I finally figured this out. I needed to do
update_field( 'field_59f6d4dd91fcd', $post_id_of_post_I_want_to_connect_to, $post_id );
This gives me the post_title as the post_object. Is there a way to populate the field – field_59f6d4dd91fcd with a different field within that post?
To clarify – I have a post that has a acf field ‘team_code’. This is the value I want to set as the value for field field_59f6d4dd91fcd. I am now getting just the title of the post that includes the team_code. How do I get the actual text value of team_code?
The $test_code is the VALUE of the field I want to populate, not a post_id. Do I need to send an array as the $test_code which includes the value and a post_id?
I’m not sure what ‘post ID (Integer) that represents the post you want to set the field’ means – what post_id should be here? can you please clarify?
$post_id is the post_id of the post where I want to populate the value.
Yes, it is a post object field. Sorry if that wasn’t clear.
I need to take the value of the $team_code and put it into the post object field in my post.
rgar() is a gravity form function. It takes the value from the form field. This is the value I would like to obtain. eg $team_code = 101.
How do I populate an acf field in the database (and in the new post I am creating) with this value? The acf field is a post object.
What is the correct way to do this?
Thanks
This is the documentation I can find for update field
https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/resources/update_field/
is it different to the post object type?
How can I pass the $team_code value, which is the value I want to the field and the other necessary information ie the post object id?
Thanks
no, $team_code is the value of the field. $post_id is the post id.
Isn’t that the correct structure?
thanks I’m using the gravity form hook add_action( ‘gform_after_submission’, ‘update_hebrew_acf_fields’, 10, 2 );
works perfectly.
Issue solved
The gravity form creates a new custom post type and I can get the ID of this post and other posts written by the same author.
What hook should I put the update_field in?
I want the fields to be loaded when I first go in and edit the page, not after I save the post, since a lot of the fields are mandatory and I can’t save the post without filling them out. So add_action(‘acf/save_post’) doesn’t do what I need here.
What hook should I use?
issue fixed.
There was a spelling error in the field name.
The confusion was that the old posts were displaying the field correctly, maybe this is a caching issue?
Thank you, this was helpful and I can get the Hebrew showing now.
I did var_dump and it returned:
array(22) {
["ID"]=>
int(29)
["key"]=>
string(19) "field_56d2d662eda3d"
["label"]=>
string(11) "I work with"
["name"]=>
string(11) "i_work_with"
["prefix"]=>
string(0) ""
["type"]=>
string(8) "checkbox"
["value"]=>
array(2) {
[0]=>
string(7) "Couples"
[1]=>
string(3) "Men"
}
["menu_order"]=>
int(15)
["instructions"]=>
string(0) ""
["required"]=>
int(1)
["id"]=>
string(0) ""
["class"]=>
string(0) ""
["conditional_logic"]=>
int(0)
["parent"]=>
int(8)
["wrapper"]=>
array(3) {
["width"]=>
string(0) ""
["class"]=>
string(0) ""
["id"]=>
string(0) ""
}
["_name"]=>
string(11) "i_work_with"
["_input"]=>
string(0) ""
["_valid"]=>
int(1)
["choices"]=>
array(9) {
["Children"]=>
string(8) "Children"
["Adolescents"]=>
string(11) "Adolescents"
["Adults"]=>
string(6) "Adults"
["Couples"]=>
string(7) "Couples"
["Families"]=>
string(8) "Families"
["Men"]=>
string(3) "Men"
["Women"]=>
string(5) "Women"
["Geriatric"]=>
string(9) "Geriatric"
["Other"]=>
string(5) "Other"
}
["default_value"]=>
array(0) {
}
["layout"]=>
string(8) "vertical"
["toggle"]=>
int(0)
}
The translation is working for the ‘edit post’ but when I view the page it still only shows the English.
How do I make it show the Hebrew on the hebrew page?
I’ve set the choice in the field to:
Children : יְלָדִים
Adolescents : מתבגר
Adults : מבוגרים
Couples : זוגות
Families : משפחות
Men : גברים
Women : נשים
Geriatric : גֵרִיאַטרִי
Other : אחר
I’m using the_field(‘i_work_with’);
Do I need to use something different for a translation language?
The field_name is the same in both languages…
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Your code works, but only for a text field, not for a repeater field.
I got it working for a repeater field using the code below:
`function my_acf_post_fields($post_id){
$post_id = get_the_id();
$post_author_id = get_post_field( ‘post_author’, $post_id );
if( have_rows(‘add_full_address’, ‘user_’ . get_post_field( ‘post_author’, $post_id )) ):
$i = 0;
while( have_rows(‘add_full_address’, ‘user_’ . get_post_field( ‘post_author’, $post_id )) ) : the_row();
$i++;
$value{$i} = get_sub_field(‘add_address_1’);
$value2{$i} = get_sub_field(‘add_address_2’);
$value3{$i} = get_sub_field(‘add_city’);
$value4{$i} = get_sub_field(‘add_zip_code’);
if( have_rows(‘c_address_of_your_clinics’) ) {
$i = 0;
while( have_rows(‘c_address_of_your_clinics’) ) {
the_row();
$i++; update_sub_field(‘c_address1’, $value{$i});
update_sub_field(‘c_address2’, $value2{$i});
update_sub_field(‘c_city’, $value3{$i});
update_sub_field(‘c_zipcode’, $value4{$i});
}
}
endwhile;
endif;
}
add_filter(‘acf/save_post’, ‘my_acf_post_fields’, 20);
However, it is not lopping through all the rows, it stops at the first row.
How do I make it look through and display all the row values.
Do I need to change the order of the if() and while() loops?
I tried:
function my_acf_post_fieldb($post){
$post_id = get_the_id();
$post_author_id = get_post_field( ‘post_author’, $post_id );
$field[‘readonly’] = 1;
$field_key = “field_573d8df4646da”;// field_key of repeater field
$value = array(
array(
“c_address1” => “Foo”,
“c_address2” => “Bar”
)
);
$field = update_field($field_key, $value);
return $field;
}
add_filter(‘acf/save_post hook’, ‘my_acf_post_fieldb’);
and it isn’t working either. The fields are not being populated with values.
What do I need to return out of the function? I tried return $post; it doesn’t work either.
