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1. digiman9999
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi All,

   I've been struggling for hours now trying to get the SIG plug used in content-single.php of twentyeleven.

   <?php
   $ref = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'soundcloud1', true);
   echo do_shortcode('[soundcloud id=$ref artwork=false playerType=html5]'); ?>

   As you can see, the Soundcloud ID is stored in a custom field, so it can be recalled multiple times throughout the site. With this code, the player shows, but the track does not. It seems the $ref is not working, and I don't know how to get it to. Any thoughts?

   Regards
   Digiman

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/soundcloud-is-gold/

2. realtm
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi Digiman,

   maybe try putting your shortcode in a string and then use it in do_shortcode:
   

   $myShortcode = "[soundcloud id=".get_post_meta($post->ID, 'soundcloud1', true)." artwork=false playerType=html5]"
   echo do_shortcode($myShortcode);

   Have you checked what you get from "get_post_meta($post->ID, 'soundcloud1', true)"? I think it's an array and you have to use it like this:

   echo do_shortcode('[soundcloud id=$ref[0] artwork=false playerType=html5]'); ?>

   You can use var_dump($ref) to check, but you might already know that :)

   What are you trying to achieve by the way? Are you trying to place a player outside of content()?

   If it's that; what I did for my website is that I'm adding the player though the soundcloud-is-gold button but in my "content-single.php" I use a regular expression to find the SIG shortcode, remove it from the content and then add it outside in the desired place. This way it's easy to update a page.

3. digiman9999
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi realtm,

   Many thanks for your comment, your PHP skills are much better than mine and worked a treat. It's use is to use WP custom fields to store a Soundcloud ID. This can then be called to include a track either on a single post, or as a compilation of all tracks from all posts, like a jukebox elsewhere on the site. For those looking to do this themselves, here's the final code included in content-single.php, only displaying the Soundcloud box if a track ID is present:

   <?php if (get_post_meta($post->ID,'soundcloud1',true))
   {
   $myShortcode = "[soundcloud id=".get_post_meta($post->ID, 'soundcloud1', true)." artwork=false playerType=html5]";
   echo do_shortcode($myShortcode);
   }
   ?>

   Awesome, cheers

4. realtm
   Member
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Great, I'm glad I could help and thank you for sharing your solution.

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