repeater field with schema.org FAQPage

• mvt78

• June 11, 2020 at 10:25 pm

Hello,

i have a question about the repeater field in conjunction with schema.org FAQPage.

I have a repeater field with two subfields (question & answer).
These fields should be output within a JSON script according to schema.org standard for FAQPage.

The output works so far. Each entry is separated by a comma. But no comma should appear after the last entry. What do I have to change in my code?

Here is my code example:

<?php if ( get_field( 'faq' ) ) : ?>
	<script type="application/ld+json">
		{
		  "@context": "https://schema.org",
		  "@type": "FAQPage",
		  "mainEntity": [
			<?php if ( have_rows( 'faq' ) ) : ?>
				<?php while ( have_rows( 'faq' ) ) : the_row(); ?>
					{
					  "@type": "Question",
					  "name": "<?php the_sub_field( 'question' ); ?>",
					  "acceptedAnswer": {
						"@type": "Answer",
						"text": "<?php the_sub_field( 'answer' ); ?>
					  }
					},
				<?php endwhile; ?>
			<?php else : ?>
				<?php // no rows found ?>
			<?php endif; ?>
		  ]
		}
	</script>
<?php endif; ?>

And the output that follows:

<script type="application/ld+json">
	{
	  "@context": "https://schema.org",
	  "@type": "FAQPage",
	  "mainEntity": [
				{
				  "@type": "Question",
				  "name": "Question 1?",
				  "acceptedAnswer": {
					"@type": "Answer",
					"text": "Answer 1"
				  }
				},
				{
				  "@type": "Question",
				  "name": "Question 2?",
				  "acceptedAnswer": {
					"@type": "Answer",
					"text": "Answer 2"
				  }
				},
				{
				  "@type": "Question",
				  "name": "Question 3?",
				  "acceptedAnswer": {
					"@type": "Answer",
					"text": "Answer 3"
				  }
				},
					]
	}
</script>

Thanks for your help!
Michael

• John Huebner

• June 11, 2020 at 10:39 pm

Your choices are

1) use a output buffer and then trim off the extra comma before output

ob_start();
// your loop that outputs content
$code = ob_get_clean();
$code = trim($code, ',');

2) Use a counter

// get # of rows
$rows = intval(get_field('repeater'));
$count = 1;
while(have_rows('repeater')) {
  
  // output row
  
  if ($count < $rows) {
    // add a comma if there are more rows
    ?>,<?php 
  }
  $count++;
}

• mvt78

• June 12, 2020 at 4:54 am

Hello John,

thank you for your prompt assistance.
I’ve tried both variants several times now, but it won’t work.
Can you please show me how to use both options with my code?

Thanks a lot!
Michael

• John Huebner

• June 12, 2020 at 9:29 pm

<?php 
  $rows = intval(get_field('faq'));
  if (have_rows('faq')) {
    $count = 1;
    ?>
      <script type="application/ld+json">
        {
          "@context": "https://schema.org",
          "@type": "FAQPage",
          "mainEntity": [
          <?php 
              while (have_rows('faq')) {
                the_row();
                ?>
                  {
                    "@type": "Question",
                    "name": "<?php the_sub_field( 'question' ); ?>",
                    "acceptedAnswer": {
                    "@type": "Answer",
                    "text": "<?php the_sub_field( 'answer' ); ?>
                  }
                <?php 
                if ($count < $rows) {
                  ?>,<?php 
                }
                $count++;
              }
            ?>
          ]
        }
      </script>
    <?php 
  }

• mvt78

• June 12, 2020 at 9:46 pm

Hello John,
thanks for your help. Your code is still giving me a bug. At the end the closing ?> is missing. I added it, then the output will be done. But now all entries are output without commas and not only the last one.

• John Huebner

• June 12, 2020 at 9:50 pm

I had an extra } in the code, I corrected it above

• mvt78

• June 12, 2020 at 10:07 pm

Unfortunately, it still doesn’t work. The commas are not output.
Here’s my complete code again:

<?php 
						  $rows = intval(get_field('faq'));
						  if (have_rows('faq')) {
							$count = 1;
							?>
							  <script type="application/ld+json">
								{
								  "@context": "https://schema.org",
								  "@type": "FAQPage",
								  "mainEntity": [
								  <?php 
									  while (have_rows('faq')) {
										the_row();
										?>
										  {
											"@type": "Question",
											"name": "<?php the_sub_field( 'question' ); ?>",
											"acceptedAnswer": {
											"@type": "Answer",
											"text": "<?php the_sub_field( 'answer' ); ?>
										  }
										<?php 
										if ($count < $rows) {
										  ?>,<?php 
										}
										$count++;
									  }
									?>
								  ]
								}
							  </script>
							<?php 
						  }
						 ?>

• deepakjerry

• January 17, 2023 at 2:38 am

<?php if( have_rows(‘faqs’) ): ?>
<?php $faqSchema = ”;
while( have_rows(‘faqs’) ): the_row();
$faqSchema .= ‘{

“@type”: “Question”,
“name”: “‘.get_sub_field(‘heading’).'”,
“acceptedAnswer”: {
“@type”: “Answer”,
“text”: “‘.get_sub_field(‘content’).'”
} },’;
endwhile;
?>
<script type=”application/ld+json”>

{
“@context”: “https://schema.org&#8221;,

“@type”: “FAQPage”,
“mainEntity”:[
<?php echo rtrim($faqSchema,’,’); ?>
]
}
<?php endif; ?>
</script>

• roofboxtop

• January 21, 2023 at 11:34 am

code is not working

• roofboxtop

• January 21, 2023 at 11:39 am

Does anyone know why code is not working

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