acf_field__group::update_value │ public │ ACF 3.6

This filter is appied to the $value before it is updated in the db

Method of the class: acf_field__group{}

No Hooks.

Returns

$value. - the modified value

Usage

$acf_field__group = new acf_field__group();
$acf_field__group->update_value( $value, $post_id, $field );

$value(required)

.

$post_id(required)

.

$field(required)

.

Changelog

acf_field__group::update_value() acf field group::update value code ^{ACF 6.8.8}

function update_value( $value, $post_id, $field ) {

	// bail early if no value
	if ( ! acf_is_array( $value ) ) {
		return null;
	}

	// bail early if no sub fields
	if ( empty( $field['sub_fields'] ) ) {
		return null;
	}

	// modify names
	$field = $this->prepare_field_for_db( $field );

	// loop
	foreach ( $field['sub_fields'] as $sub_field ) {

		// vars
		$v = false;

		// key (backend)
		if ( isset( $value[ $sub_field['key'] ] ) ) {
			$v = $value[ $sub_field['key'] ];

			// name (frontend)
		} elseif ( isset( $value[ $sub_field['_name'] ] ) ) {
			$v = $value[ $sub_field['_name'] ];

			// empty
		} else {

			// input is not set (hidden by conditioanl logic)
			continue;
		}

		// update value
		acf_update_value( $v, $post_id, $sub_field );
	}

	// return
	return '';
}