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• February 28, 2015 at 11:13 pm #154045
  Dr.Peril

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  Post count: 10

  Hey all,

  Quick question. I’m trying to print a shortcode and it’s behaving oddly.

  My code:

  <?php $ba_score = the_field('beer_advocate_score'); echo do_shortcode('[chart percentage="'.$ba_score.'" size="170" barcolour="" trackcolour="" content="'.$ba_score.' / 100" align="center"]'); ?>
  

  The $ba_score is just a numerical value, 84 for example.

  What I get when the function runs can be seen in the screenshot.
  Basically, it breaks the short code and prints the values first occurrence and skips the second entirely.

  Thoughts?

  (I’m ok, printing the variables into the html the shortcode generates but the animation seems to break when I do that).

  Thanks!

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  March 2, 2015 at 6:55 am #154188
  Mohammad – SUPPORT

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  Post count: 27441

  Hi,
  Where are you inserting this code?
  Thanks
  Mohammad

  March 2, 2015 at 4:42 pm #154451
  Dr.Peril

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  March 2, 2015 at 4:51 pm #154457
  Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT

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  Post count: 25779

  Hi,

  Try this format instead.

  
  <?php 
    $ba_score = the_field('beer_advocate_score');
    $ba_score += '/ 100';
    echo do_shortcode('[chart percentage="'.$ba_score.'" size="170" barcolour="" trackcolour="" content="'.$ba_score.'" align="center"]'); 
  
  ?>

  -Rui

  March 2, 2015 at 9:11 pm #154509
  Dr.Peril

  Member

  Post count: 10

  I’ve implemented the code you provided and it seems to be a solid step in the right direction, however I’m still getting raw data output and no animation. I’ve left the code in the page so you can see the output.

  Thanks!

  March 3, 2015 at 6:02 am #154568
  Mohammad – SUPPORT

  Moderator

  Post count: 27441

  Hi,
  Your data percentage is zero. So animation is not working. Your $ba_score have zero value.
  Thanks
  Mohammad

  March 13, 2015 at 5:07 pm #157231
  Dr.Peril

  Member

  Post count: 10

  Hey Mohammad,

  I’ve double checked the code, and the value is being output above the circle. You can see little numbers. These are the printed output of the first time the variable is called (in the shortcode) the second time it’s called (what would be the printed text inside the circle) is coming back blank, so 0.

  It’s like the code is printing the variable value outside of the theme’s shortcode then failing…

  thanks!

  March 13, 2015 at 5:13 pm #157235
  Dr.Peril

  Member

  Post count: 10

  This code enables both the circle label animation and the text in the circle to work:

  
  								<?php
  									$ba_score = 42;
  								  // $ba_score = the_field('beer_advocate_score');
  								  echo "Test".$ba_score;
  								  //$ba_score += '/ 100';
  								  echo do_shortcode('[chart percentage="'.$ba_score.'" size="170" barcolour="" trackcolour="" content="'.$ba_score.' / 100" align="center"]');
  								?>

  I’m investigating the the_field(”) function from Advanced Custom Fields.

  Thoughts?

  March 13, 2015 at 5:27 pm #157240
  Dr.Peril

  Member

  Post count: 10

  Looks like I just needed to take a step back.

  From Advanced Custom Fields Documentation:

  the_field()
  Displays the value of the specified field. (this is the same as “echo get_field($field_name)”)

  get_field()
  Returns the value of the specified field.

  This is a very versatile function. You can use it to store a value, echo a value and interact with a value. Please note the type of variable returned is relative to the field type. Eg: A repeater will return a multidimensional array.

  So the code:

  <?php
  									//$ba_score = 42;
  								  $ba_score = get_field('beer_advocate_score');
  								  echo "Test".$ba_score;
  								  //$ba_score += '/ 100';
  								  echo do_shortcode('[chart percentage="'.$ba_score.'" size="170" barcolour="" trackcolour="" content="'.$ba_score.' / 100" align="center"]');
  								?>

  Works.

  Thanks!

  March 13, 2015 at 6:03 pm #157252
  Rui Guerreiro – SUPPORT

  Keymaster

  Post count: 25779

  you probably have to use the other function that also get’s the post id.

  the_field()

  something like the line below where 37 is the id of the post where you saved that specific custom field beer_advocate_score.

  
   $ba_score = the_field('beer_advocate_score', 37);
  

  -Rui

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