[Resolved] Display repeating fields group using PHP

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[eddieW-2]

Hi, I am trying to display post fields group in my templates. I do not wish to use Views, preferably with PHP. My questions are as following:

1) How do I display all custom fields (repeating groups included) by just using the Post Field Group ID (the ID that appears on the URL when editing the group)? So that I do not require to call out each custom fields in the group one by one.

2) If the above is not possible, how do I display a repeating field group in the Post Field Group using slug in PHP within an existing WP_Query loop?

I have already tried to follow this thread (https://toolset.com/forums/topic/how-to-display-repeatable-field-groups-with-php/) but when I try to var_dump the query object, the contents of the custom field doesn't appear. Am I missing something?

$args = array(
'post_type' => 'home-section',
'numberposts' => -1,
'toolset_relationships' => array(
'role' => 'child',
'related_to' => get_the_ID(),
'relationship' => 'home-section'
),
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );

[Minesh]

Hello. Thank you for contacting the Toolset support.

Well - to query Repeating fields group items we have PHP API function which you should use now: toolset_get_related_posts()

For example:

global $post;

 $child_columns = toolset_get_related_posts(
  $post->ID,     // the parent post
  'columns-layout',   // the RFG slug
  'parent',     // the RFG role in this relationship is 'child'
  100,     // the maximum number of results
  0,           // the offset
  array(),     // additional query arguments
  'post_object',   // return format
  'child',    // role to return
  '',
  'ASC'
  );

[eddieW-2]

Hi Minesh, thanks for the quick reply.

By using toolset_get_related_posts(), I can retrieve the group ID but how do I retrieve the content of the field? Do I use get_post_meta() to retrieve the values or is there another function that can do so easily?

[Minesh]

Yes - you can use get_post_meta() function or Types PHP API function types_render_field().

For example:

echo types_render_field( 'field-slug', array( 'arg1' => 'val1', 'arg2' => 'val2' ));

More info:
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/functions/
=> https://toolset.com/documentation/customizing-sites-using-php/

[eddieW-2]

I got it working using get_post_meta. Thanks for your help!

$section_ids = toolset_get_related_posts(
	get_the_ID(),
	'home-section',
	'parent',
	100,
	0,
	array(),
	'post_id',
	'child'
);

if ( $section_ids ){
	foreach ( $section_ids as $section_id ){
		$section = get_post_meta( $section_id, '', false );
		$section_content = $section["wpcf-section-editor"][0];
		echo apply_filters('the_content', $section_content);
	}
}