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Use the result of a shortcode as a variable

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  • January 12, 2022 at 7:04 AM #33170
    AMXAMX
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    Hi,

    I have a third-party plugin that imports data from external sources.
    The plugin's shortcode works fine in Views for displaying data.

    But I need to make some operations on the data and I'm having some difficulties.

    When I do this:

    {% set my_var %}
[my_shortcode]
{% endset %}

{{my_var}}

    it will display the shortcode result as a number on the front-end, as expected.
    However, in reality my_var is still equal to the text [my_shortcode], so I cannot do mathematical operations on it or save it to a custom field.

    Is there a way to execute the shortcode first, and then have the shortcode's result as a variable (number)?
    I have tried mb.do_shortcode('[my_shortcode]') but it doesn't seem to work...

    Greetings,
    Tom

    January 12, 2022 at 7:12 AM #33171
    AMXAMX
    Participant

    I suppose the shortcode should be evaluated before rendering the template, but I don't know how to achieve that. Perhaps there is a custom function for that?

    January 12, 2022 at 9:26 PM #33190
    Long NguyenLong Nguyen
    Moderator

    Hi Tom,

    I think you can create a function that returns a value in PHP code, then assign it to a variable in Twig. Refer to the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-views/#running-php-functions

    {% set my_function = mb.my_function() %}

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