Using the title of the post in a shortcode

Question

Hi I'm trying to use this plugin: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-simple-website-screenshot/

I am supposed to use the shortcode: [screenshot url="www.example.com"] Because I am writing the code in the single.php file I am using:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[screenshot url="www.example.com"]' ); ?>

But, my problem is that the URL is defined in the title of the post, so I tried:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[screenshot url="<?php the_title(); ?>"]' ); ?>

with no luck.

Is it possible to do a workaround on this?

Answer 1

You're trying to execute PHP inside a string! Instead, concat the string;

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[screenshot url="' . get_the_title() . '"]' ); ?>

Answer 2

Your problem is that <?php the_title(); ?> inside quotation marks doesn't really works change:

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[screenshot url="<?php the_title(); ?>"]' ); ?> 

to :

<?php echo do_shortcode( '[screenshot url="'.the_title().'"]' ); ?>