How to display advanced custom fields with an if statement

Question

I'd like to display advanced custom fields on my archive page only but the following code keeps giving me an error:

<?php
    do_action( 'editorial_post_categories' );
    if ( is_single() ) {
        // do something or nothing
    } else {
        <?php the_field('acf_123'); ?>
    }
?>

The advanced custom field I like to display is "acf_123"

Could you include the error you are receiving in the question please? That will help more in providing a solution. — Ben Plummer, Dec 11 '16 at 21:33
@BenPlummer i get a white screen and no error messaging when i visit my page. — Current Events, Dec 11 '16 at 21:37
You have an opening `` tag in your `else` statement. Try removing those. — Colin Kenney, Dec 11 '16 at 23:01
Possible duplicate of [PHP's white screen of death](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1475297/phps-white-screen-of-death) — ChrisGPT was on strike, Dec 12 '16 at 02:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 11 '16 at 21:35

Looks like you're nesting <?php tags. You've opened one at the top, so you don't need to open them again. Try:

<?php
    do_action( 'editorial_post_categories' );
    if ( is_single() ) {
        // do something or nothing
    } else {
        the_field('acf_123');
    }
?>

That is, remove the <?php and ?> around the_field() call.

How to display advanced custom fields with an if statement

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