Title: Contact Form 7 PHP Invocation Code? Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # Contact Form 7 PHP Invocation Code? * [Greg Rickaby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gregrickaby/) * (@gregrickaby) * [16 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/) * Hello. I am using Thesis, and would like to know if there is PHP invocation code so I can use Hooks rather than a text widget. * Example: instead of this: [contact-form 1 "Contact form 1"] is there: `` ??? Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/page/2/?output_format=md) * [Remon de Vries](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lemodesign/) * (@lemodesign) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166179) * I would love to find this out too so i can put this into a layout rather then using de text editor in wp. * [devicbojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devicbojan/) * (@devicbojan) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166182) * You have it [here](http://www.skepo.info/web-development/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/). * [matrakkas](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matrakkas/) * (@matrakkas) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166186) * Hello! * I tried the code you highlighted in your website Devic, but it is not working for me. * I get the next error: * Fatal error: Call to a member function form_scan_shortcode() on a non-object in /…/public_html/wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/modules/file.php on line 63 * Any idea? * Thanks in advanced * [devicbojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devicbojan/) * (@devicbojan) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166188) * Sorry, I have tested this code only localy on XAMPP and it worked. You only need to add: global $wpcf7_contact_form; as first line of php code, I have updated [post](http://bit.ly/IjJ6Q) on my website. * [semrocc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semrocc/) * (@semrocc) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166195) * Unfortunately I have not been able to get this code working…just produces page errors in ie and stalls out when trying to submit the form. * [Adam Harley (Kawauso)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kawauso/) * (@kawauso) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166196) * Just use [`do_sortcode()`](http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/do_shortcode)? * [semrocc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semrocc/) * (@semrocc) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166197) * Thanks very much…that worked great 🙂 * [devicbojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devicbojan/) * (@devicbojan) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166199) * The code I’ve posted works on my site and in XAMPP just copy paste it. The do_shortcode() works to, I didn’t know about do_shortcode() function. Thank you Kawauso. * [semrocc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semrocc/) * (@semrocc) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166200) * I’m not sure why I couldn’t get your invocation code to work, but the do_shortcode() function seems to be something that probably won’t be affected by updates and newer versions, so probably a better option. * [Kai2810](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kai2810/) * (@kai2810) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166201) * Hi guys, I think I’m having the same problem, trying to embed Contact Form 7 into my template php file. * semrocc, do you mind showing how you use the do_shortcode() function? * I’m a noob in php… * [devicbojan](https://wordpress.org/support/users/devicbojan/) * (@devicbojan) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166202) * Just change the number and name of the contact form * * [semrocc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/semrocc/) * (@semrocc) * [16 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166203) * Yes…exactly as above…thanks * [Designs Genius](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sebyrar/) * (@sebyrar) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166205) * A useful “Invocation code” ! Thanx for the “do_shortcode” I needed ! * [dplatt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dplatt/) * (@dplatt) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166206) * Thank you semrocc and devicbojan the do shortcode is what I needed too! * [alanlongmore](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alanlongmore/) * (@alanlongmore) * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/#post-1166207) * Thank you for this Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 16 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/page/2/?output_format=md) The topic ‘Contact Form 7 PHP Invocation Code?’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 16 replies * 10 participants * Last reply from: [Kai2810](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kai2810/) * Last activity: [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/contact-form-7-php-invocation-code/page/2/#post-1166208) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics