If you accidentally use the same name (slug) for a repeater and another field (e.g. a text-field), you’ll get two php warnings after saving (publishing) the record and data are not shown.
There is NO warning from ACF that the name is used twice (-> feature request!).
Costed me 4 hours to find out …
Warning: array_key_exists() expects parameter 2 to be array, string given in /var/home/homepage-paket_com/albatros/albatros/wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-pro/pro/fields/repeater.php on line 124
Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/home/homepage-paket_com/albatros/albatros/wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-fields-pro/pro/fields/repeater.php on line 255
Anyway … ACF is very cool tool! Love it!
Hi @sternsbergerm
Thank you for bringing this issue to our attention.
It is always recommended to use unique field names for your fields, however the idea of a validation warning for duplicate field names sounds neat and I will pass this on to Elliot.
Hopefully this will see it way into the plugin sometime soon 🙂
