Use ACF field for timeOut

• anta

• September 23, 2020 at 3:29 pm

I want to use an ACF field as a variable for a timeOut delay value in jQuery.
Instead of having a fixed time value (i.e 1000ml) I want to use this field to do that.

I’m using the following code but I can’t manage to achieve the desired result.
Am I calling the ACF field properly?

$(".item").mouseleave(function() {
    var $element = $(this);
    var delay = "<?php echo the_field('delay', 41); ?>";
    timeout = setTimeout(function(){
        $element.css("opacity", 0);
    }, delay);
});