Need Proper Syntax For Functions.php Snippet To Fix Error WordPress

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Hi,

When I use this code snippet in functions php it results in an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/edwin/public_html/domain.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/functions.php on line 537


function showcustomcontent() {
return '
<div id="customcontent">
<h2 class="headline">This is a headline</h2>
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut nibh ante. Mauris ac semper neque.
<a class="track" href="http://www.domain.com/information" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Call To Action Links', 'Click', 'Inline Txt']);">anchor text</a> hendrerit consectetur lectus.
</div>
';
}

add_shortcode('customcontent', 'showcustomcontent');


The problem is related to the event tracking stuff, but I don't know how to fix this.

Your help is much appreciated.

Answers (2)

2012-06-29

Dan | gteh answers:

replace it with this:



function showcustomcontent() {

return '

<div id="customcontent">

<h2 class="headline">This is a headline</h2>

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut nibh ante. Mauris ac semper neque.

<a class="track" href="http://www.domain.com/information" onclick="_gaq.push([\'_trackEvent\', \'Call To Action Links\', \'Click\', \'Inline Txt\']);">anchor text</a> hendrerit consectetur lectus.

</div>

';

}



add_shortcode('customcontent', 'showcustomcontent');


You need to escape the single quotes inside the google analytics code. You've opened the function with ' and closed it with ' so you can't use ' inside the function unless you escape it with a slash first.

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Edwin comments:

Thanks Dan!

2012-06-29

Daniel Yoen answers:

try this :


function showcustomcontent() {

return "

<div id=\"customcontent\">

<h2 class=\"headline\">This is a headline</h2>

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut nibh ante. Mauris ac semper neque.

<a class=\"track\" href=\"http://www.domain.com/information\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Call To Action Links', 'Click', 'Inline Txt']);\">anchor text</a> hendrerit consectetur lectus.

</div>

";

}



add_shortcode("customcontent", "showcustomcontent");