problem with complex fields groups

  • Resolved alexadark

    (@alexadark)


    8 years, 6 months ago

    Hello,
    i am doing my first project with carbon fields, and i use complex fields groups to make the same thing as acf flexible content, so i have differents layouts blocks that i want to reuse and display where i want
    but the order of the groups stays the one written in the code, and not the order i give them in the page

    for if in the code i have function display_layouts(){
    display layout_1();
    display layout_2();
    }

    on my page i will always have layout1 first and then layout 2
    and if i have several layouts 1, they will be one after another, and then layout 2

    so if it works like that, i cannot use carbon fields in this way, as the complex field group is essential to my work

    so tell me if it’s my mistake and i have done something wrong, or if carbon fields work like that, and in this case will it be corrected

    https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/carbon-fields/

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  • Thread Starter alexadark

    (@alexadark)

    btw, this is my code for the fields

    use Carbon_Fields\Container;
use Carbon_Fields\Field;

Container::make( 'post_meta', 'layouts' )
         ->show_on_post_type( 'page' )
         ->show_on_page( 'home' )
         ->add_fields( array(

	         Field::make( 'complex', 'crb_block_layouts' )
		         ->add_fields( 'last_post',array(
			         Field::make( 'text', 'featured_id' )
		         ))
		         ->add_fields( 'four_next_posts',array(
			         Field::make( 'text', 'four_next_posts_title' )
		         ))
	              ->add_fields( 'four_block_posts', array(
		              Field::make( 'text', 'four_block_post_title' ),
		              Field::make( 'text', 'first_post_id' ),
		              Field::make( 'text', 'three_side_posts_id' ),
	              ) )
	              ->add_fields( 'two_col_posts', array(
		              Field::make( 'text', 'two_col_posts_title' ),
		              Field::make( 'complex', 'post_item' )
		                   ->add_fields( array(
				                   Field::make( 'text', 'post_id' )
			                   ) )
	              ) )
		         ->add_fields( 'text_area', array(
			         Field::make( 'rich_text', 'text_editor' ),
		         ) )
         ) );

    Plugin Author htmlBurger

    (@htmlburger)

    Hey @alexadark,

    You can name your section functions like this: render_section_four_block_posts(), render_section_two_col_posts() etc.

    Then, when rendering the complex fields, you have the _type array value. You can use it to get the type of a complex section, then to call the correct section rendering function. So it would be something like this:

    $data = carbon_get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'crb_block_layouts', 'complex' );
foreach( $data as $entry ) {
	$function_name = 'render_section' . $entry['_type'];
	if ( function_exists( $function_name ) ) {
		call_user_func( $function_name, $entry );
	}
}

    Please, let us know if you need additional help.

    Thread Starter alexadark

    (@alexadark)

    Hi, my problem is not to render the fields
    this is the site : https://cozy.webstantly.com/
    all the sections of the home are a complex field group

    the problem is not to display them, is to change their order, they still in the order as it’s written in the code
    and not the one of the back office, where i can drag and drop them to change this order, but it doesn;t change in front

    basically this is the code i use to display them (this is the code i used when i was trying the complex field before using it in a real project, so the code in the project is much more complex, but i realoze now that the demo as the same problem)

    function wst_display_fields() {

	$layouts = carbon_get_the_post_meta( 'crb_layouts', 'complex' );
	var_dump( $layouts );
	if(isset($layouts)) {
	wst_display_driver($layouts);
	wst_display_teacher($layouts);
}

 }

function wst_display_driver($layouts){

	foreach ($layouts as $layout){

		if ( $layout['_type'] == '_driver' ) {
			$licence = $layout['license'];
			$name    = $layout['name']; ?>

			<h2>Driver</h2>
			<?php echo $name; ?><br>
			<?php echo $licence ?><br>
		<?php }
	}
}

function wst_display_teacher($layouts){
	foreach ($layouts as $layout){
		if ( $layout['_type'] == '_teacher' ) {
			$picture = $layout['picture'];
			$year    = $layout['years_of_experience']; ?>

			<h2>teacher</h2>
			<img src="<?php echo $picture ?>"
			     alt="">
			<?php echo $year ?>
		<?php }

	}
}function wst_display_fields() {

	$layouts = carbon_get_the_post_meta( 'crb_layouts', 'complex' );
	if(isset($layouts)) {
	wst_display_driver($layouts);
	wst_display_teacher($layouts);
}

 }

function wst_display_driver($layouts){

	foreach ($layouts as $layout){

		if ( $layout['_type'] == '_driver' ) {
			$licence = $layout['license'];
			$name    = $layout['name']; ?>

			<h2>Driver</h2>
			<?php echo $name; ?><br>
			<?php echo $licence ?><br>
		<?php }
	}
}

function wst_display_teacher($layouts){
	foreach ($layouts as $layout){
		if ( $layout['_type'] == '_teacher' ) {
			$picture = $layout['picture'];
			$year    = $layout['years_of_experience']; ?>

			<h2>teacher</h2>
			<img src="<?php echo $picture ?>"
			     alt="">
			<?php echo $year ?>
		<?php }

	}
}

    Plugin Author htmlBurger

    (@htmlburger)

    Hello @alexadark,

    Actually, it appears that the problem is exactly the displaying of field groups.

    Feel free to change your wst_display_fields() function to what we’ve provided in the demo code above.

    Please, let us know if you’re having further issues.

    Thread Starter alexadark

    (@alexadark)

    ok, i’m going to try that, and will tell you if it works

    Thread Starter alexadark

    (@alexadark)

    i’m sorry, but i don’t understand how to use this code
    can you please write it concretely aplyed to these simple example fields
    and tell me what is wrong in my code, from there i will be able to adapt

    Container::make( 'post_meta', 'Custom Data' )
         ->show_on_post_type( 'page' )
         ->show_on_template( 'test-template.php' )
         ->add_fields( array(

	         Field::make( 'complex', 'crb_layouts' )
	              ->add_fields( 'driver', array(
		              Field::make( 'text', 'name' ),
		              Field::make( 'text', 'license' ),
	              ) )
	              ->add_fields( 'teacher', array(
		              Field::make( 'image', 'picture' ),
		              Field::make( 'text', 'years_of_experience' ),
	              ) ),
         ) );

    and then that was the function to display them

    function wst_display_fields() {

	$layouts = carbon_get_the_post_meta( 'crb_layouts', 'complex' );
	if(isset($layouts)) {
	wst_display_driver($layouts);
	wst_display_teacher($layouts);
}

 }

function wst_display_driver($layouts){

	foreach ($layouts as $layout){

		if ( $layout['_type'] == '_driver' ) {
			$licence = $layout['license'];
			$name    = $layout['name']; ?>

			<h2>Driver</h2>
			<?php echo $name; ?><br>
			<?php echo $licence ?><br>
		<?php }
	}
}

function wst_display_teacher($layouts){
	foreach ($layouts as $layout){
		if ( $layout['_type'] == '_teacher' ) {
			$picture = $layout['picture'];
			$year    = $layout['years_of_experience']; ?>

			<h2>teacher</h2>
			<img src="<?php echo $picture ?>"
			     alt="">
			<?php echo $year ?>
		<?php }

	}
}
    Plugin Author htmlBurger

    (@htmlburger)

    Okay, please try replacing your display functions with these:

    function wst_display_fields() {
	$layouts = carbon_get_the_post_meta( 'crb_layouts', 'complex' );
	foreach ( $layouts as $layout ) {
		$function_name = 'wst_display' . $layout['_type'];
		if ( function_exists( '$function_name' ) ) {
			call_user_func( $function_name, $layout );
		}
	}
}

function wst_display_driver($layout) {
	$licence = $layout['license'];
	$name    = $layout['name'];
	?>

	<h2>Driver</h2>
	<?php echo $name; ?><br>
	<?php echo $licence ?><br>

	<?php
}

function wst_display_teacher($layout) {
	$picture = $layout['picture'];
	$year    = $layout['years_of_experience'];
	?>

	<h2>teacher</h2>
	<img src="<?php echo $picture ?>" alt="">

	<?php
	echo $year;
}

    Note: best practices suggest that you should check any data for existence before displaying it. Also, the display functions currently lack some escaping and sanitization (https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Validating_Sanitizing_and_Escaping_User_Data) – you’ll probably want to do that as well.

    Please, let us know if you need further assistance.

    Thread Starter alexadark

    (@alexadark)

    Thank you it works now!, and i have understood, so i am going to adapt in my project

    You really should put this type of simple examples on the doc site ??

    Plugin Author htmlBurger

    (@htmlburger)

    Hello @alexadark,

    We’re constantly working on improving the documentation. So yes, more examples and guides will be included in the future.

    Thanks.

    Thread Starter alexadark

    (@alexadark)

    Another small thing but not so important
    sometime i want to put a layout in a complex field group, but it has not necessary a custom field in it
    imagine a separator for exemple, that i want to put there so the client can place it where he wants between sections
    for the moment i am obliged to put a “fake custom field” to make it work

    Plugin Author htmlBurger

    (@htmlburger)

    This makes sense, feel free to submit a new feature request in the Issues section in the GitHub repo: https://github.com/htmlburger/carbon-fields/issues

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