WP ACF Generate php – Where and how to put the code? - php

Question

On my WordPress website I have the ACF plugin installed and I'm using the fields on several pages in the 'regular' way. So I created the groups and fields in the backend. Everything works fine.
Now I want to generate php code of a couple of those field groups (because I want to change the code slightly). Where do I put the code and what’s the best way to do this?
I've created a new php file acf-deals.php and uploaded it to the /php-includes/ directory in the root directory. It includes the following code:
<?php
if( function_exists('acf_add_local_field_group') ):
acf_add_local_field_group(array(
'key' => 'group_deal1',
'title' => 'Deal One (displayed on homepage)',
'fields' => array(
array(
'key' => 'field_5c66e017f8359',
'label' => 'Title',
'name' => 'deal_title_one',
'type' => 'text',
'instructions' => '(max. 100 characters)',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' => 0,
'wrapper' => array(
'width' => '',
'class' => 'deals-title',
'id' => '',
),
'default_value' => '',
'placeholder' => '',
'prepend' => '',
'append' => '',
'maxlength' => 100,
),
array(
'key' => 'field_5c6d43781bcb1',
'label' => 'Deal or Discount',
'name' => 'discount_deal_or_special_one',
'type' => 'radio',
'instructions' => '',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' => array(
array(
array(
'field' => 'field_5c66e017f8359',
'operator' => '!=empty',
),
),
),
'wrapper' => array(
'width' => '',
'class' => '',
'id' => '',
),
'choices' => array(
'Discount' => 'Discount',
'Deal' => 'Deal',
),
'allow_null' => 1,
'other_choice' => 0,
'default_value' => '',
'layout' => 'vertical',
'return_format' => 'value',
'save_other_choice' => 0,
),
array(
'key' => 'field_5c66e094f835a',
'label' => 'Description',
'name' => 'deal_description_one',
'type' => 'textarea',
'instructions' => '(max. 600 characters)',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' => array(
array(
array(
'field' => 'field_5c66e017f8359',
'operator' => '==empty',
),
),
),
'wrapper' => array(
'width' => '',
'class' => 'deals-description',
'id' => '',
),
'default_value' => '',
'placeholder' => '',
'maxlength' => 600,
'rows' => '',
'new_lines' => '',
),
array(
'key' => 'field_5c66e0d4f835b',
'label' => 'Regular price',
'name' => 'regular_price_one',
'type' => 'number',
'instructions' => '',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' => 0,
'wrapper' => array(
'width' => '',
'class' => 'deals-regular-price',
'id' => '',
),
'default_value' => '',
'placeholder' => '',
'prepend' => '$',
'append' => '',
'min' => '',
'max' => '',
'step' => '',
),
array(
'key' => 'field_5c66e130f835c',
'label' => 'Discounted price / deal price',
'name' => 'discounted_price_one',
'type' => 'number',
'instructions' => '',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' => 0,
'wrapper' => array(
'width' => '',
'class' => 'deals-discounted-price',
'id' => '',
),
'default_value' => '',
'placeholder' => '',
'prepend' => '$',
'append' => '',
'min' => '',
'max' => '',
'step' => '',
),
array(
'key' => 'field_5c703c1fd5851',
'label' => 'Valid until',
'name' => 'valid_until_one',
'type' => 'date_picker',
'instructions' => '',
'required' => 0,
'conditional_logic' => 0,
'wrapper' => array(
'width' => '',
'class' => '',
'id' => '',
),
'display_format' => 'm/d/Y',
'return_format' => 'm/d/Y',
'first_day' => 1,
),
),
'location' => array(
array(
array(
'param' => 'post_type',
'operator' => '==',
'value' => 'post',
),
array(
'param' => 'post_format',
'operator' => '==',
'value' => 'aside',
),
),
array(
array(
'param' => 'post_format',
'operator' => '==',
'value' => 'status',
),
),
),
'menu_order' => 1,
'position' => 'acf_after_title',
'style' => 'default',
'label_placement' => 'top',
'instruction_placement' => 'label',
'hide_on_screen' => '',
'active' => 1,
'description' => '',
));
endif;
?>
I've added this code to my single-aside.php file:
<?php get_template_part( '/php-includes/acf-deals.php', 'acf-deals' ); ?>
Unfortunately the field are not showing up in the WP admin backend. What am I doing wrong? I searched and searched but can't find a proper explanation or a way to fix it. I hope someone can help.
Thanks for your help!

Answer 1

add_action('acf/init', function(){
... add local fields
})