Randomizing/Shuffling Repeater with Advanced Loop

• rkeefer

• May 19, 2016 at 1:18 am

Hi there. I am trying to shuffle the output/order of a repeater field. Everything I’m finding about randomizing/shuffling all utilize the basic loop. I’m using the advanced and would prefer to utilize that for things like outputting the array of classes.

<?php if( have_rows('clients') ): ?>
	
	<div class="outerContainer clientGrid clearfix">

	<?php while( have_rows('clients') ): the_row(); 

		// vars
		$name = get_sub_field('client_name');
		$img = get_sub_field('logo');
		$docVid = get_sub_field('doc_or_vid');
		$docURL = get_sub_field('document_location');
		$vidURL = get_sub_field('video_url');

		?>

		<div class="clientItem clearfix <?php the_sub_field('areas'); ?>">

			<?php if($docURL && $docVid == 'doc'): ?>
				<a target="_blank" class="clientLink" href="<?php echo $docURL; ?>">
					<span class="sprite"></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>

			<?php if($vidURL && $docVid == 'vid'): ?>
				<a target="_blank" class="clientLink clientVid external" href="<?php echo $vidURL; ?>">
					<span class="sprite"></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
			
			<?php if( $img ): ?>
				<img class="client-logo" src="<?php echo $img; ?>" alt="<?php echo $name; ?>" />
			<?php endif; ?>

		</div>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	</div><!-- ./clientGrid -->

<?php endif; ?>

• James

• May 19, 2016 at 3:00 pm

Hi @rkeefer

I believe you can use the acf/load_value hook to shuffle the returned data like this:

function my_acf_load_value3( $value, $post_id, $field )
{
    shuffle($value);
    return $value;
}
add_filter('acf/load_value/name=repeater_field_name', 'my_acf_load_value3', 10, 3);

Where “repeater_field_name” is the name of your repeater.

I hope this helps 🙂

• rkeefer

• May 19, 2016 at 11:26 pm

So should it be as simple as inserting it like this:

<?php if( have_rows('clients') ): ?>

	<?php
		function my_acf_load_value3( $value, $post_id, $field )
		{
			shuffle($value);
			return $value;
		}
		add_filter('acf/load_value/name=clients', 'my_acf_load_value3', 10, 3);
	?>
	
	<div class="outerContainer clientGrid clearfix">

	<?php while( have_rows('clients') ): the_row(); 

		// vars
		$name = get_sub_field('client_name');
		$img = get_sub_field('logo');
		$docVid = get_sub_field('doc_or_vid');
		$docURL = get_sub_field('document_location');
		$vidURL = get_sub_field('video_url');

		?>

		<div class="clientItem clearfix <?php the_sub_field('areas'); ?>">

			<?php if($docURL && $docVid == 'doc'): ?>
				<a target="_blank" class="clientLink" href="<?php echo $docURL; ?>">
					<span class="sprite"></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>

			<?php if($vidURL && $docVid == 'vid'): ?>
				<a target="_blank" class="clientLink clientVid external" href="<?php echo $vidURL; ?>">
					<span class="sprite"></span>
				</a>
			<?php endif; ?>
			
			<?php if( $img ): ?>
				<img class="client-logo" src="<?php echo $img; ?>" alt="<?php echo $name; ?>" />
			<?php endif; ?>

		</div>

	<?php endwhile; ?>

	</div><!-- ./clientGrid -->

<?php endif; ?>

• rkeefer

• May 19, 2016 at 11:32 pm

Think I figured it out. Rather than put it in the actual page template, it goes in the functions.php:

// Function to randomize Advanced Custome Fields' Repeaters
function my_acf_load_value3( $value, $post_id, $field )
{
	shuffle($value);
	return $value;
}

// Randomize ACF Clients' Repeater
add_filter('acf/load_value/name=clients', 'my_acf_load_value3', 10, 3);