In Loop Output Place Custom Field Content In Between Paragraphs

Question

I'd like to place the contents of a custom field or variable in between the second and third paragraphs in the loop on a page template.

Is there a way to do this?

So for example, on a client's website I would like them to use the post editor to write out their page content, and keep things simple for them by giving them the ability to write out a call to action in a custom field that diplays between two paragraphs of

the_content();

using either a plugin or a PHP snippet or filter in functions.php.

Thanks very much.

Answer 1

After researching this, here is what works for me:

<?php
$paragraphAfter= 1; //show box after selected paragraph
$content = apply_filters('the_content', get_the_content());
$content = explode("</p>", $content);
for ($i = 0; $i <count($content); $i++) {
if ($i == $paragraphAfter) { ?>
<!-- START OF BLOCKQUOTE -->
stuff
<!-- END OF BLOCKQUOTE -->
<?php
}
echo $content[$i] . "</p>";
} ?>