Use this plugin to import fieldsets from PHP exports. Do not use this for your workflow of importing and exporting. Use it only as a recovery tool when you lose the original database and XML files.
- Include the PHP for the ACF fieldsets generated from the PHP export.
- Install and activate this plugin.
- Go to 'Custom Fields' > 'PHP Recovery' page.
- Check the boxes next to the fieldsets to import and then click the 'Import' button.
- The fieldset are imported into the database with '(Recovered)' postfixed to the title.