I developed a website with ACF Pro last year and I want to continue where I left off but I have misplaced my exported JSON file.
I DO have all the fields in a PHP export (residing in functions.php). However, the fields cannot be edited unless I import all the settings back in from a JSON file. I hope I am making sense.
Is there an easy way I can convert the PHP to JSON so I can re-import the fields to utilize the visual field editor?
Many thanks.
At the point where your field group is create in PHP and before you call the acf function to register it, json encode it and save it to a file.
$path = dirname(__FILE__).'/'.$group['key'].'.json';
$json = acf_json_encode($group);
$handle = fopen($path);
fwrite($handle, $json, strlen($json));
fclose($handle);
that will save the file in the same folder on the server as the script you put this in. Then import the field group from that file.
Life saver. Worked like a charm. Big thanks to you sir.
