Oh yes, I got that, sorry.
I was asking if there’s a more succint alternative than nesting the clone group inside another group.
From what I understand there’s none, besides using prefixes, with all the disadvantages you already mentioned.
The best and most flexible way would be to use Flexible content (which is the way I usually go, but in this project I can’t)
Nevertheless, I prefer to get the values as an array using get_field on the outer group, without resorting to nested cycles.
So your suggestion is not cloning the whole group in #2, but the single fields contained in the “source” group?
This could be a problem if the source group has many fields or if I need to add a field to the source group.
In that case I should add the new field in every place I cloned the other fields, and this is something I would avoid.
What I’m tryng to do is something similar to the flexible content field (which I can’t use for a number of reasons).
I would like to have a Field Group where I create several “modules”, where each one is a group containing some fields.
Then in other Field Groups pertaining to pages or posts or whatever, I clone the specific modules I need for that page (the whole group, not the single fields contained in it).
Also, I could need multiple instances of the same module, which is the topic of this thread.
What is the best strategy to do this?
Thank you.
I tried to follow the suggestion posted by John in https://support.advancedcustomfields.com/forums/topic/many-of-the-same-clone-in-another-set-of-fields/#post-129384 so:
- I have a “Testimonials” group with 2 fields inside that I use only as a “source” to clone where needed
- In another page I have 2 groups, “Testimonials” and “Testimonials 2”.
Inside each of those groups I cloned the “Testimonials” group mentioned in #1, with Display set to Seamless
- The values are correctly saved but if I try to print them with the following code, the_row() returns false and “title” is never printed
if (have_rows('testimonials')) {
while (have_rows('testimonials')) {
the_row();
echo get_sub_field('title');
}
}
However if I use this code
$testimonials = get_field( 'testimonials' );
all values are inside $testimonials[‘testimonials’]
Clearly I’m missing something…any clues?
Same here…any suggestion?
* Issues with repeater fields – when I add the fields inside the repeater, they are picking up a field_id of “acfcloneindex” and then not display correctly on the front end.
I have the same problem when adding a new field inside a group, in a option page.
I don’t have ACF Extended installed.
When I add a new field ONLY using the top button, the field is generated with a key = acfcloneindex and it doesn’t open the field automatically.
When I save the fields, the field is saved outside the group.
If I use the bottom button everything works correctly.
See:
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