Shortcode just with a php code

Question

I have one php file in wordpress where have a php variable $tt->name.

This $tt->name I want to convert into a shortcode so I canuse it somewhere else on the website.

Let me explain step by step. First I have search where user choose taxonomy and then type in search box and click on search.

On search result page, taxonomy is as $tt->name (Because there are 3-4 types of result, depend on what user choose, like if 1st taxonomy then another result and if 2nd taxonomy then a message, if 3rd taxonomy then a pic and so on..

But all on the top have line, "You have chosen taxonomy 1" and that 1 is $tt->name in code actually. Now there is a form just in next with title, contact us and there is a field which I want value of $tt->name. That's why I need shortcode. Because I want to use this shortcode somewhere else in the website.

Any solution for this?

Thanks

Answer 1

It sound like you can accomplish this with 2 PHP functions.

1) Save the searched taxonomy to the user's session. When they re-run the search function, update the taxonomy that was searched. This way if its saved to their session, you can use it elsewhere on the site just for that user.

2) Create a shortcode to display that saved taxonomy.

// ... search function that gets $tt. 
save_searched_taxonomy($tt->name);
//...

function save_searched_taxonomy($taxonomy){
    $_SESSION['searched_taxonomy'] == $taxonomy;
}


function get_searched_taxonomy_shortcode(){
    return $_SESSION['saved_taxonomy'];
}
add_shortcode('searched_taxonomy', 'get_searched_taxonomy_shortcode');

Then on other pages, you can call your shortcode and have it refer to whatever that user searched for.

[searched_taxonomy]