Illeagal string offset

Hey guys so on my front page i have a repeatable group field were i add all the services that my client provides.it works great and i even add a counter to break it up into three list. But then i need to add a portfolio section and i built my own custom post type for this as a plugin so that i could try and build out all the functionality myself and basically make my own plugin but when i try and add the post via a shortcode or directly to the page it breaks the code some how and i get this error which his associated with the cmb2 out put array for the services provided

warning: Illegal string offset ‘service’ in /var/www/vhosts/avidbeta.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/wpBootStrap/front-page.php on line 75

Notice: Uninitialized string offset: 0 in /var/www/vhosts/avidbeta.com/httpdocs/wp-content/themes/wpBootStrap/front-page.php on line 75

but then when i remove that my shortcode the error goes away.

So i guessmy question is is it my custom post type code that is breaking everything or do i jsut not have the array set up correctly for the cmb2 fields…here is that code

<?php
    $services = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), '_services_section_content', true );
                $counter = 1;
            foreach ( (array) $services as $key => $service ) {
                if (isset($service['service']))
                $serviceProvided = '';
                $serviceProvided = esc_html( $service['service'] );
                if( $counter%5 == 1){echo '<ul>';}?>
                <li><?php echo $serviceProvided ?> </li>
                <?php if( $counter%5 == 0){echo '</ul>';}
                $counter++;

                }
                if ($counter%5 != 1) echo '</ul>';
            ?>

I am at a loss on how to fix the array if that is what it is.

Thanks

• This topic was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by Wildcard.