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Get field count in for advanced custom fields WordPress

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Hello,

I need to get the count of the fields on some particular [[LINK href="http://www.advancedcustomfields.com/"]]advanced custom fields[[/LINK]] in my post.

Also this needs to be done in the loop which hopefully makes this simpler.

Please see below my mark and what fields I need to retrieve the count of.


<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<div class="post">

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>


<!-- begin repeater field -->

<?php if ( get_field('document_downloads') ): ?>

<?php while( has_sub_field('document_downloads') ): ?>

<?php the_sub_field('document_name'); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

<!-- end -->


<!-- begin gallery field -->

<?php $images = get_field('image_downloads'); if( $images ): ?>

<?php foreach( $images as $image ): ?>

<?php echo $image['id']; ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

<!-- end -->


<!-- begin repeater field -->

<?php if ( get_field('video_download') ): ?>

<?php while( has_sub_field('video_download') ): ?>

<?php the_sub_field('video_file'); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

<!-- end -->


<?php endwhile; ?>

</div>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>



As you can see above, I have two types of field count I need to retrieve.

Two are repeater fields, and one is a gallery field.

My question is how can I get the count of the sub fields/gallery items.

I need to echo the count within the main loop?


Thanks
Josh

Answers (2)

2012-11-02

Dbranes answers:

Hi,

If I understand the question right, you could try

$count_document_downloads = count(get_field('document_downloads'));


or

<!-- begin repeater field -->

<?php if ( get_field('document_downloads') ): ?>

<?php $count_document_downloads=0;?>

<?php while( has_sub_field('document_downloads') ): ?>

<?php $count_document_downloads++;?>

<?php the_sub_field('document_name'); ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php echo "count_document_downloads=". $count_document_downloads;?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>

<!-- end -->


to count.

Hope this helps.


Josh Cranwell comments:

This...

$count_document_downloads = count(get_field('document_downloads'));

...works great, very simple. Please see below.

Remember I am using this in my main loop, not the custom field loops.



<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>

<?php

$count_document_downloads = count(get_field('document_downloads'));

$count_image_downloads = count(get_field('image_downloads'));

$count_video_downloads = count(get_field('document_downloads'));

?>

<?php if ($count_document_downloads) { ?>

Documents: <span class="count"><?php echo $count_document_downloads; ?></span>

<?php } ?>

<?php if ($count_image_downloads) { ?>

Images: <span class="count"><?php echo $count_image_downloads; ?></span>

<?php } ?>


<?php if ($count_video_downloads) { ?>

Videos: <span class="count"><?php echo $count_video_downloads; ?></span>

<?php } ?>

<?php endwhile; ?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>



I've noticed something weird, if all values are null, it I get a value of 1 returned for everything.

For example, I have 11 images. I get 11 returned for images, then null for documents and videos. Great.

But if I have no images, no docs, no videos = I get a 1 returned for everything.


Any ideas why this is happening?


Thanks


Dbranes comments:

in the last line of

<?php
$count_document_downloads = count(get_field('document_downloads'));
$count_image_downloads = count(get_field('image_downloads'));
$count_video_downloads = count(get_field('document_downloads'));
?>


you got 'document_downloads' instead of 'video_downloads'.


But you could try to replace the above with

<?php
$tmp=get_field('document_downloads');
$count_document_downloads=(is_array($tmp))? count($tmp) : 0;

$tmp=get_field('image_downloads');
$count_image_downloads=(is_array($tmp))? count($tmp) : 0;

$tmp=get_field('video_downloads');
$count_video_downloads=(is_array($tmp))? count($tmp) : 0;

?>


if you use count on a variable that is false, you get 1 (mabye that's the case)
so in the above code we check if the variable is an array, if not we set the count to 0.



Dbranes comments:

ps: mabye you should also check

<pre>
<?php
print_r(get_field('document_downloads'));
print_r(get_field('image_downloads'));
print_r(get_field('document_downloads'));
?>
</pre>


in the loop to see what's inside.


Dbranes comments:

better to use var_dump:

<pre>
<?php
var_dump(get_field('document_downloads'));
var_dump(get_field('image_downloads'));
var_dump(get_field('document_downloads'));
?>
</pre>


Josh Cranwell comments:

Thanks, yeah that worked.

Though I might avoid using after all this as it slows my page down on archive pages.

I will use it on my page/post template as it only have to count the one post.


On archive pages it taks longer as it has to could each post.


Thanks for your help.

2012-11-02

Arnav Joy answers:

if you want to count gallery item they try this


<!-- begin gallery field -->



<?php $images = get_field('image_downloads'); if( $images ): ?>



<?php $count=0; foreach( $images as $image ): ?>



<?php echo $image['id']; ?>



<?php $count++; endforeach; ?>

<?php echo 'Gallery Item count='. $count;?>

<?php endif; wp_reset_query(); ?>



<!-- end -->


Josh Cranwell comments:

Hello

Thanks for your suggestion but I ended up using count function above.


Thanks