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1. SJezek111
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi there,

   I'm having an incredibly frustrating time trying to figure this out. I've tried just about everything.

   I'm developing a site on my localhost with windows vista. (I'm not sure if this has anything to do with the problem)

   Everything I've tried to print or echo values of a custom field is only returning the word "array".

   <?php $styles = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'style', false); ?>
   	<ul>
   		<?php foreach($styles as $style) {
   			echo '<li>'.$style.'</li>';
   			} ?>
   	</ul>

   Returns:

   <ul><li>Array</li></ul>

   Help!!!

2. Big Bagel
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Looks like $styles is an array of arrays then. You can use var_dump() to see exactly how $styles is structured:

   echo '<!--' . var_dump( $styles ) . '-->';

   Do you have multiple values associated with your custom field 'style'? Using

   get_post_custom_values( 'style', $post->ID );

   or

   get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'style', true );

   might be better depending on your custom fields.

3. SJezek111
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Thanks for getting back to me.

   I tried the var_dump() and it returned null
   The other two strings returned nothing.

   ?

4. Big Bagel
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Sorry! I always forget that var_dump() outputs on it's own. Do:

   echo '<!--';
   var_dump( $styles );
   echo '-->';

   That should properly show exactly how $styles is being populated.

5. SJezek111
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Actually I figured it out!

   I'm using advanced custom fields plugin, and didn't think that the call would be different.

   It turns out that it's pretty simple. Who knew?!

   <?php the_field('style'); ?>

   Thanks for your help. :)

6. Big Bagel
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Awesome. I actually helped someone out recently who was using that plugin and had a similar problem. Glad it's fixed.

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