What i'm getting wrong in this do_shortcode (VSW plugin) WordPress
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to get a video to be displayed by getting values from custom fields and running a shortcode for VSW outside the loop.
My code is :
<?php
$serviceextraitdoc = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'ecpt_service_extrait_doc', true);
$idextraitdoc = get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'ecpt_id_extrait_doc', true);
echo do_shortcode('[vsw id="'.$idextraitdoc.'" source="'.$serviceextraitdoc.'" width="460" height="259" autoplay="no"]'); ?>
If i replace '.$serviceextraitdoc.' by the actual value (vimeo) it does work, print_r ($serviceextraitdoc) echoes the right value (vimeo), yet the above lines don't work and i get a blank area with no value for the source+id URL.
As may be seen here http://lafabriquedureel.fr/tds/docs/philippe-petain/
Not being a PHP pro, would be grateful for the solution...
Cheers
Answers (4)
Hai Bui answers:
Best way to debug this is printing the whole shortcode string:
echo '[vsw id="'.$idextraitdoc.'" source="'.$serviceextraitdoc.'" width="460" height="259" autoplay="no"]';
and see if it's correct or not.
annabelR comments:
Hi Hai Bui,
It returns : [vsw id="17441396" source=" vimeo" width="460" height="259" autoplay="no"]
Which is the correct shortcode ...
Mystery getting thicker.
Hai Bui comments:
you see, there is a space before 'vimeo'
source=" vimeo"
I think this is the problem. I don't know why that space come from but this code may solve the problem:
<?php
$serviceextraitdoc = trim(get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'ecpt_service_extrait_doc', true));
$idextraitdoc = trim(get_post_meta(get_the_ID(), 'ecpt_id_extrait_doc', true));
echo do_shortcode('[vsw id="'.$idextraitdoc.'" source="'.$serviceextraitdoc.'" width="460" height="259" autoplay="no"]'); ?>
annabelR comments:
Thx Hai Bui!
Actually the extra blank space was coming from the custom field itself.
Fixed it : working!
Ivaylo Draganov answers:
Hello,
if outside the loop, you should access the global $post variable, get_the_ID() doesn't work:
<?php
global $post;
$serviceextraitdoc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'ecpt_service_extrait_doc', true);
$idextraitdoc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'ecpt_id_extrait_doc', true);
echo do_shortcode('[vsw id="'.$idextraitdoc.'" source="'.$serviceextraitdoc.'" width="460" height="259" autoplay="no"]');
?>
annabelR comments:
Hi Ivaylo,
Actually the get_the_ID() does work...
Not the problem, i'm afraid.
Arnav Joy answers:
what is the value of $serviceextraitdoc ,did you print it.
echo $serviceextraitdoc;
annabelR comments:
Hey Robin,
I did. Returns the right value (ie. vimeo).
When i replace the '.$serviceextraitdoc.' by the string (vimeo) it does work ?!!
: - (
Arnav Joy comments:
please deactivate all other plugins for once and then try your code.
Francisco Javier Carazo Gil answers:
Ivaylo,
You have a typing error: $idextraitdoc = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'ecpt_id_extrait_doc', true);
Nothing important.
Annabel, is this ok?
Francisco Javier Carazo Gil comments:
Hi Annabel,
If what Ivaylo have said is not the problem, try the next:
1. Look at the value of $serviceextraitdoc: <?php echo "<!-- $serviceextraitdoc -->";?> into an HTML comment to prevent showing, let you can see it from the source code.
2. If all is OK, try to set WP_DEBUG to true and tell me if there are any problem: define('WP_DEBUG', true);
Regards.
annabelR comments:
Hey Francisco,
No typing error ecpt_id_extrait_doc is the id of the custom field i'm getting the value of...
print_r (instead of echo) returns the right value... So i really don't get it...
:- (
I'll try debug mode and will let you know
Cheers,
Francisco Javier Carazo Gil comments:
PHP is a non typed language. So maybe this is the problem.
Try to do a explicit casting:
$serviceextraitdoc = (string)$serviceextraitdoc