ACF programmatically add repeater

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1. Since the repeater field was added using acf_add_local_field, each subfield needs to be added with acf_add_local_field as well.

   • Delete all of the subfields, including the 'subfields' => array
     line, from the repeater field.
   • Add each subfield in a new acf_add_local_field
   • When adding subfields, Make sure to add 'parent' => 'repeater_field_key' to the subfields.

   Your code would now look like:

   add_action( 'acf/init', 'acf_add_field_royalties' );
   
   function acf_add_field_royalties() {
       if ( function_exists( 'acf_add_local_field_group' ) ) {
           /** 
            * Initial Repeater Field
            *
            */
           acf_add_local_field( array (
               'key'               => 'field_store_royalties',
               'label'             => 'Royalties',
               'name'              => 'store_royalties1',
               'type'              => 'repeater',
               'parent'            => 'group_5621b0871e1b1',
               'instructions'      => '',
               'required'          => 0,
               'conditional_logic' => 0,
               'wrapper'           => array (
                   'width'             => '',
                   'class'             => '',
                   'id'                => '',
               ),
               'collapsed'         => '',
               'min'               => '',
               'max'               => '',
               'layout'            => 'table',
               'button_label'      => 'Add new royalty period'
           ));
   
           /** 
            * Add Start Date Subfield
            *
            */
           acf_add_local_field( array (
               'key'            => 'field_start_date',
               'label'          => 'Start Date',
               'name'           => 'start_date1',
               'parent'         => 'field_store_royalties', // key of parent repeater
               'type'           => 'date_picker',
               'instructions'   => '',
               'required'       => 1,
               'display_format' => 'F j, Y',
               'return_format'  => 'd/m/Y',
               'first_day'      => 1,
           ));
   
           /** 
            * Add End Date Subfield
            *
            */
           acf_add_local_field( array (
               'key'            => 'field_end_date',
               'label'          => 'End date',
               'name'           => 'end_date1',
               'parent'         => 'field_store_royalties', // key of parent repeater
               'type'           => 'date_picker',
               'instructions'   => '',
               'display_format' => 'F j, Y',
               'return_format'  => 'd/m/Y',
               'first_day'      => 1,
           ));
   
           /** 
            * Add Royalty Rate Subfield
            *
            */
           acf_add_local_field( array (
               'key'           => 'field_royalty_rate',
               'label'         => 'Royalty Rate',
               'name'          => 'royalty_rate1',
               'parent'         => 'field_store_royalties', // key of parent repeater
               'type'          => 'number',
               'instructions'  => '',
               'required'      => 1,
               'wrapper'       => array (
                   'width'         => '',
                   'class'         => '',
                   'id'            => '',
               ),
               'default_value' => 0,
               'placeholder'   => '',
               'prepend'       => '',
               'append'        => '%',
               'min'           => 0,
               'max'           => 100,
               'step'          => 1,
               'readonly'      => 0,
               'disabled'      => 0,
           ));
       }
   }
   

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