Title: After Template – action hook
Last modified: July 26, 2021

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# After Template – action hook

 *  Resolved [christdg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/christdg/)
 * (@christdg)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-template-action-hook/)
 * So for the before_template and after_template actions
 * the before_template and after_template hooks both call 3 variables – $field,$
   layout,$is_preview
 * but somewhere after the before_template action is called and before the after_template
   action is called, the values of $field and $layout gets modified so its not the
   same structure.
 * Im not sure if it something that I did wrong…
 * I had to add $og_field and $og_layout and set them at the top of the function
   and then use them in the after_template filter callouts
 *     ```
       /*
        * ACFE: Flexible Render Layout Template
        * Find & include the Flexible Content Layouts PHP files
        */
       function acfe_flexible_render_layout_template($layout, $field){
   
           //GET ORIGIONAL VALUES OF THE FIELD AND LAYOUT VARIABLES
           $og_field = $field;
           $og_layout = $layout;
   
           // Global
           global $is_preview, $col;
           $col = false;
   
           // Vars
           $name = $field['_name'];
           $key = $field['key'];
           $l_name = $layout['name'];
   
           // File
           $file = acf_maybe_get($layout, 'acfe_flexible_render_template');
   
           // Filters
           $file = apply_filters("acfe/flexible/render/template",                                      $file, $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           $file = apply_filters("acfe/flexible/render/template/name={$name}",                         $file, $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           $file = apply_filters("acfe/flexible/render/template/key={$key}",                           $file, $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           $file = apply_filters("acfe/flexible/render/template/layout={$l_name}",                     $file, $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           $file = apply_filters("acfe/flexible/render/template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}",        $file, $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           $file = apply_filters("acfe/flexible/render/template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}",          $file, $field, $layout, $is_preview);
   
           // Deprecated
           $file = apply_filters_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/template/layout={$l_name}",              array($file, $field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/template/layout={$l_name}");
           $file = apply_filters_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}", array($file, $field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}");
           $file = apply_filters_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}",   array($file, $field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}");
   
           // Before Template
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/before_template",                                       $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/before_template/name={$name}",                          $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/before_template/key={$key}",                            $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/before_template/layout={$l_name}",                      $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/before_template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}",         $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/before_template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}",           $field, $layout, $is_preview);
   
           // Deprecated
           do_action_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/before_template/layout={$l_name}",               array($field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/before_template/layout={$l_name}");
           do_action_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/before_template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}",  array($field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/before_template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}");
           do_action_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/before_template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}",    array($field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/before_template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}");
   
           // Check file
           if(!empty($file)){
   
               $file_found = acfe_locate_file_path($file);
   
               if(!empty($file_found)){
   
                   // Front-end
                   if(!$is_preview){
   
                       // Include
                       include($file_found);
   
                   // Preview
                   }else{
   
                       $path = pathinfo($file);
                       $extension = $path['extension'];
   
                       $file_preview = substr($file,0, -strlen($extension)-1);
                       $file_preview .= '-preview.' . $extension;
   
                       $file_preview = acfe_locate_file_path($file_preview);
   
                       // Include
                       if(!empty($file_preview)){
   
                           include($file_preview);
   
                       }else{
   
                           include($file_found);
   
                       }
   
                   }
   
               }
   
           }
   
           // After Template
           //USE OG VALUES OF LAYOUT AND FIELD VARIABLES
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/after_template",                                        $og_field, $og_layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/after_template/name={$name}",                           $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/after_template/key={$key}",                             $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/after_template/layout={$l_name}",                       $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/after_template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}",          $field, $layout, $is_preview);
           do_action("acfe/flexible/render/after_template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}",            $field, $layout, $is_preview);
   
           // Deprecated
           do_action_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/after_template/layout={$l_name}",                array($field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/after_template/layout={$l_name}");
           do_action_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/after_template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}",   array($field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/after_template/name={$name}&layout={$l_name}");
           do_action_deprecated("acfe/flexible/layout/render/after_template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}",     array($field, $layout, $is_preview), '0.8.6.7', "acfe/flexible/render/after_template/key={$key}&layout={$l_name}");
   
       }
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Author [Konrad Chmielewski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hwk-fr/)
 * (@hwk-fr)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-template-action-hook/#post-14702407)
 * Hello,
 * Thanks for the feedback! It’s weird, I just tested it and I got the same output
   for both `$field` & `$layout` in the before/after hooks. I used a version diff
   software to check differences, and there is none.
 * Here is my test code:
 *     ```
       add_action('acfe/flexible/render/before_template', 'my_before_template', 10, 3);
       function my_before_template($field, $layout, $is_preview){
   
           echo "<pre>".print_r($field, true)."</pre>";
           echo "<pre>".print_r($layout, true)."</pre>";
   
       }
   
       add_action('acfe/flexible/render/after_template', 'my_after_template', 10, 3);
       function my_after_template($field, $layout, $is_preview){
   
           echo "<pre>".print_r($field, true)."</pre>";
           echo "<pre>".print_r($layout, true)."</pre>";
   
       }
       ```
   
 * Note that I just added one layout in the Flexible Content. It is normal that 
   the `$layout` is different if you use different layouts, since it will represent
   the current layout used in the row.
 * What difference do you see on your side?
 * Regards.
 *  Plugin Author [Konrad Chmielewski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hwk-fr/)
 * (@hwk-fr)
 * [4 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/after-template-action-hook/#post-14706770)
 * Hello,
 * Any news?
 * Regards.

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