PHP Code inside Shortcodes

  • Alberto

    (@ahorihuela)


    13 years, 2 months ago

    Hey guys,

    I have been struggling to figure this out. Is there any way to write a php code inside a shortcode to display it in a template? He is what I mean:

    Take this:
    <?php echo do_shortcode("[link item='example']"); ?>

    And turn it into this:
    <?php echo do_shortcode("[link item='SOME PHP HERE']"); ?>

    What I am trying to do is define the item=’value’ in each post customfield and have the shortcode read that data as php, instead of defining the content inside the ” as text.

    Is that possible somehow?

    Thank you gang!

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  • racer x

    (@racer-x-1)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    This should work:

    do_shortcode("[link item='{$variable}']");

    (Note: use double quotes on the outer.)

    Curtiss Grymala

    (@cgrymala)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    That should work, as should:

    do_shortcode('[link item="' . $variable . '"]');

    Keep in mind that this is obviously only possible when calling the do_shortcode() function from within a PHP file. There wouldn’t really be any safe way to use PHP code within an actual shortcode in a post or page.

    Thread Starter Alberto

    (@ahorihuela)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    AWESOME GUYS! Thanks for the help here – will test it out tonight and see how it works.

    Thread Starter Alberto

    (@ahorihuela)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    Guys – thanks again for the help – worked like a charm!

    racer x

    (@racer-x-1)

    13 years, 2 months ago

    You are very welcome!

    darkscot

    (@darkscot)

    12 years, 11 months ago

    Trying to put php inside the shortcode. Each page assigned a number $id_number

    <?php echo do_shortcode(“[events label='{$id_number}’]”); ?>

    This should show only those events with label value which matches the page number. It ends up showing them all. Any ideas anyone?

    p.s. <?php echo $id_number ?> does work and returns the value of the page number.

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