I’ve just noticed that when exporting a field group VIA the Custom Fields > Tools > Download export file function, then importing them to another site the Choices values for Radio buttons are not being retained.
Haven’t checked other fields that have Choices.
The import process often hangs as well, haven’t bothered to debug this but perhaps it’s to do with this.
What is the version you have of ACF?
I did some testing and it appears that this has been fixed on the dev version of ACF and should be included in the next update.
Do you know when this is likely to be?
No I don’t, but if you want to fix it sooner
in advanced-custom-fields-pro/api/api-helpers.php
Look for the function acf_decode_choices and replace it with the following code.
function acf_decode_choices( $string = '' ) {
// bail early if already array
if( is_array($string) ) {
return $string;
// allow numeric values (same as string)
} elseif( is_numeric($string) ) {
// do nothing
// bail early if not a string
} elseif( !is_string($string) ) {
return array();
// bail early if is empty string
} elseif( $string === '' ) {
return array();
}
// vars
$array = array();
// explode
$lines = explode("\n", $string);
// key => value
foreach( $lines as $line ) {
// vars
$k = trim($line);
$v = trim($line);
// look for ' : '
if( acf_str_exists(' : ', $line) ) {
$line = explode(' : ', $line);
$k = trim($line[0]);
$v = trim($line[1]);
}
// append
$array[ $k ] = $v;
}
// return
return $array;
}
That’s great, thanks John.
This is also a problem if you “Move” a field to another ACF group. The choices empty out.
It looks like there’s another issue relating to this, with true/false fields. Only on import it appears to wipe out the fields in that group. Very peculiar.
Try syncing the attached file. You should have three fields, but only one, and it’s almost empty.
Can you try the latest update for ACF pro and see if the problem with imports has been corrected?
@hube2 She’s a good’n! All fixed 🙂 Good timing 😀
I’m using ACF pro 5.3.6.1 and ‘Choices’ for Radio Buttons aren’t being saved in the json export files.
Where do I get the latest ‘dev’ version please?
Actually, I’ve found that the problem is when I’ve updated from ACF to ACF Pro then clicked the ‘update database’ button the Choices are being lost?
@zigzagad if you haven’t already done so you should probably open a new support ticket http://support.advancedcustomfields.com/new-ticket/.
Thanks John, I’ve raised a ticket
group_56cf44....json
