Problem getting values from fields in group layout (Options page)

• nightillusions

• November 17, 2017 at 10:18 am

WordPress: 4.9
ACF Pro: 5.6.5

Hi,

is there any bug with using fields in group layout on option page?

I´ve got an options page in a custom post type. Getting a single option field works fine, but I am not able to get the values from inside a group layout. When visiting the options page with get_field('my_group_layout' , 'option'); somewhere in my plugin, the group layout is gone.

Thanks for any help.

• John Huebner

• November 17, 2017 at 11:46 pm

A group field works like a repeater. You either need get the parent field as an array or treat it as a repeater field with 1 row. You cannot use get_field() to get the value of a sub field of the group. https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/group/

• lucian1990

• May 27, 2020 at 12:45 pm

Late reply, but maybe this will help other people:

Instead of struggling with have_rows, do a foreach

<?php
$group = get_field('groupname');
$repeater = $group['repeatername'];
foreach($repeater as $value){
	//inside loop / repeater
	echo $value['fieldname']; // the field name you desire 

} 
?>

• John Huebner

• May 27, 2020 at 9:18 pm

I’ve learned since my original post that you can get a sub field of a group field without a loop.

get_field('[GROUP FIELD NAME]_[SUB FIELD NAME]');