Multiple PHP Instances

  • Resolved Kevin4fm

    (@kevin4fm)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hi Alexander

    I’m trying to find a replacement for another PHP plugin, which seems under some circumstances to be generating an error message. I’m using PHP extensively on a site I’m developing and have got used to just putting “<? php …. ?>” anywhere – in posts, pages, templates etc. I’ve got posts and templates which switch from html to php … then back … then back again, etc.

    Is there a way of using multiple instances of the shortcode within the same post? Or is it necessary to put everything after the first PHP instance inside the one shortcode wrapper? If the latter, what happens if there’s PHP in a template using the shortcode, then there’s another instance of the shortcode within the post the template is being applied to?

    Or do I just need to try it, to find out? 🙂

    Any info / guidance very gratefully received.

    Best regards,

    Kevin

    https://wordpress.org/plugins/php-everywhere/

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  • ferguson4848

    (@ferguson4848)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    I’m wondering the same thing. Did you ever find an answer?

    Thread Starter Kevin4fm

    (@kevin4fm)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Unfortunately not. I’ve put off using the plugin I want to use, activation of which causes my current PHP plugin to generate an error message. So I haven’t really faced up to the problem yet.

    Till now I’ve been using the plugin ‘PHP Code For Posts’. It allows me to switch almost seamlessly between HTML and PHP by just surrounding the PHP in standard ‘<? PHP’ and ‘<? >’ tags – whether in templates, within actual posts or even widgets. It’s only one plugin (WP-Movies .. or some such name) which is highlighting an incorrect syntax error in the PHP plugin. Others haven’t before, and the sites I’ve been using it on are pretty heavy on plugin use. So if you haven’t tried that PHP plugin, it’s worth installing and trying it to see if you get an error with your particular group of plugins. If you don’t, great! It’s done everything I’ve needed it to till now. Unfortunately I don’t think it’s being actively supported / developed any more, so I can’t just fire the issue at the developer. 🙁

    Hope this helps a little. 🙂

    Best regards,

    Kevin

    Thread Starter Kevin4fm

    (@kevin4fm)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    I’ve just remembered, and thought I should add, that I ONLY get the error message on an offline development site I use, using a phantom XAMP server. I don’t get it on my live ‘online’ site. So if you do your developing online, it makes it even more likely that ‘PHP Code For Posts’ will solve your problems. 🙂

    Plugin Author Alex

    (@alexander_fuchs)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Hi, sorry for answering late. At the moment this plugin only supports one instance, but I am looking into implementing multiple shortcodes.

    Thread Starter Kevin4fm

    (@kevin4fm)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Many thanks for the response. I’ll await the outcome of your pondering with baited breath. 🙂

    I’ve mentioned another plugin a couple of times above. Till now it has allowed me to just switch virtually seamlessly between PHP and HTML. (Doesn’t even need shortcodes … at least not conscious ones!) It MAY provide a ‘Eureka!’ moment, if you’re seeking inspiration. 🙂

    Plugin Author Alex

    (@alexander_fuchs)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    I jsut updated the plugin with my own implementation

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