Basic PHP echo Meta field into Shortcode WordPress

• SOLVED

Using a cart called Phpurchase,

<strong>Source:</strong> [[LINK href="http://wcdco.info/b9"]]http://wcdco.info/b9[[/LINK]]

I want my author to place a product ID inside a meta field and have that ID echoed into a PHP short code.

<strong>Shortcode Example;</strong>

<?php echo do_shortcode('[cart-button item="PRODUCT ID HERE" showprice="only"]'); ?>

<strong>Current meta code;</strong> <em>(Product ID here)</em>

<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', true);?>

<strong>Broken Example;</strong>

<?php echo do_shortcode('[cart-button item=" <strong><?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', true);?></strong> " showprice="only"]'); ?>

<strong>Related question directly to developer;</strong>

<em>“Yes, PHPurchase uses shortcodes that you can either embed directly into you page or post content or you can use in your header, footer, sidebar, etc by using the code:”</em>

<?php echo do_shortcode('[shortcode]'); ?>

Any assistance would be much appreciated!

Answers (3)

2010-11-11

Edouard Duplessis answers:

<?php echo do_shortcode('[cart-button item="'.get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', true).'" showprice="only"]'); ?>

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West Coast Design Co. comments:

"Could not load product information" ... hmm

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West Coast Design Co. comments:

lol … so I entered a ‘price’ instead of an id from the product, it works … thanks!

2010-11-11

Nilesh shiragave answers:


<?php echo do_shortcode('[cart-button item="'.get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', true).'" showprice="only"]'); ?>


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Nilesh shiragave comments:

what is price? as you are getting price meta value. if you are entering product id using any other custom field then just replace price with the meta name


<?php echo do_shortcode('[cart-button item="'.get_post_meta($post->ID, 'price', true).'" showprice="only"]'); ?>



2010-11-11

Merne Asplund answers:

Nilesh's example should work. If not, try setting the product ID to a variable to use in the do_shortcode:


<?php

$prod_ID = echo get_post_meta($post->ID, 'product_id', true);

echo do_shortcode('[cart-button item="'$prod_ID'" showprice="only"]');

?>