Check if two custom shortcodes are equal. WordPress

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I have two functions (one resides in functions.php<em>(sc2)</em> and the other is in a plugin<em>(sc1)</em>) I need one shortcode to check if the two are equal.

<strong>Sample Usage:</strong> [chapter_status id="664"]
This will check to see if the number of read pages equals the total number of subpages. I already have two functions I "just" need a shortcode that will check if the two are equal.

See functions below:
<em><strong>SC 1</strong></em>
function dekciw_ru_count($atts){
global $wpdb, $post, $current_user;
get_currentuserinfo();
$table_name = $wpdb->prefix . "dekciw_ru";
extract(shortcode_atts(array('username' => '', 'parent' => ''), $atts));
if(empty($username)) {
$username = $current_user->user_login;
}
if(empty($parent)){
$post_count = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare("SELECT COUNT(*) FROM " . $table_name . " WHERE author_name = '$username' AND readstatus = '1';"));
return $post_count;
} else {
$read_child_pages = 0;
$read_posts = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT * FROM " . $table_name . " WHERE author_name ='$username' AND readstatus = '1';");
if(empty($read_posts)) { return 0;}
foreach($read_posts as $r_post){
$read_posts_ids[] .= $r_post->post_id;
}
$children = get_posts(array('post_type' => 'page', 'post_parent' => $parent, 'numberposts' => -1, 'post_status' => 'published'));
foreach($children as $child) {
if(in_array($child->ID, $read_posts_ids)) {
$read_child_pages++;
}
}
return $read_child_pages;
/*print count($children);*/
}
}

add_shortcode('read_count', 'dekciw_ru_count');


and
<em><strong>SC 2</strong></em>
function sum_subpages($atts) {
$atts = extract(shortcode_atts(array('id'=>''),$atts));
$subpages = get_pages(array('child_of' => $id, 'parent' => $id, 'hierarchical' => 0));
$amount = count($subpages);
return $amount;
}
add_shortcode('subpages','sum_subpages');

So I need a function/shortcode that would basically do:

if ([read_count parent=664]==[subpages id=664]) echo "<p>finished</p>";
else echo "<p>not finished</p>";

Note: If it's needed or makes it easier I can move/copy the second function into the plugin file while there first one is since I cant move the first function as it uses a few variables it references from above.

Thanks,

Answers (1)

2011-01-17

Utkarsh Kukreti answers:

if ( do_shortcode('[read_count parent=664]') == do_shortcode('[subpages id=664]'))
echo "<p>finished</p>";
else
echo "<p>not finished</p>";

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platinum comments:

Thanks but this is not what I am looking for. This is just a template tag..
I need a shortcode where I can change the attribute and use in the loop.

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Utkarsh Kukreti comments:

So, you will add this in your post

[chapter_status id="664"]

and it should return 'finished' or 'not finished' based on the results of the two shortcodes above?

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Utkarsh Kukreti comments:

add_shortcode('chapter_status', 'chapter_status');
function chapter_status($atts) {
if(!isset($atts['id'])) return;
$id = $atts['id'];
if(dekciw_ru_count(array('parent' => $id)) == sum_subpages(array('id' => $id))) {
return "<p>Finished</p>";
} else {
return "<p>Not Finished</p>";
}
}