• ignitionmedia82

• in reply to: Conditional to check if an instance of a block is the first on page/post
• March 2, 2022 at 8:31 pm

The ‘Check first block type’ function is exactly what I need (THANK YOU!), but how do I use it outside of a loop?
E.g., I want to show a different logo in my header if the first block isn’t a cover…
Im getting this error:

Notice: Trying to get property ‘post_content’ of non-object

This is for the 404 page and archive…

I tried adding ‘global $post;’ to the function.. I can’t get it working 😢

• ignitionmedia82

• in reply to: Get data from block in different page
• December 14, 2021 at 7:24 pm

@dmchale Thank you for the code, but how do I use it?
If I want to get the authors name (ACF field) from my Testimonials block on page 2, would I use the following…? what is the selector?

get_field_from_block( $selector, 2, 'block-49b987a0-a081-4bf7-b7e0-5858d28c9c0a' );

any help is appreciated.

• ignitionmedia82

• in reply to: Getting get_field outside block loop
• December 14, 2021 at 6:58 pm

@micqey Thanks for the code – are you able to give an example of use?

• ignitionmedia82

• in reply to: Field For Selecting Post Type
• April 18, 2020 at 1:16 pm

Anyone looking how to do this, answer at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35997249/populate-acf-checkboxes-with-post-types

• ignitionmedia82

• in reply to: Get first of layout 'type' in Flexible Content
• October 23, 2019 at 9:44 am

How do you use this code?
I added it to my fuctions.php and changed the $fc_field and $fc_layout variables to match mine, but how do I use it in my index.php loop? Do I need to call the function? Nothing happens when I add it to my functions file.

I’m currently having to manually add an excerpt via the “except field”- <?php the_excerpt_max_charlength( 400 ); ?>

Any help appreciated.