The_field() not working with dynamic value on plugin integration

• l.pirondini

• February 20, 2014 at 9:01 pm

Hi,

I am trying to integrate custom field to an existing plugin.
The plugin uses setup_postdata( $post );

we can then use get_permalink() or what ever..

I am trying to use advanced custom field on that loop.
the_field('my_field', 123); works fine.

but when I try this it dosen’t work
the_field('my_field', $post->ID);
or

$current_ID = $post->ID;
the_field('my_field',  $current_ID );

I also tried that:

$get_the_field = get_field('my_field', $post->ID) ; 
echo $get_the_field; 

why would it work when i input the number manualy and not when it’s a variable?

i believe it’s because ACF is not properly initialized, how could i work around that, initialize it inside the plugin?

EDIT:
to complete the case when the field name is set by a variable and the post id is a number it works

$field_name = 'my_field';
echo get_field($field_name, 123);

but the part i want to be dynamic is obviously the post id
i tried to get the post id variable in various ways like (int)$post->ID;
$post->ID;
with no luck so far
Thanks in advance for your help.

• Elliot

• February 21, 2014 at 10:21 am

Hi @l.pirondini

Your codes look good, but have you debugged the $post_id parameter? Perhaps $post->ID is not actually returning the correct ID?

I would debug this to make sure that value you pass to get_field is correct.

Thanks
E

• l.pirondini

• February 24, 2014 at 11:38 am

Hi Elliot, Thanks for your answer
I did a var_dump() on the $post->ID and it outputs int(479) (or whatever the post number is) if i have a fix variable like $postID= int(479); it works.

• Elliot

• February 25, 2014 at 9:52 am

Hi @l.pirondini

Interesting. Your results above prove that the $post_id parameter should be correct.

If your variable contains the correct ID, then this would be the same as manually entering the number. I can’t explain why it wouldn’t be working.

perhaps the issue is something else? but I don’t understand what else could be the issue.

Maybe you could post your full code?

Thanks
E

• l.pirondini

• February 27, 2014 at 7:18 am

Hi Elliot, I will come back to you with the full code explained a little bit better.

• l.pirondini

• March 28, 2014 at 11:56 pm

Hi, I finally managed to get it working.
the plugin I was modifying was trying to access the field data before it was saved. that’s why it worked with an already published post entering it’s post id number but not with a new one.

the second issue i had have been solved to, i was developing a solution to publish a post to facebook using the advanced custom fields as description value or to set the image of the facebook post, i had a scope problem with that one.

I will try to make that last one into a plugin, i diden’t found any existing plugin that let you use ACF values to publish a post to a social network