Advanced Custom Fields Repeater

[Simon Abramson]

I'm having trouble displaying info that's stored via ACF's Repeater Add-on.

ACF suggests using the following, but I'm not sure how to make this play nicely with Genesis.

<?php
 
// check if the repeater field has rows of data
if( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ):
 
 	// loop through the rows of data
    while ( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ) : the_row();
 
        // display a sub field value
        the_sub_field('sub_field_name');
 
    endwhile;
 
else :
 
    // no rows found
 
endif;
 
?>

[Peter]

Does it work with other themes? Just a problem with Genesis? I'm not familiar with this addon but from the look of that code it looks like it belongs in the html of a template file (e.g, single.php, page.php, etc). I'm stating the obvious but it's probably best to ask the addon creator about this.

[Simon Abramson]

Peter -- this'll work in any theme.

I'm just not sure how to inject this PHP code into my single.php using a Genesis child theme. I would usually just edit the single.php file or another php file in the template hierarchy. Not so with Genesis though.

I know Genesis has genesis_custom_field for calling custom fields... how would I mesh genesis_custom_field and if( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ): etc...

[Peter]

Where do you want that data to appear in your theme specifically? Since it already works, then it's just a matter of adding it to the markup. Did you try something like this? In the functions.php file:

function test_repeater_field_name() {
  if( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ):
    while ( have_rows('repeater_field_name') ) : the_row();
        the_sub_field('sub_field_name');
    endwhile;
  else : 
    // no rows found 
  endif;
}
add_action( 'genesis_loop', 'test_repeater_field_name' );

[Simon Abramson]

Thanks Peter! I realized it was that simple last night while washing some dishes.

Funny how things click after some time.

- Si

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