Updating ACF Repeater that is a CLONE Programtically

• [email protected]

• October 10, 2023 at 3:54 pm

update_field('field_5a846b336d34f', $finalArray , $post_id);
   $finalArray[]=array(
    "field_5a846b336d351"=>"NAME",
    "field_5a846b336d353" => "EMAIL",
    "field_5a846b336d352" => "TITLE",
    "field_5a846b336d354" => "PHONE"
   ); 

So this is the standard way to add rows to a repeater in ACF. It works great on a repeater that is not nested or in a Flexible content block (ACF). The field id in the update_field is the repeaters, who is inside of a Flexible Content Block. This seems to be giving me fits due to it’s location. I have looked at help docs everywhere. If I am calling the repeater by its field ID, why should it matter where it is located in the layouts in ACF? One more note: This repeater is a CLONE but each time I use it as a clone on the site it has it’s own field ID so that shouldn’t give me grief? I am trying to add multiple rows to it at once. Works great on a repeater NOT buried in ACF objects.

I don’t know if this will help or not, but it will give you an idea of where the repeater is located in the ACF page build. Below is what I use to get the output:
while ( have_rows(‘page_builder’,$post_id) ) : the_row();
if( get_row_layout($post_id) == ‘staff_directory’ ): // Staff Directory
if( have_rows(‘directory_type’,$post_id) ):
while ( have_rows(‘directory_type’,$post_id) ) : the_row();
if( get_row_layout($post_id) == ‘directory_table’ ):
if( have_rows(‘staff_member’,$post_id) ):
while ( have_rows(‘staff_member’,$post_id) ) : the_row();
/// THIS IS WHERE I WOULD CALL THE RESULTS OF THE REPEATING INFORMATION ///
endwhile;
endif;
endif;
endwhile;
endif;
endif;
endwhile;

• John Huebner

• November 9, 2023 at 12:06 pm

In order to use update_field() you would need to include all of the rows of the flex field as well as all of the rows of the repeater.

$flex_field = array(
  array(
    // each row of the flex field
    'field_XXXXXXX' => array(
      // nested repeater field
      array (
        // each row of the repeater
        'field_YYYYY' => 'value'
      )
    )
  )
);

This is not the way to add a row to a repeater nested in a flex field.

See add_sub_field_row() and/or update_sub_field().

• [email protected]

• December 15, 2023 at 9:10 am

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58914010/insert-repeater-rows-in-flexible-content-programmatically
Using the information above I was able to get a repeater to work inside a Flexible Content block when it is a single level. As you can tell from my example, I have Flexible Content inside Flexible Content. How would I alter it to make it work another level down?

$fc_data = array(
        'flexible_content_field_key'          => 'field_5a81b3845b0a3',
        'flexible_content_layout'             => 'directory_table',
        'flexible_content_repeater_field_key' => 'field_5a846b336d34f',
    );