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I am trying to output a list of terms associated with a custom taxonomy for each image I am pulling from a custom field, like so:

$portfolio_images = get_field('portfolio_gallery');

Each image has standard WP fields associated with it, such as sizes, title, caption, etc. I would like to output the list of terms associated with each image from the media_category taxonomy.

I am using get_the_terms inside another variable but I think something is wrong with my foreach statement. Any help would be appreciated. Full code:

<?php

$portfolio_images = get_field('portfolio_gallery');

foreach( $portfolio_images as $portfolio_image ):

$labels = get_the_terms( $portfolio_image['ID'], 'media_category' );
?>

<li class="gallery-item" data-myorder="<?php  echo $labels;  ?>">
     <img src="<?php echo $portfolio_image['sizes']['portfolio-thumbnail']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $portfolio_image['alt']; ?>" />
     <div class="mask">
            <a class="mask-link" href="<?php echo $portfolio_image['url']; ?>">
                <div class="mask-content">
                        <h4><?php echo $portfolio_image['title']; ?></h4>
                        <p><?php echo $portfolio_image['caption']; ?></p>
                </div>
            </a>
     </div>
</li>

 <?php  endforeach; ?>
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The problem you are facing is that get_the_terms() returns an array (or false or a WP_Error-Object), not a string.

So, assuming that you have multiple terms for images, you could use a code like this:

if( $labels && !is_wp_error( $labels ) ) {
    foreach( $labels as $label ) {

        $labelarray[] = $label->name;

    }
    $labelstring = join( ", ", $labelarray );
}

This loops through your labels, if no error. You may want to adjust the $labelstring to your needs, this one produces a value like label1, label2, label3. You could simply skip the colon, if you don't need it.

Your whole code would look like this:

<?php

$portfolio_images = get_field('portfolio_gallery');

foreach( $portfolio_images as $portfolio_image ):
    unset( $labelarray );
    $labels = get_the_terms( $portfolio_image['ID'], 'media_category' );
    if( $labels && !is_wp_error( $labels ) ) {
        foreach( $labels as $label ) {

            $labelarray[] = $label->name;

        }
        $labelstring = join( ", ", $labelarray );
    }

?>

    <li class="gallery-item" data-myorder="<?php  echo $labelstring;  ?>">
         <img src="<?php echo $portfolio_image['sizes']['portfolio-thumbnail']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $portfolio_image['alt']; ?>" />
         <div class="mask">
                <a class="mask-link" href="<?php echo $portfolio_image['url']; ?>">
                    <div class="mask-content">
                            <h4><?php echo $portfolio_image['title']; ?></h4>
                            <p><?php echo $portfolio_image['caption']; ?></p>
                    </div>
                </a>
         </div>
    </li>

<?php  endforeach; ?>
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  • thank you very much that works great. I am having an issue, however, where each sequential item contains the string from the previous item. For example, here is the output: <li class="gallery-item" data-myorder="Identity"></li> <li class="gallery-item" data-myorder="Identity Print"></li> <li class="gallery-item" data-myorder="Identity Print Print Product"></li> <li class="gallery-item" data-myorder="Identity Print Print Product Product"></li> Each item contains the previous items attributes...is there a problem with my syntax?
    – itrogers
    Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 16:16
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    oh, right, you need to unset the $labelarray at the beginning of the foreach. I updated the code.
    – fischi
    Commented Apr 2, 2014 at 19:04

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