Including a file via shortcode API

  • Rebecca O'Brien

    (@rjmastey)


    12 years, 5 months ago

    I’m trying to include an external file via a shortcode without using ob_clean, etc. Presently, I have a function that includes the file, which was working on its own, but when I run it through the shortcode API it simply returns true.

    Any [simple] way to hack around this?

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  • fireproofsocks

    (@fireproofsocks)

    12 years, 5 months ago

    Can you paste the key parts of your code? Sometimes manipulating the output buffer (ob) is the only way to make that stuff work, e.g. 

    ob_start();
include $filename;
return ob_get_clean();

    Remember that functions called by shortcode should return data, not print it. WP has a bad habit of blurring the two, and the over-reliance on printing has severe architectural limitations, imo. So maybe your file is printing data, and remember that print is actually a function, so it does RETURN a value… it returns TRUE if it printed successfully.

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