ACF: How to programmatically Update Flexible Content Field? - Wordpress Solution - Coding

I want to be able to create sub fields inside a flexible content field. My setting is this one: menu_item_field is a flexible content field that contains: 1.1 menu_item_parent (text) 1.2 menu_item_child (repeater field) 1.2.1 menu_item_child_title (text) 1.2.2 menu_item_child_text (text) 1.2.3 menu_item_child_img (repeater field) 1.2.3.1 menu_item_child_img_item (img) This is the structure that results of the above setting: Group One Item 1 title Item 1 description Item 1 img 1 Item 1 img 2 Item 2 title Item 2 description Item 1 img 1 Item 1 img 2 So far I've been able to insert only the Group field and I wanted to know if it's possible to do more complex stuff. I did it using:


    add_row(
		'menu_item_field', [
		'acf_fc_layout'    => 'menu_item',
		'menu_item_parent' => 'Test',
    ], $postID)

The above code returned only the main group titles ie:


Group One
Group Two

I know there's

update_sub_row()

but I haven't been able to successfully use it. My main goal is to be able to edit or create new fields using a custom UI in the frontend through AJAX. I prefer this instead of acf_form(). So, my question, is it possible to achieve what I need and what would be the proper function with the above settings. Thanks.

Solution - 1

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Solution - 2

Hi there, Try this

// Add value to field under flexible content
add_row(
    'menu_item_field',
    [
        'acf_fc_layout' => 'menu_item',
        'menu_item_parent' => 'Test',
    ],
    $postID
);

// Add value to repeater field under flexible content
add_sub_row(array('menu_item_field', 1, 'menu_item_child'), [
    'acf_fc_layout' => 'menu_item',
    'menu_item_child_title' => 'Child Title',
    'menu_item_child_text' => 'Child Text',
]);

Next one is difficult, i didn't get proper solution for this. But the following solution works

// Nested repater field under Flexible content
$menu_item_field = get_field('menu_item_field');
$count = 0;
add_sub_row(array('menu_item_field_'.$count.'_menu_item_child', 1, 'menu_item_child_img'), [
    'acf_fc_layout' => 'menu_item',
    'menu_item_child_img_item' => 37 // Attached image ID goes here
]);

The above solution will only work when you add items first time. update_field() and update_sub_field() canuse to update existing fields. Try print_r(get_field('menu_item_field')); You will get more details about how the data arranged in backend. Please let me know if you need any more help. Kind regards, Hariprasad

Solution - 3

Have you tried using the actual field name? 'acf_fc_layout' => 'layout_1', 'field_5eb8743702e68' => 'test1', 'field_5eb8748302e69' => 'test2',

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