So I have a function in functions.php and I want to call it in other parts of my wordpress site with shortcode, but the problem is that I don't know how to save results of my function into a variable. If anyone can help me I would be very grateful. This is the php code:
<?php
function get_slider() {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'something',
);
$posts = get_posts($args);
echo $posts;
if( $posts ): ?>
<div class="custom-posts-grid">
<?php foreach($posts as $post): setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<?php if( have_rows('poslovna_darila') ): ?>
<?php while( have_rows('poslovna_darila') ): the_row(); ?>
<div class="slider_slick">
<?php // vars
$image = get_sub_field('thumbnail_for_poslovna_darila');
$link = get_sub_field('url_poslovna_darila');
$count = count($posts);
?>
<div class="slide">
<a href="<?php echo $link; ?>">
<img src="<?php echo $image['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['alt'] ?>" class="image-overlay-post" />
</a>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
<?php endif;
}
add_shortcode ('slick_slider' , 'get_slider'); ?>
The code returns array, but I need to get a value out of it or if it's possible the slider.
You can use an output buffer to return the string in your shortcode.
<?php
function get_slider() {
$args = array(
'post_type' => 'something',
);
$posts = get_posts($args);
//echo $posts;
ob_start(); // start the output buffer
if ( $posts ) : ?>
<div class="custom-posts-grid">
<?php foreach ( $posts as $post ) : setup_postdata( $post ); ?>
<?php if ( have_rows('poslovna_darila') ): ?>
<?php while ( have_rows('poslovna_darila') ) : the_row(); ?>
<div class="slider_slick">
<?php // vars
$image = get_sub_field('thumbnail_for_poslovna_darila');
$link = get_sub_field('url_poslovna_darila');
$count = count($posts);
?>
<div class="slide">
<a href="<?php echo $link; ?>">
<img src="<?php echo $image['url']; ?>" alt="<?php echo $image['alt'] ?>" class="image-overlay-post" />
</a>
</div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php endif; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
<?php wp_reset_postdata(); ?>
</div>
<?php endif;
// return the contents of the output buffer as a string
return ob_get_clean();
}
add_shortcode( 'slick_slider' , 'get_slider' ); ?>