Title: Return empty
Last modified: September 12, 2016

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# Return empty

 *  [rgbjoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgbjoy/)
 * (@rgbjoy)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/return-empty/)
 * Can you make it not output an array if the field is empty? Just so I can just
   use:
 * `get_sub_field('link')`
 * Thanks!

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 *  [Nicholas Zein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeinnicholas/)
 * (@zeinnicholas)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/return-empty/#post-8229949)
 * I need this too, please!
 * Thanks!
 *  Plugin Author [Corey Worrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coreyw/)
 * (@coreyw)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/return-empty/#post-8256970)
 * [@rgbjoy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rgbjoy/), [@zeinnicholas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeinnicholas/),
 * Sorry, could you please explain your use case more in-depth?
 * Thank you.
 *  Plugin Author [Corey Worrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coreyw/)
 * (@coreyw)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/return-empty/#post-8256972)
 * IGNORE
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Corey Worrell](https://wordpress.org/support/users/coreyw/).
      Reason: wp.org double post
 *  [Nicholas Zein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeinnicholas/)
 * (@zeinnicholas)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/return-empty/#post-8269849)
 * Corey, sorry for the wait.
 * in my case the problem is, when the field is empty I cannot make it disappear
   using `if get_field('field_name')` or `if the_field('field_name')` because it
   will output an array (even if it’s empty). So, my field label keeps showing even
   if it hasn’t any values.
 * I could hide it using Javascript, but the function is already there in ACF. It
   would be a lot more straight forward.
 * Thanks any way. I ended up using the relational field type. But your plugin is
   very useful!
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Nicholas Zein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeinnicholas/).
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 8 months ago by [Nicholas Zein](https://wordpress.org/support/users/zeinnicholas/).

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/return-empty/#post-8269849)
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