Problem:
I want pass post-fields to own php-function and then display the output in Views loop editor.
What I'm trying to get is function that parses output from 2 different custom fields containing date-time (2017-09-21 11:00:00). I can compare and format them easily in php-function, but not in Views Loop.
How do I pass those two fields to my own php-function and display result in loop?
Solution:
1. How do I pass those two fields to my own php-function and display result in loop?
==> You can make shortcode for your php function and pass those fields in shortcode attributes, like:
[my_custom_shortcode attr_1="field1_shortcode" attr_2="field2_shortcode"]
- Then after processing those fields you can return result back to the shortcode for display..
- Here is WP shortcode API: https://codex.wordpress.org/Shortcode_API
2. Client used following php-code into theme’s functions.php file:
function this_is_test_shortcode_func( $atts ) {
$attlist = shortcode_atts(
array(
'first' => '(no first)',
'second' => '(no second)',
), $atts, 'this_is_test_shortcode' );
return "Output 1: " . $attlist['first'] . " / 2: " . $attlist['second'];
}
add_shortcode( 'this_is_test_shortcode' , 'this_is_test_shortcode_func' );
-- And used shortcode in Loop Output Editor like this:
[this_is_test_shortcode first="[wpv-post-title]" second="[wpv-post-date]"]
It outputs nicely those two fields as a return.
Relevant Documentation:
- https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-custom-functions-in-conditions/
- https://toolset.com/documentation/user-guides/conditional-html-output-in-views/using-shortcodes-in-conditions/
