I have a custom taxonomy term of 'artists' which is the artist's last name and a custom field of 'first_name'. To create a list all all artists with both their first name and last name I am using the following code, but it is printing as two separate lists. Do I have to join tables (never done this) to accomplish this or is there another way to write it so they are all in one list?
<?php while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
<?php
$args = array( 'taxonomy' => 'artists' );
$terms = get_terms('artists', $args);
$count = count($terms); $i=0;
if ($count > 0) {
$term_list = '<ul class="artist-list">';
foreach ($terms as $term) {
$i++;
$termid = 'artists_' . ($term->term_id);
$termfirst = the_field('first_name', $termid);
$term_list .= '<li><a href="' . get_term_link( $term->slug, $term->taxonomy ) . '" title="' . sprintf(__('View all post filed under %s', 'my_localization_domain'), $term->name) . '">' . $termfirst . $term->name . '</a></li>';
}
$term_list .= '</ul>';
echo $term_list;
}
?><?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>
The two lists are shown here on the development site