[Resolved] ACF URL filed for link

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[CSS Web]

Tell us what you are trying to do?

I want to use a URL value contained in an ACF URL field in the following Toolset Fields and Text block.

<p>[wpv-post-title]</p>

The ACF URL filed name is 'durl'

Is there any documentation that you are following?

No

Is there a similar example that we can see?

No

What is the link to your site?

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[Christopher Amirian]

Hi there,

That is something you need to ask ACF support.

The text and field function is just a normal editor that contains buttons for Toolset specific content, but you can add whatever you want when it comes to other data.

ACF does not have the view component like Toolset, so most probably you will need to crate a custom shoertcode that retrieves the content of the ACF field in PHP and prints it.

Then you can use that shortcode instead of ???? in the code example you mentioned.

It is something related to ACF.

Thanks.

[CSS Web]

My apologies, Christopher .. I didn't explain myself well.

I am using a Toolset View.

I need [wpv-post-title] to link to URLs values in an ACF field called 'durl'.

Are you saying this can't be done?

I can easily pull the ACF 'durl' data visibly (red arrow in image) via a Toolset Single Field.

Can I not use these same URL values to link the Title (green arrow in image)?

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[Christopher Amirian]

Hi there,

That is correct, for the Text and Field you will need to create a shortcode as it does not have a meta feature like the single field.

You can follow the same logic mentioned in the code below:

https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-do-display-acf-image-field-in-a-toolset-view/#post-1795045

It is for the ACF image field, but the same thing can be used for the URL field.

Thanks.

[CSS Web]

Thanks - what do you think of this solution provided by ChatGPT?

Seems to work 🙂

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add_shortcode('get_url_by_field', 'get_url_by_field_fn');
function get_url_by_field_fn( $atts ) {
$data = shortcode_atts( array(
'field' => ''
), $atts );

if(!empty($atts['field']) && $atts['field'] === 'durl') {
$url = get_field('durl');
if($url) {
return esc_url($url); // Always escape and validate URLs
}
}
}

<p style="font-weight:bold; font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0;">
[wpv-post-title]
</p>

[Christopher Amirian]

Hi there,

You can test that for sure, but it is the best to ask ACF support on the best way to get a URL field from a shortcode context.

Thanks.