ACF PRO 5.6.0 Beta2

ACF PRO 5.6.0 Beta2 is available for testing. This includes all the new awesome features shown in the ACF PRO 5.6.0 Beta1 and ACF PRO 5.6.0 – UI, UX & You announcements.

To test ACF PRO 5.6.0-beta2, please login to your store account and click the See all versions link alongside your license. Download, extract and replace ‘advanced-custom-fields-pro’ plugin folder contents.

Think you’ve found a bug? Please post in detail a new support ticket.

Improvements

• Added new generic input helper functions acf_text_input(), acf_textarea_input() and acf_select_input()
• Added new initialize() function to the ‘acf_field’ class to allow inheritance
• Improved have_rows() function to work with Clone field and Group field values!

Bug fixes

• Fixed JS scroll lag in Gallery field media popup
• Fixed JS error when changing ‘post_template’ value
• Fixed PHP error in acf_add_options_sub_page() function
• Fixed JS ‘focus on active editor’ bug after selecting a link (link field)

have_rows()

This version introduces some improvements to the have_rows() function. This function can now be used to ‘loop’ through a Clone field or Group field’s values! This is similar to looping over a Repeater field value, however, there is only a single row in this value.

This improvement allows easier access to a sub field values as the have_rows() function can be nested. Here is an example (taken from the Group field documentation) demonstrating how to loop over a Group field called ‘Hero’.

<?php if( have_rows('hero') ): 

    while( have_rows('hero') ): the_row(); 
        
        // vars
        $image = get_sub_field('image');
        $link = get_sub_field('link');
        
        ?>
        <div id="hero">
            <img src="<?php echo $image['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['alt']; ?>" />
            <div class="content">
                <?php the_sub_field('caption'); ?>
                <a href="<?php echo $link['url']; ?>"><?php echo $link['title']; ?></a>
            </div>
        </div>
        <style type="text/css">
            #hero {
                background: <?php the_sub_field('color'); ?>;
            }
        </style>
    <?php endwhile; ?>
    
<?php endif; ?>