update relational link field programmatically

• jeff.adanac

• March 17, 2021 at 2:05 am

Hey there, I have a relational ‘link’ field that I would like to update programmatically via function that grabs a URL from a front-end form. I’m trying to store the URL in the ‘link’ field using update_field but that doesn’t seem to be working. Not even certain if that’s a possibility.

Can anyone make a recommendation as to how best to update a relational link field programmatically?

Thanks!

• jeff.adanac

• March 17, 2021 at 3:26 am

figured it out. you need to store the link information in an array before updating with update_field

			$attachment_array = array(
				'url' => $AttachmentURL,
				'title' => 'link text',
			);
			
			update_field('field_604d273d1433e', $attachment_array, $post_id);