Pulling in single data

• AntSykes95

• November 15, 2016 at 1:45 am

Hey all.

I’ll try to explain best I can as to what I am trying to do.

So, I have set up an options page called ‘Presenters’ – Sat inside is a repeater field that allows you to add Image, Presenter name and a Bio. I want to have it so when somebody clicks on the DJ name, it will lead them to another page, and that DJ’s info will show, pulling from the repeater field.

Right now, obviously, it’s pulling all the repeater data in, as it would. How do I target just the one entry, dependent on which DJ is clicked? – If this makes some sense?

Thanks

• James

• November 15, 2016 at 2:49 pm

Hi @antsykes95

Could you please share the JSON export file of your field group so I can see your current setup?

The easiest way to get the other data for a certain row is by checking the data inside it like this:

// this data is retrieved dynamically
$current_dj = "current dj name";

$repeater_value = get_field('repeater_field_name', 85);

foreach( $repeater_value as $row ){
    if( $row['presenter_name_field'] == $current_dj ){
        echo $row['bio_name_field'];
        echo $row['image_name_field'];
    }
}

I hope this makes sense 🙂

• AntSykes95

• November 15, 2016 at 9:26 pm

I would have done this myself in Custom Post Types but for some reason, the developer built this in Repeater fields and I have no time to re-build it. If push comes to shove, and the only way is in CPT, so be it.

Here is said JSON file:
[
{
“key”: “group_5829bc002480c”,
“title”: “Presenters”,
“fields”: [
{
“key”: “field_582a1ae64433e”,
“label”: “Presenter List”,
“name”: “presenter_list”,
“type”: “repeater”,
“instructions”: “”,
“required”: 0,
“conditional_logic”: 0,
“wrapper”: {
“width”: “”,
“class”: “”,
“id”: “”
},
“collapsed”: “”,
“min”: “”,
“max”: “”,
“layout”: “table”,
“button_label”: “Add Presenter”,
“sub_fields”: [
{
“key”: “field_582a1c288dfe6”,
“label”: “Presenter Image”,
“name”: “presenter_image”,
“type”: “image”,
“instructions”: “”,
“required”: 0,
“conditional_logic”: 0,
“wrapper”: {
“width”: “”,
“class”: “”,
“id”: “”
},
“return_format”: “array”,
“preview_size”: “medium”,
“library”: “all”,
“min_width”: “”,
“min_height”: “”,
“min_size”: “”,
“max_width”: “”,
“max_height”: “”,
“max_size”: “”,
“mime_types”: “”
},
{
“key”: “field_582a1c3b8dfe7”,
“label”: “Presenter Name”,
“name”: “presenter_name”,
“type”: “text”,
“instructions”: “”,
“required”: 0,
“conditional_logic”: 0,
“wrapper”: {
“width”: “”,
“class”: “”,
“id”: “”
},
“default_value”: “”,
“placeholder”: “”,
“prepend”: “”,
“append”: “”,
“maxlength”: “”,
“readonly”: 0,
“disabled”: 0
},
{
“key”: “field_582a1c98459f8”,
“label”: “Presenter Bio”,
“name”: “presenter_bio”,
“type”: “textarea”,
“instructions”: “”,
“required”: 0,
“conditional_logic”: 0,
“wrapper”: {
“width”: “”,
“class”: “”,
“id”: “”
},
“default_value”: “”,
“placeholder”: “”,
“maxlength”: “”,
“rows”: “”,
“new_lines”: “wpautop”,
“readonly”: 0,
“disabled”: 0
}
]
}
],
“location”: [
[
{
“param”: “options_page”,
“operator”: “==”,
“value”: “presenters”
}
]
],
“menu_order”: 0,
“position”: “normal”,
“style”: “default”,
“label_placement”: “top”,
“instruction_placement”: “label”,
“hide_on_screen”: “”,
“active”: 1,
“description”: “”
}
]

• James

• November 16, 2016 at 2:43 pm

Hi @antsykes95

In this case, I think you can modify the code I gave you before to something like this:

// this data is retrieved dynamically
$current_dj = "current dj name";

$repeater_value = get_field('presenter_list', 'option');

foreach( $repeater_value as $row ){
    if( $row['presenter_name'] == $current_dj ){
        echo $row['presenter_bio'];
        echo $row['presenter_image'];
    }
}

But just as you said, I believe the best way to achieve it is by using a custom post type instead.

I hope this makes sense 🙂

• AntSykes95

• November 16, 2016 at 8:11 pm

Ah this did the trick! Rather tedious but saves time to remake! Thanks James!