For a Wordpress plugin, I made a function that contains a big HTML portion (following WP docs, I used ob_start and ob_get_clean to insert it):
function myShortcode() {
ob_start();?>
<!-- here a lot of HTML -->
<?php
return ob_get_clean();
}
I would like to put the HTML outside this function and include or require it.
Is this possible? Is there something I should be aware of? Is it preferable file_get_contents? Any other tip is appreciated, thanks in advance
You can move your html to separate file and then include it as simple php file after ob_start()... Yes it will work, just make sure your view.php template partial is Echoing that html, i.e. You may have html outside of php tags e.g.
File view.php
<?php //Template code starts ?>
ALL HTML HERE
<?php // Template code ends ?>
And your current function in current plugin php file will become:
function myShortcode() {
ob_start();
include(PLUGIN_DIR_PATH/templates/view.php);
return ob_get_clean();
}
