Hi I am new to coding and trying my first wordpress site
I have created a date-picker custom fieldname: ‘birthdate’
I have created a taxonomy custom fieldname: ‘qicname’
<?php the_field(‘birthdate’) ; ?> displays YYYYMMDD (default value)
<?php the_field(‘qicname’); ?> displays the term_ID2 value, in this case “22” the correct value, but I want the name…
I have tried to get the syntax correct, but an unable based on ACF examples (I’m missing something fundamental)
I would like to format birthdate as DDMmmYY
I would like to return the “tag_name” for the value of term_ID2
Could you help me with the code?
Thanks
Hi there…
When you are creating a Date field, you can choose the “display” format, and the “return” format independently… there is a Custom option where you can put the mask you specified above.
For taxonomy… you can choose a return type of Object, rather than ID.
Then, to output the taxonomy name, you would do:
(assuming a ‘single’ choice field like a radio or select button)
<?php
$term = get_field('qicname');
if( $term ) {
echo $term->name;
}
?>
For a multi-choice taxonomy, you would create a loop as shown here:
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/taxonomy/
Thanks Keith, the context you provided was just what I needed together with the examples…