Currently, there’s no general way to loop through an array in a field.
However, there is already looping with arrays, for example, in attachments, gallery field, field types in ACF, metabox in WCK, etc., so I imagine it’s possible to implement it somehow.
Is this array saved as a simple list [1,2,3] or with key value pairs?
Thread Starter
Steve
(@stevesicherman)
Saved as key value pairs. If you could loop through an array in the same manner as the existing [repeater] syntax that’d be a slick addition.
OK, I’ll look into it and let you know when I’ve got something.
Another question: do you know the specific keys in this array? For example, I’m imagining something like this:
[field-array field_name]
[field key_name1]
[field key_name2]
[/field-array]
Would that work?
OK, please see the latest update. I simplified it to:
[array field_name]
[field key_1]
[field key_2]
[/array]
Hmm, looking at this, I realized it’s not really a “loop” since it goes through only once. I hope that’s what you needed!
Thread Starter
Steve
(@stevesicherman)
Hmm I’m not seeing any result (I downloaded the latest update).
Perhaps a screenshot of the array would help:
http://i.imgur.com/4I0ALBT.gif
From this array I would expect this code:
[loop type='location']
[array socialicons]
[field socialicons_network]<br>
[/array]
[/loop]
to produce:
facebook
twitter
google-plus
Hmm..looks like you have a field that’s structured like this:
Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[social_icons_url] => '/'
[social_icons_network] => 'facebook'
[social_icons_flyoutcontent] => 'etc.'
)
[1] => Array..
[2] => Array..
..whereas currently [array] expects something simpler, like:
Array
(
[key_1] => value_1
[key_2] => value_2
)
Yeah..I was afraid that a shortcode to parse arrays can get complicated, since there are many different ways data can be stored in a field.
OK, I’ll add a parameter that will loop through each array in the field.
So, please try the latest update with:
[loop type="location"]
[array socialicons each="true"]
[field socialicons_network]<br>
[/array]
[/loop]
That should loop through each array.
Thread Starter
Steve
(@stevesicherman)
That works great, thank you!
