people-table.php

<?php
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {

	// how many columns? Based on what they chose to display.

	$num_cols = count($information_to_display);
	//var_dump($num_cols);

	?>
<div class="table-responsive">
    <table class="table table-striped">
		<legend class="sr-only">List of People</legend>
		<thead>
			<tr>
				<?php
				$nameCell = false;
				foreach($information_to_display as $value){
					if ($value == 'first_name' || $value == 'middle_name' || $value == 'last_name'){
						if ($nameCell == false){
							echo '<th>Name</th>';
							$nameCell = true;
						};
					} elseif ($value == 'photo') {
						echo '<th>&nbsp;</th>';
					} else {
						//var_dump(get_field_object('field_'.$value));
						$arr = get_field_object('field_'.$value);
						$label = $arr['label'];
						echo '<th>'.$label.'</th>';
					}
				}
				?>
			</tr>
		</thead>
		<tbody>
		<?php
		//var_dump($information_to_display);



		while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
			$the_query->the_post();

				/*
					create a row.

					For each possible field.

					Check to see if it's within the $information_to_display array.

					If it is, create a <td>

					IF any values are found to match, dump those out.

					After all possible fields, close the row.

				*/




				echo '<tr>';

				if (in_array('photo', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-image"><a href="'.get_the_permalink().'">';
						the_post_thumbnail(array('65', '65'));
					echo '</a></td>';
				}
				if (in_array('first_name', $information_to_display) || in_array('middle_name', $information_to_display) || in_array('last_name', $information_to_display)){
					echo '<td class="person-name">';
					$external_url = get_field('external_url');
					if ( $external_url != "" ){
						echo '<a href="'.$external_url.'" target="_blank">';
					}else{
						echo '<a href="'.get_the_permalink().'">';
					}
						
					if (in_array('first_name', $information_to_display)) {
						the_field('first_name');
						echo ' ';
					};
					if (in_array('middle_name', $information_to_display)) {
						the_field('middle_name');
						echo ' ';
					};
					if (in_array('last_name', $information_to_display)) {
						the_field('last_name');
					};
					echo '</a></td>';
				}
				//createTextCell('title', 'title');
				if (in_array('title', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-title">';
					$titlePieces = explode(";", get_field('title'));
					foreach( $titlePieces as $t ){
						echo ( !empty($t) ? "<strong>{$t}</strong><br>": "" );
					}
					echo '</td>';
				}
				if (in_array('department', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-department">';
					$departmentPieces = explode(";", get_field('department'));
					foreach( $departmentPieces as $d ){
						echo ( !empty($d) ? "<strong>{$d}</strong><br>": "" );
					}
					echo '</td>';
				}
				createTextCell('about', 'about');
				if (in_array('file', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-file">';
						$file = get_field('file');
						echo '<a href="'.$file[url].'">'.$file[title].'</a>';
					echo '</td>';
				};
				if (in_array('email', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-email">';
						echo '<a href="mailto:'.get_field('email').'">'.get_field('email').'</a>';
					echo '</td>';
				};
				// If the phone number ('phone') is part of the information being displayed than we should replace any hyphens with the html entity for a non-break hyphen (&#8209;)
				if (in_array('phone', $information_to_display)) {
					$phoneStrReplace = str_replace('-', '&#8209;', get_field('phone'));
					echo '<td>'.$phoneStrReplace.'</td>';
				}
				//createTextCell('phone', 'phone');
				createTextCell('phone_(alternate)', 'phone_(alternate)');
				createTextCell('fax', 'fax');
				//createTextCell('mailing_address', 'mailing_address');
				if (in_array('mailing_address', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-mailing_address">';

					echo str_replace(';','<br>',get_field('mailing_address'));
					echo '</td>';
				}
				createTextCell('office_location', 'office_location');
				createTextCell('campus', 'campus');
				createTextCell('office_hours', 'office_hours');
				createTextCell('courses', 'courses');
				if (in_array('url', $information_to_display)) {
					echo '<td class="person-url">';
						echo '<a href="'.get_field('url').'">'.get_field('url').'</a>';
					echo '</td>';
				};



			echo '</tr>';



			} //end of posts?>
		</tbody>
	</table>
</div>
	<?php
} else {
	// no posts found
}; ?>