Preview parm on acf_register_block_type callback fn

• sschat

• January 9, 2020 at 11:41 pm

Hi!
I might be missing something but on the callback function for the “acf_register_block_type” there are four input parms. (taken from the examples)

The third one is the “preview” parm.
So we can use this to render different output to backend and frontend, right?

But if i debug this “preview” parm, i get a complete array as result.
Is this correct?
Cause now “preview” is true due to this array, hence i get the wrong view on the frontend.

Here some code and results of it:

function fn_render_block_podcast( $block, $content = '', $is_preview = false, $post_id = 0, $a = '' ) {

	debug('$block');
	debug($block);
	debug('$content');
	debug($content);
	debug('$is_preview');
	debug($is_preview);
	debug('$post_id');
	debug($post_id);
	debug('$a');
	debug($a);

	// Render the block.
	\Timber::render( get_template_directory() . '/templates/ACF-blocks/' . strtolower( $block['title'] ) . '/' . strtolower( $block['title'] ) . '.twig', $context );

}

Results:

$block

Array
(
    [name] => acf/podcast
    [title] => Podcast
    [description] => Kennisnet ACF block: Podcast
    [category] => kennisnet_acf
    [icon] => Array
        (
            [background] => #44A0A1
            [foreground] => #fff
            [src] => format-audio
        )

    [mode] => auto
    [align] => wide
    [keywords] => Array
        (
            [0] => kennisnet
            [1] => acf
        )

    [supports] => Array
        (
            [align] => 1
            [html] => 
            [mode] => 1
        )

    [post_types] => Array
        (
            [0] => article
            [1] => page
            [2] => meeting
        )

    [render_template] => 
    [render_callback] => fn_render_block_podcast
    [enqueue_style] => 
    [enqueue_script] => 
    [enqueue_assets] => Closure Object
        (
            [this] => Kennisnet\ACF\ACF_register_block Object
                (
                    [blocks_dir] => /Users/sanderschat/Websites/- KENNISNET/wp-app-kennisnet/web/app/themes/kennisnet/templates/ACF-blocks/
                    [block_dir] => /Users/sanderschat/Websites/- KENNISNET/wp-app-kennisnet/web/app/themes/kennisnet/templates/ACF-blocks/quote
                    [blocks_url] => http://kennisnet.local:8888/app/themes/kennisnet/templates/ACF-blocks/
                    [block_file] => /Users/sanderschat/Websites/- KENNISNET/wp-app-kennisnet/web/app/themes/kennisnet/templates/ACF-blocks/quote/quote
                    [block_name] => quote
                    [block_url] => http://kennisnet.local:8888/app/themes/kennisnet/templates/ACF-blocks/quote/quote
                )

        )

    [id] => block_5dd3bc0a92092
    [data] => Array
        (
            [podcast_link] => //html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5184654/theme/standard/
            [_podcast_link] => field_5daefffc46dca
        )

)

$content

$is_preview

Array
(
    [blockName] => acf/podcast
    [attrs] => Array
        (
            [id] => block_5dd3bc0a92092
            [name] => acf/podcast
            [data] => Array
                (
                    [podcast_link] => //html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/5184654/theme/standard/
                    [_podcast_link] => field_5daefffc46dca
                )

            [align] => wide
            [mode] => auto
        )

    [innerBlocks] => Array
        (
        )

    [innerHTML] => 
    [innerContent] => Array
        (
        )

)

$post_id

1560

$a

I added the $a parm just for testing. Cause i thought i might miss a parm.

Any thoughts on this? A bug? OR should i call it differently?

• sschat

• January 21, 2020 at 8:33 pm

So, to “fix” my own issue here:

The preview parameter is not correctly passed on by ACF, so i could not use that.
I created my own preview paramter just by checking if we are in the adminbackend or not.

So the renderblock is as followed:

function fn_render_block_podcast( $block ) {

	// are we in the backend?
	$is_preview = is_admin() ? true : false;

	$context = [];
	// Store field values
	$context['podcast_link'] = get_field( 'podcast_link' );
	$context['is_preview']   = $is_preview;

	// Render the block.
	\Timber::render( get_template_directory() . '/templates/ACF-blocks/' . strtolower( $block['title'] ) . '/' . strtolower( $block['title'] ) . '.twig', $context );

}