I need to create a column-system for Wordpress with shortcodes, which is not a problem, but I'm trying to make it with less code.
I have an array with the data needed, I loop through it, create a unique-named function and set it as shortcode-function. The third step is a mystery. How can I create a function from a variable.
Here's an example, how it should be done:
$data[] = "first";
$data[] = "second";
foreach($data as $key => $value) {
function $value($atts,$content) {
return '<div class="'.$value.'">'.$content.'</div>';
}
add_shortcode($value,$value);
}
However, it seems that it's not possible to make it work like that in PHP. Is there any way to make this work, as I would not want to write all the (identical) functions separated. I could make the shortcode something like [col first]text[/col] but the client wants to have different names for every one of them.
you can use the double dollar syntax to use the value of a variable as a variable identifier,
Example:
$variable = "test";
$$variable = "value of test"
echo $test; //or echo $$variable;
I have never tried but you way want to try:
foreach($data as $key => $value)
{
function $$value($atts,$content)
{
}
add_shortcode($value,$value);
}
or a function like create_function
if your using PHP 5.3 or greater then you can do something like so:
$$value = function()
{
}
which should work fine
I'm not sure how WP invocates the functions, but if it uses call_user_func then you might cheat by using an object with virtual methods:
class fake_functions {
function __call($name, $params) {
return '<div class="'.$name.'">'.$params[1].'</div>';
}
}
$obj = new fake_functions();
foreach ($data as $value) {
add_shortcode($value, array($obj,$value));
}
Related
I'm refactoring all the codes given to me and I saw in the code that the're so many repeated variables that is using with other methods
which is this
$tag_id = json_decode($_POST['tag_id']);
$tag_name = json_decode($_POST['tag_name']);
$pname = json_decode($_POST['pname']);
$icode = json_decode($_POST['icode']);
$bname = json_decode($_POST['bname']);
$client = json_decode($_POST['client']);
$package = json_decode($_POST['package']);
$reference = json_decode($_POST['reference']);
$prodcat = json_decode($_POST['prodcat']);
$physical_array = json_decode($_POST['physical_array']);
$chemical_array = json_decode($_POST['chemical_array']);
$physpec_array = json_decode($_POST['physpec_array']);
$micro_array = json_decode($_POST['micro_array']);
$microspec_array = json_decode($_POST['microspec_array']);
$prod_type = json_decode($_POST['prod_type']);
$create_physical_id_array = json_decode($_POST['create_physical_id_array']);
$create_chemical_id_array = json_decode($_POST['create_chemical_id_array']);
$create_micro_id_array = json_decode($_POST['create_micro_id_array']);
my question is how can i just use put it in one method and i'll just call it to other methods instead of repeating that code.
thank you
You can't call it from other methods. Because the variables defined to that method are local. Instead you can define the variables as member variables of that class and access from any method or even from outside class depending upon the access specifier.
protected $a=2;
public function method1()
{
echo $this->a;
}
public function method2()
{
echo $this->a;
}
Put it in an array
$post_array = [];
foreach($_POST as $key => $value)
{
$post_array[$key] = json_decode($value);
}
return $post_array;
and then call it like this
$post_array['create_micro_id_array'];
Since it appears you are very much aware of the variable names you want to use... I'll suggest PHP Variable variables
To do this, you can loop through your $_POST and process the value while using the key as variable name.
foreach($_POST as $key => $value)
{
$$key = json_decode($value);
}
At the end of the day, these 4 lines would generate all that... However i'm not so sure of how friendly it may appear to someone else looking at the code. Give it a shot.
You may try extract function.
extract($_POST);
PHP 5. I'm in a situation where I need to translate a case-insensitive url query to member variables in a PHP object. Basically, I need to know what member variable the url query key points to so I can know if it's numeric or not.
For example:
class Foo{
$Str;
$Num;
}
myurl.com/stuff?$var=value&num=1
When processing this URL query, I need to know that "str" associates with Foo->$Str, etc. Any ideas on how to approach this? I can't come up with anything.
Try something like this.
function fooHasProperty($foo, $name) {
$name = strtolower($name);
foreach ($foo as $prop => $val) {
if (strtolower($prop) == $name) {
return $prop;
}
}
return FALSE;
}
$foo = new Foo;
// Loop through all of the variables passed via the URL
foreach ($_GET as $index => $value) {
// Check if the object has a property matching the name of the variable passed in the URL
$prop = fooHasProperty($foo, $index);
// Object property exists already
if ($prop !== FALSE) {
$foo->{$prop} = $value;
}
}
And it may help to take a look at php's documentation on Classes and Objects.
Example:
URL: myurl.com/stuff?var=value&num=1
Then $_GET looks like this:
array('var' => 'value', 'num' => '1')
Looping through that, we would be checking if $foo has a property var, ($foo->var) and if it has a property num ($foo->num).
I am having trouble returning a value from a multidimensional array using a key ONLY when I externalize to create a function.
To be specific, the following code will work when inline in a page:
<?php
foreach ($uiStringArray as $key) {
$keyVal = $key['uid'];
if($keyVal == 'global001') echo $key['uiString'];
}
?>
However, if I externalize the code as a function, like so:
function getUIString($myKey) {
// step through the string array and find the key that matches the uid,
// then return uiString
$myString = "-1";
foreach ($uiStringArray as $key) {
$keyVal = $key['uid'];
if($keyVal == 'global001') {
$myString = $key['uiString'];
}
}
return $myString;
}
And then call it like this:
<?php getUIString('global001'); ?>
It always returns -1, and will do so even if I use an explicit key in the function rather than a variable. I can't understand why this works inline, but fails as a function.
I'm a relative PHP noob, so please forgive me if this includes a glaring error on my part, but I've searched all over for discussion of this behavior and found none.
All help appreciated.
i think you need to take a look at PHP's Variable Scope. To problem is that PHP isn't typical of other languages where a variable defined outside of a function is visible within. You need to use something like the $GLOBALS variable or declare the variable global to access it.
To better illustrate, picture the following:
$foo = "bar";
function a(){
// $foo is not visible
echo $foo;
}
function b(){
global $foo; // make $foo visible
echo $foo;
}
function c(){
// acccess foo within the global space
echo $GLOBALS['foo'];
}
The same is basically holding true for your $uiStringArray variable in this scenario.
This is a problem with variable scope, see Brad Christie's answer for more details on variable scope.
As for your example, you need to either pass the array to the function or create it inside the function. Try:
function getUIString($myKey, $uiStringArray = array()) {
// step through the string array and find the key that matches the uid,
// then return uiString
$myString = "-1";
foreach ($uiStringArray as $key) {
$keyVal = $key['uid'];
if($keyVal == 'global001') {
$myString = $key['uiString'];
break;
}
}
return $myString;
}
And call the function using
<?php getUIString('global001', $uiStringArray); ?>
You are having this problem because you are overriding you $mystring variable even if it matches. Send your array as your parameter. It is unknown to your function.You just use break if variable matches
function getUIString($myKey, $uiStringArray=array()) {
// step through the string array and find the key that matches the uid,
// then return uiString
$myString = "-1";
foreach ($uiStringArray as $key) {
$keyVal = $key['uid'];
if($keyVal == 'global001') {
$myString = $key['uiString'];
break;
}
}
return $myString;
}
I'm using PHP's global declaration to make an array available to a number of functions in a script. The variable is declared at the top of the script and is referenced with global in each of the functions which uses it, as follows:
<?php
$myarray = array(1, 2, 3);
function print_my_array() {
global $myarray;
print '<ul>';
foreach($myarray as $entry) {
print '<li>'.$entry.'</li>';
}
print '</ul>';
return 0;
}
print_my_array();
?>
Sometimes, but not always, the array is not set when the function is called, generating an error when the foreach is called. In the actual code, the array used is given a very unique name and so should not be causing any collisions with anything else. Am I mis-using the global declaration?
No, the snippet is correct. The problem you're having is the problem of using global variables – they can be accessed and changed from anywhere (perhaps accidental), thereby creating hard-to-find bugs.
By using globals you can hit quite a few gotchas, they'll also make you code less reusable.
Here's an example of your function which can be re-used many times across the site.
(untested)
<?php
function arrayTags($items, $open = '<li>', $close = '</li>')
{
if (is_array($items) && count($items) != 0)
{
$output = null;
foreach ($items as $item) {
$output .= $open . $item . $close;
}
return $output;
}
else
{
return '';
}
}
// Default, <li>
echo '<ul>' . arrayTags($myarray) . '</ul>';
// or, spans:
echo '<div id="container">' . arrayTags($myarray, '<span>', '</span>') . '</div>';
The least you could do is check if the array is null at the top of the function, before you run the foreach. that would at least prevent the error:
function print_my_array() {
global $myarray;
if(!empty($myarray)) {
print '<ul>';
foreach($myarray as $entry) {
print '<li>'.$entry.'</li>';
}
print '</ul>';
}
}
Also, I wouldn't just return 0 for the hell of it. You may want to incorporate whether or not the array was empty into what you return from this function.
$myarray = array(1, 2, 3);
In short you have to only declare it like so:
$myarray = array();
and if you want to populate it with values do that in the class constructor:
public function __construct(){
$myarray = array(1,2,3);
}
I'm no guru, but in my experience it seems that php doesn't like to execute function calls outside of a function within a class.
THIS DOES NOT WORK:
class MyClass {
public $mystring = myfunction();
public function myFunction(){
return true; //and your function code
}
}
so when you use array() it doesn't actually trigger any function call, it just creats an empty variable of type array. when you use array(1,2,3), it has to effectively run the 'create array' which is like a function.
I know annoying, I'd like it to be different, but I don't know a way of doing what you want in php. Let me know if there is a nice way I'd love to hear it!
I need a solution for array_replace_recursive, because my php-version isn't high enough. I want to use this code:
$_GET = array_replace_recursive($_GET, array("__amp__"=>"&"));
easy, isn't it?
On the PHP docs page for array_replace_recursive, someone posted the following source code to use in place of it:
<?php
if (!function_exists('array_replace_recursive'))
{
function array_replace_recursive($array, $array1)
{
function recurse($array, $array1)
{
foreach ($array1 as $key => $value)
{
// create new key in $array, if it is empty or not an array
if (!isset($array[$key]) || (isset($array[$key]) && !is_array($array[$key])))
{
$array[$key] = array();
}
// overwrite the value in the base array
if (is_array($value))
{
$value = recurse($array[$key], $value);
}
$array[$key] = $value;
}
return $array;
}
// handle the arguments, merge one by one
$args = func_get_args();
$array = $args[0];
if (!is_array($array))
{
return $array;
}
for ($i = 1; $i < count($args); $i++)
{
if (is_array($args[$i]))
{
$array = recurse($array, $args[$i]);
}
}
return $array;
}
}
?>
The code above by #Justin is ok, save for 2 things:
Function is not readily available at start of php execution be cause it is wrapped in if(). PHP docu says
When a function is defined in a conditional manner such as the two examples shown. Its definition must be processed prior to being called.
Most importantly; calling the function twice results in fatal error.
PHP docu says
All functions and classes in PHP have the global scope - they can be called outside a function even if they were defined inside and vice versa.
So I just moved the recurse function outside array_replace_recursive function and it worked well. I also removed the if() condition and renamed it to array_replace_recursive_b4php53 for fear of future upgradings