WP Advanced custom field value in query posts array

Question

I need to put an advanced custom field value (category number) from page to query_posts array. Is it somehow possible?

On a single page I'm trying to show posts from category, which number is value of this custom field.

Ideal and of course non-functional case:

query_posts(array('category__and'=>array( the_field("category"); ,99), 'posts_per_page'=>6));

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-04-13 12:37:31Z

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the_field() displays a meta value. You'll want to use get_field() (which returns a meta value) instead:

query_posts(array('category__and'=>array( get_field("category"); ,99), 'posts_per_page'=>6));

In somewhat unrelated news, you should really consider avoiding the use of query_posts.

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answered Jan 5, 2016 at 16:11

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It works perfect, thanks a lot! And thanks for the tip aswell.