59 am

Hi @jrstaatsiii

Thanks for the link. I can’t see any issues with your code, but perhaps the setup_postdata is not working correctly for some unknown reason.

Can you modify the code to not use the setup_postdata like so:

<?php if ( get_field('ssm_featured_course', 'options') ) { ?>
		
		<?php $p = get_field('ssm_featured_course', 'options'); ?>
				
		<div id="featured-course">
			
			<div class="wrap">
				
				<small>Featured Course</small>
				
				<p class="faux-title"><a href="<?php echo get_permalink( $p->ID ); ?>"><?php echo get_the_title( $p->ID ); ?></a></p>
			
				<?php if ( get_field('ssm_course_description', $p->ID) ) { ?>
			
				<div class="course-description">
				
					<?php the_field('ssm_course_description', $p->ID); ?>
					
				</div>
				<!-- end .course-description-->
			
				<?php } ?>
			
				<a class="button red" href="<?php echo get_permalink( $p->ID ); ?>">View Course</a>
			
			</div>
			<!-- end .wrap -->
		
		</div>
		<!-- end #featured-course -->
	
	<?php } ?>

Does this work?

Thanks
E

• jrstaatsiii

• December 7, 2013 at 4:12 am

yup that worked. not sure why setup_postdata isn’t, but thanks