Thanks for getting back to me!I’ve worked with lots of different CRM systems, including projects where we’ve been a Salesforce implementation partner, so I’d like to share some more info about working with ACF fields for users.
When you update a custom ACF field, there are two ways to do it: use field_name or field_key.Field_name only works if the field already exists and has a value.For example:
update_field('location', $_POST['current_country'], 'user_'.$user_id);
Field_key is a more reliable way, especially if the field may not exist or doesn’t have a value.For example:
update_field('field_5fb3785065726', $_POST['current_country'], 'user_'.$user_id);
This will help avoid problems with updating fields that may not exist.I hope this will be useful to other developers!
Your approach is almost correct, but there are a few issues to address:
The acf/update_value action does not directly pass the Google Maps field data as an associative array. You need to ensure that $value contains the data you’re expecting.
Here’s the corrected code:
function update_state_short( $value, $post_id, $field ) {
// Check if the value contains the 'state_short' key
if ( isset( $value['state_short'] ) ) {
// Update the 'state_short' ACF field with the new value
update_post_meta( $post_id, 'state_short', $value['state_short'] );
}
// Return the original value to ensure the ACF field is saved correctly
return $value;
}
// Hook into the ACF update_value action for the specific field key
add_filter( 'acf/update_value/key=field_5e5a38be195bc', 'update_state_short', 10, 3 );
This article explains how to use the acf/update_value hook in detail. It has examples and recommendations: https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/acf-update_value/
Check that the “project_galleries” field in ACF is set up as a REPEATER, and inside it, “project_gallery” is configured as a gallery.
To work with Gutenberg blocks, you can try using the “get_field()” function instead of “have_rows()”. Try this:
<?php
$galleries = get_field('project_galleries');
if($galleries):
foreach($galleries as $gallery):
$images = $gallery['project_gallery'];
if($images):
foreach($images as $image): ?>
<a href="<?php echo $image['url']; ?>">
<img src="<?php echo $image['sizes']['thumbnail']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['alt']; ?>" />
</a>
<p><?php echo $image['caption']; ?></p>
<?php endforeach;
endif;
endforeach;
endif; ?>
