Customizing template with ACF, issues

Just for further debugging purposes, I’ve tried to narrow this down a bit more by checking the output of get_field_object() at various points. It’s worth mentioning that using get_post_meta on the same custom field seems to work, but this obviously has limitations compared to ACF.

Here’s the example code

// Getting an example field from the home page. This example is being used on a non-GD page
// 57 is the ID of the home page. Hard-coding it here so we can be sure there is nothing goofy about any $post->ID variables being passed in
print_r (get_field_object( "home_intro_content", 57 ));

On a standard page, this works great. It tells me all the information about the field from the home page. Here’s the output:

Array ( [ID] => 331 [key] => field_58f12396b6471 [label] => Content [name] => home_intro_content [prefix] => acf [type] => textarea [value] =>

This text should introduce visitors to the website, explaining its purpose concisely. Like the “Elevator Speech” for your business. Small batch DIY gochujang mixtape bicycle rights, squid ethical authentic salvia twee banh mi cray. Sustainable migas irony, street art actually gochujang echo park edison bulb squid pinterest salvia occupy stumptown DIY 8-bit. Literally lo-fi live-edge normcore butcher woke migas, man bun kale chips blog ethical etsy vinyl. Vinyl craft beer lyft af. Explore the map below!

This text should introduce visitors to the website, explaining its purpose concisely. Like the “Elevator Speech” for your business. Small batch DIY gochujang mixtape bicycle rights, squid ethical authentic salvia twee banh mi cray. Sustainable migas irony, street art actually gochujang echo park edison bulb squid pinterest salvia occupy stumptown DIY 8-bit. Literally lo-fi live-edge normcore butcher woke migas, man bun kale chips blog ethical etsy vinyl. Vinyl craft beer lyft af. Explore the map below!
[menu_order] => 3 [instructions] => 200-ish words about the site. [required] => 1 [id] => [class] => [conditional_logic] => 0 [parent] => 323 [wrapper] => Array ( [width] => [class] => [id] => ) [_name] => home_intro_content [_prepare] => 0 [_valid] => 1 [default_value] => [placeholder] => [maxlength] => [rows] => [new_lines] => wpautop )

Using this same exact code anywhere withing a GD page, the function returns a bunch of nonsense. I’ve tried this in all sorts of areas, before and after various geodir actions (eg geodir_wrapper_open). It always gives me something like this:

Array ( [ID] => 251 [key] => field_5536634644729 [label] => Columns [name] => home_intro_content [prefix] => acf [type] => repeater [value] => [menu_order] => 0 [instructions] => [required] => 1 [id] => [class] => [conditional_logic] => 0 [parent] => 250 [wrapper] => Array ( [width] => [class] => [id] => ) [_name] => multiple_columns [_prepare] => 0 [_valid] => 1 [min] => 0 [max] => 4 [layout] => table [button_label] => Add Column [collapsed] => [parent_layout] => 5536632844728 [sub_fields] => Array ( [0] => Array ( [ID] => 252 [key] => field_553663864472a [label] => Content [name] => mc_content [prefix] => acf [type] => wysiwyg [value] => [menu_order] => 0 [instructions] => [required] => 1 [id] => [class] => [conditional_logic] => 0 [parent] => 251 [wrapper] => Array ( [width] => [class] => [id] => ) [_name] => mc_content [_prepare] => 0 [_valid] => 1 [tabs] => all [toolbar] => full [media_upload] => 1 [default_value] => [delay] => 0 ) ) )

As you can see, all of the values are either blank or incorrect when using this function on a GD page. I’m wondering if, somehow, GD has a function that is blowing this up.

Any help would be appreciated – I really don’t want to have to hardcode in a bunch of stuff that will make it difficult for my clients to work on the site.

Also I forgot to include this bit – can’t edit my previous comment. Have to remove the problematic action and replace it with our version.

remove_action('pre_get_posts', 'set_listing_request', 0);
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'override_the_stupid_plugin_filters', 0);

Here’s the full code, for clarification. It’d be better if the developers just merged in this fix or added a way to specify filters to exclude from their obliteration.

Pardon all of my anger that comes through in the code :p it took me HOURS to figure this out.

remove_action('pre_get_posts', 'set_listing_request', 0);
add_action('pre_get_posts', 'override_the_stupid_plugin_filters', 0);
/**
 * NOTE THIS OVERRIDES THE FUNCTION CURRECTLY USED BY THE STPUID PLUGIN BECAUSE IT DELETES ACF FUNCTIONALITY
 * Sets the location request parameters.
 *
 * @since 1.0.0
 *
 * @global object $wp_query WordPress Query object.
 * @global object $wpdb WordPress Database object.
 * @global string $geodir_post_type The post type.
 * @global array $geodir_addon_list List of active GeoDirectory extensions.
 * @global string $table Listing table name.
 * @global float $dist Distance value to be filtered.
 * @global string $mylat Current latitude.
 * @global string $mylon Current longitude.
 * @global string $s Search keyword.
 * @global string $snear Nearest location to search.
 * @global string $s_A Extra parameters.
 * @global string $s_SA Extra parameters.
 */
function override_the_stupid_plugin_filters($query) {
    global $wp_query, $wpdb, $geodir_post_type, $table, $dist, $mylat, $mylon, $s, $snear, $s, $s_A, $s_SA;

    // fix woocommerce shop products filtered by language for GD + WPML + Woocommerce
    if (!geodir_is_geodir_page()) {
        return;
    }
    
    //----------------------_START_CUSTOMIZED CODE---------------------------
    $removeFilterNicely = function($filter) {
        if( empty($GLOBALS['wp_filter'][$filter]) || empty($GLOBALS['wp_filter'][$filter]['callbacks']) ) {
            return;
        }
        foreach($GLOBALS['wp_filter'][$filter]['callbacks'] as $priority => $callbacks) {
            foreach($callbacks as $reference => $callback) {
                if( stripos($callback['function'],'ACF') !== FALSE || stripos(get_class($callback['function']), 'ACF') !== FALSE ) {
                    unset($GLOBALS['wp_filter'][$filter]['callbacks'][$priority][$reference]);
                }
            }
        }
    };
    $removeFilterNicely('query');
    $removeFilterNicely('posts_search');
    $removeFilterNicely('posts_fields');
    $removeFilterNicely('posts_join');
    $removeFilterNicely('posts_orderby');
    $removeFilterNicely('posts_where');
    /** remove all pre filters
    remove_all_filters('query');
    remove_all_filters('posts_search');
    remove_all_filters('posts_fields');
    remove_all_filters('posts_join');
    remove_all_filters('posts_orderby');
    remove_all_filters('posts_where');
    **/
    
    //----------------------_END_CUSTOMIZED CODE---------------------------
    
    if ((is_search() && isset($_REQUEST['geodir_search']) && $_REQUEST['geodir_search'] != '')):
        if (isset($_REQUEST['scat']) && $_REQUEST['scat'] == 'all')
            $_REQUEST['scat'] = '';
        //if(isset($_REQUEST['s']) && $_REQUEST['s'] == '+') $_REQUEST['s'] = '';
        if (isset($_REQUEST['sdist'])) {
            ($_REQUEST['sdist'] != '0' && $_REQUEST['sdist'] != '') ? $dist = esc_attr($_REQUEST['sdist']) : $dist = 25000;
        } elseif (get_option('geodir_search_dist') != '') {
            $dist = get_option('geodir_search_dist');
        } else {
            $dist = 25000;
        } //  Distance

        if (isset($_REQUEST['sgeo_lat'])) {
            $mylat = (float) esc_attr($_REQUEST['sgeo_lat']);
        } else {
            $mylat = (float) geodir_get_current_city_lat();
        } //  Latitude

        if (isset($_REQUEST['sgeo_lon'])) {
            $mylon = (float) esc_attr($_REQUEST['sgeo_lon']);
        } else {
            $mylon = (float) geodir_get_current_city_lng();
        } //  Distance

        if (isset($_REQUEST['snear'])) {
            $snear = trim(esc_attr($_REQUEST['snear']));
        }

        if (isset($_REQUEST['s'])) {
            $s = trim(esc_attr(wp_strip_all_tags($_REQUEST['s'])));
        }

        if ($snear == 'NEAR ME') {
            $ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
            $addr_details = unserialize(file_get_contents('http://www.geoplugin.net/php.gp?ip=' . $ip));
            $mylat = stripslashes(geodir_utf8_ucfirst($addr_details[geoplugin_latitude]));
            $mylon = stripslashes(geodir_utf8_ucfirst($addr_details[geoplugin_longitude]));
        }
        if (strstr($s, ',')) {
            $s_AA = str_replace(" ", "", $s);
            $s_A = explode(",", $s_AA);
            $s_A = implode('","', $s_A);
            $s_A = '"' . $s_A . '"';
        } else {
            $s_A = '"' . $s . '"';
        }
        if (strstr($s, ' ')) {
            $s_SA = explode(" ", $s);
        } else {
            $s_SA = '';
        }
    endif;
}