Some fields show parent-page value instead of current-page value.

• timshutes

• August 8, 2013 at 12:45 am

Hi – I’m having a problem calling one of my custom fields with “the_field”. I’m pulling subpages into a single parent page and using more of a long-page format to display content. All but 2 of the fields come in fine. However, these two display the field content for the parent page. It’s really strange behavior. Please help!

I have about 6 custom fields. 4 of them are pulling in just fine – for instance the unique icon for each page:

<?php	
	if(get_field('page-icon', $page->ID)) { ?>
	
	<!-- Icon -->
	<img class="icon" src="<?php the_field('page-icon', $page->ID) ;?>" /> 
	
<?php } ?>

However, two particular fields do not pull in correctly – the ‘page-link’ custom field and the ‘page-link-title’ field. These are text custom fields where the user inputs a URL and title. They always return the value of the parent-page and NOT the child page, even though the rest of the fields work just fine. It doesn’t matter what I enter into the child-page custom fields, this code returns the value for the parent page.

For reference, here’s the entire loop in context.

<?php
	$mypages = get_pages( array( 
		'child_of' => $post->ID, 
		'sort_column' => 'menu_order',
		'sort_order' => 'asc' )
	);

	foreach( $mypages as $page ) {		
		$content = $page->post_content;
		if ( ! $content ) // Check for empty page
			continue;

		$content = apply_filters( 'the_content', $content );
		
		// get template slug
		$pagetemplateurl = get_post_meta($page->ID, '_wp_page_template', true);	 	
	 	$pagetemplateinfo = pathinfo($pagetemplateurl);
		$pagetemplateslug = basename($pagetemplateurl, '.'.$pagetemplateinfo['extension']);

?>

	<?php
	if(get_field('the-image', $page->ID)) { ?>
		<!-- Photo Feature -->
		<div class="photo-feature" style="background: url(<?php the_field('the-image', $page->ID) ;?>) no-repeat center center; ">          
                </div>
	<?php }	?>

	<div class="page-child <?php echo ($pagetemplateslug); ?>">

	<?php	
	if(get_field('page-icon', $page->ID)) { ?>
			
		<!-- Icon -->
		<img class="icon" src="<?php the_field('page-icon', $page->ID) ;?>" /> 	
	<?php } ?>	

	<?php	
	if(get_field('page-dynamic', $page->ID)) { ?>
			
		<!-- Dynamic Content -->
		<div class="page-dynamic">
		    	<?php the_field('page-dynamic', $page->ID) ;?>
		</div> 
	<?php } ?>
			
	<div class="page-content-container">
		<!-- Title -->   
		<h2 class="page-title"><?php the_field('page-title', $page->ID) ;?></h2>
		<?php	    	
		if(get_field('page-subtitle', $page->ID)) { ?>			
			<!-- Subtitle -->
			<h6 class="page-subtitle"><?php the_field('page-subtitle', $page->ID) ;?></h6>
		<?php } ?>			
		<hr />			
		
                <!-- Content -->
		<div class="page-content">
			<?php echo $content; ?>
		</div>			
	
		<?php
		if(get_field('page-link', $page->ID)) { ?>
			<!-- The Page Link -->
			<div class="page-link">
				<a href="<?php the_field('page-link') ;?>"><?php the_field('page-link-title') ;?></a>
			</div>
		<?php } ?>
	
	</div> <!-- /page-container -->
	
	<div class="clearfix"></div>

</div><!-- /page-child -->
	
<?php } ?>

Is this a bug? What am I doing wrong? I’m calling <?php echo $content; ?> just before the page-link code. Is this somehow ending my loop prematurely? Why are these values defaulting back to the parent-page values?

• timshutes

• August 8, 2013 at 12:52 am

Do you think this has something to do with $content being called? It seems like that’s interrupting my loop and I’m getting the default value.

• Elliot

• August 8, 2013 at 2:33 pm

Hi @timshutes

The code:

<a href="<?php the_field('page-link') ;?>"><?php the_field('page-link-title') ;?></a>

is missing the $post_id parameter! That is why it is not loading from the child page

• timshutes

• August 9, 2013 at 12:47 pm

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