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I'm trying to use shortcode in index.php but when I use PHP code in my shortcode, it displays out of shortcode structure.

this HTML code works

<?php echo do_shortcode('[myshortcode label="sample title" Description="Content Goes Here"]'); ?>

this code doesn't work and pushes PHP code out of short code structure

<?php echo do_shortcode('[myshortcode label="'. the_title() .'" Description="Content Goes Here"]'); ?>

it outputs like this:

sample title
<div class="hidden-content">
<span class="show-content"></span>
<div class="showme hidden" style="display: none;">Content Goes Here</div>
</div>

But it must be like this

<div class="hidden-content">
<span class="showcontent">sample title</span>
<div class="showme hidden" style="display: none;">Content Goes Here</div>
</div>
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You need to change the_title() to get_the_title().

You are asking the shortcode to echo out a string that is returning the title.

It would be good for you to research the difference between the_title and get_the_title.

The main difference is that the_title is actually returning the title without any other requirement (this is simplified: there are filters happening as well) but it is why you see it first before the rest of the code.

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  • you mean when working with shortcodes wee need to use get_the_title(). This interesting but works well I did not expect that how simple it was. Commented Oct 8, 2023 at 11:22
  • That's a generalization, but a good rule to follow. Usually in creating shortcodes I add everything to a single variable and then return that variable which is how it is more often done, and in that case yes you need to use get_ functions instead of functions that immediately return data (such as the_), Commented Oct 8, 2023 at 18:48

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