Title: PHP Warning: Array to string conversion in /includes/api/api-template.php
Last modified: May 12, 2023

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# PHP Warning: Array to string conversion in /includes/api/api-template.php

 *  Resolved [bridge2web](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bridge2web/)
 * (@bridge2web)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-array-to-string-conversion-in-includes-api-api-template-php/)
 * PHP Warning: Array to string conversion in /wp-content/plugins/advanced-custom-
   fields/includes/api/api-template.php on line 74
 * PHP 8.1
 * Fix:
 *     ```wp-block-code
       function the_field( $selector, $post_id = false, $format_value = true ) {$value = get_field( $selector, $post_id, $format_value );echo is_array( $value ) ? implode( ', ', $value ) : $value;}
       ```
   

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 *  Plugin Support [ACF Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/acfsupport/)
 * (@acfsupport)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-warning-array-to-string-conversion-in-includes-api-api-template-php/#post-16799686)
 * Hi [@bridge2web](https://wordpress.org/support/users/bridge2web/)
 * ACF Support Team here. This forum is generally used by ACF users to help each
   other out. 
 * However, we would love to continue investigating and troubleshooting this issue,
   please can you create a ticket using our [​support form](https://www.advancedcustomfields.com/contact/)
   and we can look into it further.

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