Question

Use shortcode within PHP file

Asked by: jonathen

Hi experts,

I am using a Wordpress plugin and would like to call it on the main page (the blog page). But of course this page is not accessible for editing within the Wordpress admin, so I can only edit the actual php file. However, adding the short code to this file will of course not work, and simply display as plain text. So how can I trick the php file to view the shortcode as Wordpress would?

Thanks

Jon

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Asked On: 2009-03-27 at 09:12:07ID24271636
Tags: wordpress
,; short code
,; php
Topic: WordPress
Participating Experts: 1
Points: 0
Comments: 24

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Answers

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-27 at 23:01:00ID: 24007404

which wordpress plugin are you using? Do you have access to your theme files?

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:15:21ID: 24007972

nextgen-smooth-gallery (a plugin that adds features to the nextgen gallery plugin). Yes, I have access to all source files. I have tried using:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[smooth id="3"]'); ?>

...as the shortcode is "smooth" and do_shortcode should allow you to use shortcode within a PHP file, but it doesn't work for this plugin.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:23:01ID: 24007991

by the php file, you mean that PHP file is a part of wordpress theme? Tell me even if its not, I can suggest a solution.

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:26:40ID: 24007997

Yes, it is called banner.php and it's called within the front page (blog page) of my custom Wordpress theme. both banner.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:28:29ID: 24008001

OK

Please attach code for index.php and banner.php separately.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:29:45ID: 24008005

Also your functions.php file code.

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:36:50ID: 24008022

This is banner.php

<?php
	global $options;
	foreach ($options as $value) {
	    if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); } }
?>
 
<?php if (is_home()){ ?>
 
<?php echo do_shortcode('[smooth=id:3]'); ?>
 
<?php } ?>

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by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:38:22ID: 24008026

ok please give code for other two files.

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:40:00ID: 24008030

This is index.php

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" <?php language_attributes() ?>>
<head>
	<?php get_header(); ?>
</head>
<body>
	<div class="main">
		<div class="container">
			<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/head.php"); ?>
 
			<div class="content span-24">
				<div class="posts span-17 last">
					<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/banner.php"); ?>
 
					<div class="paddings">
						<ul class="items">
							<?php if (have_posts()) : ?>
							<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
							<li>
								<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/item.php"); ?>
							</li>
							<?php endwhile; ?>
							<?php else : ?>
							<li>
								<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/missing.php"); ?>
							</li>
							<?php endif; ?>
							<li>
								<div class="navigation">
									<div class="fl"><?php next_posts_link(__('&laquo; Older Entries', 'default')) ?></div>
			                        <div class="fr"><?php previous_posts_link(__('Newer Entries &raquo;', 'default')) ?></div>
			                    	<div class="clear"></div>
		                        </div>
		                    </li>
						</ul>
					</div>
				</div>
 
				<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
			</div>
			<div class="clear"></div>
 
			<?php include (TEMPLATEPATH . "/footer.php"); ?>
		</div>
	</div>
</body>
</html>

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by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:41:39ID: 24008036

and finally, this is functions.php

<?php
 
if ( function_exists('register_sidebar') ) {
    register_sidebar(array(
		'1' => 'Wide',
        'before_widget' => '<div id="%1$s" class="%2$s">',
        'after_widget' => '</div>',
        'before_title' => '<h3>',
        'after_title' => '</h3>',
    ));
 
}
 
	/* -------------------------------------------------
				  SEARCH WIDGET
	-------------------------------------------------- */
	// define the widget
	function widget_search() {
		global $tag_widget_title;
?>
			<div class="widget_search">
				<h3><?php _e('Search', 'default'); ?></h3>
				<form action="<?php bloginfo('home'); ?>/" method="post">
					<div class="search-wrapper">
						<input type="text" value="" class="textfield" name="s" />
						<input type="submit" value="Find" class="button" />
					</div>
				</form>
			</div>
 
 
<?php
	}
 
	// if wp supports widgets, register it (make it available)
	if (function_exists('register_sidebar_widget'))
		register_sidebar_widget('Search', 'widget_search');
 
$themename = "Gear";
$shortname = "gear";
$dir = get_bloginfo ( 'template_directory' );
$options = array (
    array(  "name" => "Theme's width",
            "id" => $shortname."_width",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "wide",
            "options" => array("Standard" => "standard",
    		"Wide" => "wide"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Background",
            "id" => $shortname."_bg",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "#B6DB4A url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/greenbg.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
            "options" => array("Scouts theme (default)" => "#B6DB4A url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/greenbg.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
            "Two gears" => "#1E2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/two-gears.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Two gears (yellow)" => "#1E2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/two-gears-yellow.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Two gears (grayscale)" => "#e7e8e8 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/two-gears-gray.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"One gear" => "#1E2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/gear.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Lines" => "#1E2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/lines.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Lines (grayscale)" => "#e7e8e8 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/lines-gray.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Lines (intensive)" => "#1E2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/lines-intensive.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Clover" => "#1E2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/clover.gif) repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Solid (light black)" => "#1E2022 none no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Solid (grey)" => "#e7e8e8 none no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Gradient (dark)" => "#1e2022 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/gradient-dark.gif) repeat-x scroll 0 0",
    		"Gradient (grey)" => "#e3e4e4 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/gradient-grey.gif) repeat-x scroll 0 0",
    		"Gradient (grey reversed)" => "#b9baba url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/gradient-grey-rev.gif) repeat-x scroll 0 0",
    		"Shiny" => "#E3E4E4 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/shining.png) repeat-x scroll center top"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Header background",
            "id" => $shortname."_header_bg",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "black url(" . $dir . "/images/header.png) repeat-x scroll 0 0",
            "options" => array("Scouts theme (default)" => "#4d1979",
            "Black gradient" => "black url(" . $dir . "/images/header-pattern.gif) repeat-x scroll 0 0",
    		"Black (solid)" => "black no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Drops (dark)" => "#e7e8e8 url(" . $dir . "/images/header-bg-drops.gif) repeat-x scroll 0 0"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Logo visibility",
            "id" => $shortname."_logo_visibility",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "on",
            "options" => array("Show" => "on",
    		"Hide" => "off"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Email's icon visibility",
            "id" => $shortname."_email_visibility",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "on",
            "options" => array("Show" => "on",
    		"Hide" => "off"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Search visibility",
            "id" => $shortname."_search_visibility",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "on",
            "options" => array("Show" => "on",
    		"Hide" => "off"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Banner's visibility",
            "id" => $shortname."_banner_visibility",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "on",
            "options" => array("Show" => "on",
    		"Hide" => "off"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Banner's background",
            "id" => $shortname."_banner_bg",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "#5C9EBA url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-blue-extended.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
            "options" => array("Blue (default)" => "#5C9EBA url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-blue-extended.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Blue intensive" => "#4da1d4 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-blue-intensive.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Blue dark" => "#7d92a0 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-blue-dark.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Brown" => "#cf8023 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-brown.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Brown (old)" => "#f09a53 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Brown (gradient)" => "#cf7c2c url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-brown-gradient.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0",
    		"Brown (yellowish)" => "#ca8900 url(" . $dir . "/images/bg/banner/banner-bg-yellow.gif) no-repeat scroll 0 0"
    		),
        ),
    array(  "name" => "Banner's image",
            "id" => $shortname."_banner_image",
            "type" => "select",
            "std" => "gear.png",
            "options" => array("Gear" => "gear.png",
    		"Bird" => "bird.png",
    		"Bulb" => "bulb.png",
    		"Earth" => "earth.png",
    		"User" => "user.png",
    		"User 2" => "user2.png",
    		"Binoculars" => "bino.png"
    		),
        ),
        array(  "name" => "Banner's text",
            "id" => $shortname."_banner_text",
            "type" => "textarea",
            "std" => ""
        )
 
);
 
 
foreach ($options as $value) {
    if (get_settings( $value['id'] ) === FALSE) { $$value['id'] = $value['std']; } else { $$value['id'] = get_settings( $value['id'] ); } }
 
 
function mytheme_add_admin() {
 
    global $themename, $shortname, $options;
 
    if ( $_GET['page'] == basename(__FILE__) ) {
 
        if ( 'save' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
 
                foreach ($options as $value) {
                    update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ); }
 
 
                foreach ($options as $value) {
                    if( isset( $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ] ) ) { update_option( $value['id'], $_REQUEST[ $value['id'] ]  ); } else { delete_option( $value['id'] ); } }
 
                wp_redirect("themes.php?page=functions.php&saved=true");
                die;
 
        } else if( 'reset' == $_REQUEST['action'] ) {
 
            foreach ($options as $value) {
                delete_option( $value['id'] ); }
 
            header("Location: themes.php?page=functions.php&reset=true");
            die;
 
        }
    }
    add_theme_page($themename." Options", "Theme Options", 'edit_themes', basename(__FILE__), 'mytheme_admin');
}
 
function mytheme_admin() {
 
    global $themename, $shortname, $options;
 
    if ( $_REQUEST['saved'] ) echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong>'.$themename.' settings saved.</strong></p></div>';
    if ( $_REQUEST['reset'] ) echo '<div id="message" class="updated fade"><p><strong>'.$themename.' settings reset.</strong></p></div>';
 
?>
<div class="wrap">
<h2><?php echo $themename; ?> <?php _e('settings', 'default'); ?></h2>
 
<form method="post">
 
<table class="optiontable">
 
<?php foreach ($options as $value) {
 
if ($value['type'] == "text") { ?>
 
<tr valign="top">
    <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
    <td>
        <input name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" type="<?php echo $value['type']; ?>" value="<?php if ( get_option( $value['id'] ) != "") { echo get_option( $value['id'] ); } else { echo $value['std']; } ?>" />
    </td>
</tr>
 
<?php } elseif ($value['type'] == "select") { ?>
 
    <tr valign="top">
        <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
        <td>
            <select name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>">
                <?php foreach ($value['options'] as $key => $val) { ?>
                <option value="<?php echo $val; ?>"<?php if (get_option ( $value['id'] )) {if ( get_option( $value['id'] ) == $val) { echo ' selected="selected"'; }} elseif ($val == $value['std']) { echo ' selected="selected"'; } ?>><?php echo $key; ?></option>
                <?php } ?>
            </select>
        </td>
    </tr>
 
<?php } elseif ($value['type'] == "textarea") { ?>
 
	<tr valign="top">
	    <th scope="row"><?php echo $value['name']; ?>:</th>
	    <td>
	        <textarea cols="100" rows="10" name="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>" id="<?php echo $value['id']; ?>"><?php if ( get_option( $value['id'] ) != "") { echo get_option( $value['id'] ); } else { echo $value['std']; } ?></textarea>
	    </td>
	</tr>
 
 
<?php
}
}
?>
 
</table>
 
<p class="submit">
<input name="save" type="submit" value="Save changes" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="save" />
</p>
</form>
<form method="post">
<p class="submit">
<input name="reset" type="submit" value="Reset" />
<input type="hidden" name="action" value="reset" />
</p>
</form>
 
<?php
}
 
add_action('admin_menu', 'mytheme_add_admin');
 
 
function theme_init(){
	load_theme_textdomain('default', get_template_directory() . '/languages');
}
add_action ('init', 'theme_init');
 
?>

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by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 04:46:15ID: 24008053

Yes I see the problem

You need to create a function in functions.php file which supports the shortcode for this plugin you are using. Sample is available at

http://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 05:07:24ID: 24008120

Okay, that makes sense. Not really sure where to start though - any help? Thanks!

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 05:45:56ID: 24008222

Can you upload your theme somewhere in one zip file. Also where from I can download the plugin you are using. This would help me quickly fix the issue.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 05:46:54ID: 24008225

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-smooth-gallery/

This plugin right?

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 05:50:10ID: 24008237

Yes, that is the right plugin.

I don't see the point of uploading the whole theme, as all the files that will be affected (functions.php, banner.php and index.php) are already on this page. I understand I need to create a function to enable the shortcode for this plugin, but as I'm new to Wordpress and PHP, I don't really know how to write the function for this.

Thanks.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 05:51:53ID: 24008244

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 06:01:12ID: 24008285

OK

I was trying to help quickly

On Line # 9 in banner.php, just replace the whole (including php start/end markers)

<?php echo do_shortcode('[smooth=id:3]'); ?>

with this code

[smoothgallery id=3]

and let me know what happens. I hope it will solve your problem.

More help is at http://www.christianschenk.org/projects/wordpress-smoothgallery-plugin/

<?php //echo do_shortcode('[smooth=id:3]'); ?>
// Add this following 
[smoothgallery id=3]

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by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 06:12:01ID: 24008337

That simply echoes [smoothgallery id=3] on the page as plain text (the same as the smooth tag does).

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 06:42:36ID: 24008467

Yes that wont work in simple php content as its not the content generated by the wordpress, rather its plain PHP. So shortcode is not an option here. You will have to use the simple php function call for smoothgallery.

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 06:50:08ID: 24008493

Ok, so what is this function call? Could you please provide me with an example? Thanks.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 07:22:52ID: 24008624

Follow the how to here at

http://www.christianschenk.org/projects/wordpress-smoothgallery-plugin/integration-into-your-theme/#howto

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 10:56:28ID: 24009448

Ummm, thanks but...that's relevant only to the smoothgallery plugin itself, not for the version that is designed for NextGen - therefore, neither config.php that the article refers to nor the function called insertSmoothGallery() exist. The plugin I have is from here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-smooth-gallery/

by: jonathenPosted on 2009-03-28 at 18:00:59ID: 24010963

Well, I've given up on that plugin and instead used the slideshow option for NextGen gallery, which I've now enabled. Thanks for trying to help anyway.

by: FahdmurtazaPosted on 2009-03-28 at 23:01:06ID: 24011596

OK Jonathan.

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