Having some REPEATER field issues. The “have_rows” function doesn’t see to be working. Below is my code, with some comment tags for testing. The first comment just outputs “<!– side_feature: –>, so I know that there is some problem with getting the values. The rest of the code doesn’t run because the next IF statement doesn’t register any value.
I checked the field names, and they are all correct (so I don’t see any typo issue). There are definitely values entered when I EDIT the page – So, the issue isn’t in the PAGE administration.
I also checked and saw that I am running the most recent versions of the plugin, and WordPress.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
<div class="sidebox">
<!-- side_feature: <?php if( have_rows('side_feature') ) { echo 'yes'; } ?> -->
<?php
if( have_rows('side_feature') ):
?><!-- Feature --><?php
while( have_rows('side_feature') ): the_row();
$side_feature_txt = get_sub_field('side_feature_txt');
$side_feature_url = get_sub_field('side_feature_url');
$side_feature_img_field = get_sub_field('side_feature_img');
$size = "medium"; // (thumbnail, medium, large, full or custom size)
$side_feature_img = wp_get_attachment_image_src( $side_feature_img_field, $size );
?>
<div class="side-feat">
<?php if($side_feature_txt!='') { ?>
<?php if($side_feature_url!='') { ?><a href="<?php echo $side_feature_url; ?>"><?php } ?>
<div class="side-feat-txt"><?php echo $side_feature_txt; ?></div>
<div class="side-feat-txtbox"></div>
<?php if($side_feature_url!='') { ?></a><?php } ?>
<?php } ?>
<?php if($side_feature_img!='') { ?>
<?php if($side_feature_url!='') { ?><a href="<?php echo $side_feature_url; ?>"><?php } ?>
<div class="side-feat-img" style="background:url('<?php echo $side_feature_img[0]; ?>');">
<!--
<?php if($side_feature_url!='') { ?><a href="<?php echo $side_feature_url; ?>"><?php } ?>
<img src="<?php echo $side_feature_img[0]; ?>" width="360" height="150" />
<?php if($side_feature_url!='') { ?></a><?php } ?>
-->
</div>
<?php if($side_feature_url!='') { ?></a><?php } ?>
<?php } ?>
</div><!-- END .side-feat -->
<?php
endwhile; // End While
endif;
?>
</div>
Hi @jabbamonkey
Can you please debug your data like so:
<?php
echo '<pre>';
print_r( get_field('side_feature') );
echo '</pre>';
die; ?>
What do you see?
Is it possible that ACF does not know which post to load the data from?
Where are you using this code?
Does get_the_ID() return the correct post’s ID in the same area as your code?
Thanks
E
The output is only
<pre></pre>
I know it’s not an ID issue, since the page is loading other values from ACF on the page.
I also used get_post_meta to see the values in the database for side_feature …
`[side_feature_0_side_feature_img] => Array
(
[0] => 50633
)
[_side_feature_0_side_feature_img] => Array
(
[0] => field_530b8c7eb5ff4
)
[side_feature_0_side_feature_txt] => Array
(
[0] => Ridgewood
)
[_side_feature_0_side_feature_txt] => Array
(
[0] => field_530b8c9cb5ff5
)
[side_feature_0_side_feature_url] => Array
(
[0] => http://www.somewhere.com/2
)
[_side_feature_0_side_feature_url] => Array
(
[0] => field_530b8cb5b5ff6
)
[side_feature] => Array
(
[0] => 2
)
[_side_feature] => Array
(
[0] => field_530b8c5eb5ff3
)`
Hi @jabbamonkey
The data definitely exists thanks to your debug above.
Is there anything special about your code that I am not aware of?
Is this all in an action / filter? Or a normal page template file?
Do you have any filters running on the repeater field which could be clearing the value.
Thanks
E
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Discovered why our issue is happening. It’s because we call register_field_group() on the backend but not the frontend so the acf-field cpt entry is not detected.
in /api/api-field.php in the _acf_get_field_by_key() method it users a get_posts query that looks for the custom field, but it’s not added in.
So get_rows for repeater fields depends on the custom fields being in the db, where as get_field() does not.
