Display text from Array on Results (ACF Checkbox)

[bigredseo93Participant]

Hi guys,

The search system works perfectly and I’ve had no problems until today when the client asked us to add text under the User Search results, specifically the text from a checkbox that was created in ACF in a repeater field.

Under Advanced Options, under the User Result Fields & URL, I was able to add in the {user_referred_by} custom field in the “Advanced description field for User results” – this works without issue.

Now we have a repeater, and we’re trying to get a result from that;
Repeater Field Name: chapter_membership_info
Sub Field: leadership_roles

“leadership roles” is a Checkbox which has choices as follows:
president : President
vice_president : Vice President

Is there a way to display the checkbox results, from a repeater, inside the User search? Regular ACF fields show without a problem, but is there something we can do for a repeater field, and an array inside that repeater?

Thanks,

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Hi,

In short, it is not possible. Repeaters are very flexible fields, and there is no way we can implement a generic working solution unfortunately.

However, it is worth trying to look for a possible programmatical solution for your exact case, but it is definitely not easy.The asp_results hook lets you access the results before printing. You could use the ACF repeater API within that context

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
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[bigredseo93Participant]

Hi Ernest,
Thanks so much for the response. I figured that would be the case that the array would have been too much – especially 2 levels deep.

I can try the hook method and see how that goes.

Is there a way I can target the hook to only work with one specific search form rather than all forms?

I’ll do some digging and see what I can come up with. Thanks again for the help!

Conor

[Ernest MarcinkoKeymaster]

Sure, you can pass on up to 4 arguments to that hook, you can find them in the linked documentation.

For example:

add_filter( 'asp_results', 'asp_custom_link_results', 10, 4 );
function asp_custom_link_results( $results, $search_id, $is_ajax, $args ) {
 .....

The $search_id variable holds the ID of the search shortcode.

Best,
Ernest Marcinko
If you like my products, don't forget to rate them on codecanyon :)

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