How to add values to a Wordpress template file programmatically? - php

Question

I'm new to Wordpress & PHP, so kindly excuse the naivety of the question, if any.
I'm building a plugin where I need to select values from the database and create a new HTML page with the values. I'm using a custom template file.
What I've done till now
Extracted the values from database
Load & display my own template in my plugin file
add_action( 'init', 'leb_add_endpoint' );
function leb_add_endpoint()
{
add_rewrite_endpoint( 'result', EP_PERMALINK );
}
add_action( 'template_include', 'leb_render_template' );
function leb_render_template($default_template) {
//some code removed for brevity
if ( ! is_singular() || !isset($wp_query->query_vars['result']) )
{
return $default_template;
}
$sample_result = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare($sql));
$default_template = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . '/my-custom-template.php';
return $default_template;
}
The content of my-custom-template.php is as follows
<?php
/* Template Name: My Template*/
echo '<h1>Testing</h1>';
?>
The page gets displayed without any problem. All I want is to insert $sample_result and other similar results pulled form database into my-custom-template.php
I need to generate dynamic pages based on values pulled from DB. So each time, the final page created might be different. E.g. if one hits www.example.com/sample-post/result, a page will be shown with values pulled from the DB. If one hits www.example.com/another-sample-post/result, a different page will be shown with different values. Both these pages will have the same design, only a few values will be different. This is what I'm trying to achieve.
How can I do that? Please help me. I'm stuck. :(

Answer 1

You need to define "result" in query vars.
Use EP_ROOT Endpoint Mask ( result/{var} is located in the root )
Inside template_include hook, you can find result value inside $wp_query object.
I've already tested the code
// Add a new var to query vars
function result_add_query_vars( $vars ){
$vars[] = 'result';
return $vars;
}
add_filter( 'query_vars', 'result_add_query_vars' );
// Add endpoint
function result_add_endpoint() {
add_rewrite_endpoint( 'result', EP_ROOT );
}
add_action( 'init', 'result_add_endpoint');
// change the template
function result_render_template($template)
{
global $wp_query;
if ( array_key_exists( 'result', $wp_query->query_vars ) ) {
$result = get_query_var('result');
$new_template = plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . '/my-custom-template.php';
return $new_template;
} else {
return $template;
}
}
add_action( 'template_include', 'result_render_template' );
Now you can retrieve the query var in your custom template
/*
* Template Name: My Custom Template
*/
$result = get_query_var('result');
echo $result;

Answer 2

Well why don't you use $wp_query Inside your my-custom-template.php
<?php
/* Template Name: My Template*/
global $wp_query;
echo '<pre>';
print_r($wp_query); // Use this in case you want to see what else do you have with you.
echo '<pre/>';
// Now you can use $wp_query to build your dynamic query at run time.
// This will allow you to perform task at run time
?>
To Retrieve Meta
If you have saved something as a meta then
<?php
$meta_values = get_post_meta( $post_id, $key, $single );
?>
To Retrieve Child Post
If you want to retrieve child posts then
<?php
if ( have_posts() ) :
// Start the Loop.
while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
// Do your stuff here such as below
the_title();
the_content();
endwhile;
else:
echo 'No Post Found';
endif;
?>

Answer 3

1) Write this function in function.php in your active template.
function leb_render_template() {
//some code removed for brevity
//$sql = 'YOUR_QUERY_CODE'
$sample_result = $wpdb->get_var($wpdb->prepare($sql));
return $my_template;
}
add_action('wp_ajax_leb_render_template', 'leb_render_template');
add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_leb_render_template', 'leb_render_template');
2) Call function in your custom template.
<?php
/* Template Name: My Template*/
echo '<h1>Testing</h1>';
$result = leb_render_template();
print_r($result); // Print Your function output.
?>