PHP and Shortcode Combination

Question

On my website i would like to display the social locker wordpress plugin around a custom field.

<?php echo do_shortcode('[sociallocker]'.$to_lock.'[/sociallocker]');?>

Here is my custom field

<?php the_field('link'); ?>

Social locker requires a open and close shortcode:

[sociallocker id="16619"]
[/sociallocker]

The following does not work correctly:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[sociallocker id="16619"]'); ?>
<?php the_field('link'); ?>
<?php echo do_shortcode('[/sociallocker]'); ?>

Could you write then what does this code display on your HTML page? And have you tried to use <?= get_field ('link'); ?> instead of <?php the_field('link'); ?> — SergeyLebedev
– SergeyLebedev, Commented Nov 12, 2016 at 23:17

Khorshed Alam · Accepted Answer · 2016-11-14 16:25:54Z

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The function do_shortcode accept a single shortcode, you can't pass parts of the shortcode (open tag, content, closing tag) separately.

In case there is opening and closing shortcode, you should call it like following.

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[s_tag]' . $content . '[/s_tag]' ); ?>

So, you've to update your following lines to

<?php echo do_shortcode('[sociallocker id="16619"]'); ?>
<?php the_field('link'); ?>
<?php echo do_shortcode('[/sociallocker]'); ?>

With a single do_shortcode call.

<?php echo do_shortcode('[sociallocker id="16619"]' . get_field('link') . '[/sociallocker]'); ?>

answered Nov 13, 2016 at 5:06

Khorshed Alam

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