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1. PinkishHue
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Hi folks,

   In my single.php template under the post content I have the code for a shortcode with some html between the opening and closing parts of the shortcode.

   Within the html I would like to display the post ID, however the usual method '<?php the_ID(); ?>' doesn't seem to be working. There's probably a simple way to get around this - can anyone advise me?

   Example:

   '<?php echo do_shortcode('[hide-this-part]

   this is where I put my html...blablabla...

   [/hide-this-part]'); ?>'

   This is before the end of the loop.

   Thanks a lot for any help you can give me.

   Jo

2. PinkishHue
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   Have re-posted this question in the themes & templating section as I realised this maybe wasn't the best place for it. Apologies for the double post.

   Here is the other thread: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/displaying-post-id-within-shortcode-php-in-template-1?replies=1

   [please stay with your current topic - it does not matter too much in what sub forum you are posting. other, duplicate thread removed]

3. PinkishHue
   Member
   Posted 8 months ago #

   I found the answer to this, I think at first I was not searching for the right terms, but when I searched php inside echo things made more sense (thanks to this post - http://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-inside-php-echo)

   Posting the solution here in case anyone is interested:

   <?php echo do_shortcode('[hide-this-part]
   this is where I put my html...blablabla...
   '. the_id() .'
   [/hide-this-part]'); ?>

   I also had trouble having the post ID generated as part of the item name of a Paypal button WITHIN the shortcode area, and that worked by using:

   . get_the_ID() .

   instead of . the_id() .

   Will mark this as resolved now.

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