PHP and wp custom fields ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh help - GoFuckYourself.com

Manfap · 03-16-2013, 10:40 AM

I´m fucking about in wp with custom fields calling the video url for the flowplayer plugin and I´m getting Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on.....

Code:

<?php
 flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?>]');
 ?>

but

Code:

<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=/videos/example.flv]'); ?>

works

so I assumed its because I´m calling php again on the echo..
I tried

Code:

<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true)]'); ?>

but get Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on..... again

it´s not pulling the echo so I tried $string

This doesn´t break anything I actually get the page but it pulls echo as the filename

Code:

<?php
$string= " <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?> ";

 flowplayer('[flowplayer src=echo $string;]'); ?>

so I tried

Code:

 <?php
$string= "flowplayer('[flowplayer src=";
$string .="echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true)";
$string .="]')";
echo $string;
 ?>

which gives me

Code:

flowplayer('[flowplayer src=echo get_post_meta(142, '_wpb_video', true)]')

which seems to work codewise, but its posting it as text with "" surrounding it, rather than php.

so do I need to include <?php and ?> in the string? and it so how?
or how do make it so it s doesnt post the code within ""

if I do something like

Code:

 <?php
$string= "<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=";
$string .="echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true)";
$string .="]')" ?>;
echo $string;
 ?>

it doesnt complete the code due to the first ?>;

But because of my limited php knowledge thats me stuck.. anyone got any ideas.

Naughty · 03-16-2013, 10:45 AM

Code:

 flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, \'_wpb_video\', true); ?>]');

?

EddyTheDog · 03-16-2013, 10:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naughty

Code:

 flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, \'_wpb_video\', true); ?>]');

?

Its quotes - but not those ones - Maybe I can do it in the morning...

Naughty · 03-16-2013, 10:59 AM

Did you actually echo the function??

Manfap · 03-16-2013, 11:16 AM

wow that was quick.. thx for the replies.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Naughty

Did you actually echo the function??

The flowplayer is pulled as

Code:

<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=videos/example.flv]'); ?>

which is how they tell you to on their site
foliovision. com/seo-tools/wordpress/plugins/fv-wordpress-flowplayer

and works, it´s when I start messing with the content, switching it to pulling from a custom field it all goes pear-shaped and that is getting pulled on an echo.

Code:

<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?>]'); ?>

or did you mean something else?

I tried

Code:

]<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, \'_wpb_video\', true); ?>]'); ?>

the player parses now but pulls the vid url as sitename.com/<?php

Quote:

Originally Posted by EddyTheDog

Its quotes - but not those ones - Maybe I can do it in the morning...

thx.

hulker · 03-16-2013, 11:27 AM

Something like this should work php wise :

<?php
$postMeta = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true);
?>

flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo $postMeta ?>]');

Colmike9 · 03-16-2013, 11:31 AM

<?php
flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?>]');
?>

You're getting the parse error because you are trying to php echo inside an already open php call.. Try to concatenate the strings instead.

Manfap · 03-16-2013, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hulker

Something like this should work php wise :

<?php
$postMeta = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true);
?>

flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo $postMeta ?>]');

that returns the correct code

Code:

flowplayer('[flowplayer src=/2/2E/2EBBC2H3H0/8/0/7/1/c11708/fb43ba21e2/11708_01/01/11708_01_120sec_00.mp4]');

but as text if I php this flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo $postMeta ?>]'); it shows the player but doesnt pull the correct url for the vid it returns sitename.com/<?php... as the video

Quote:

Originally Posted by Colmike7

<?php
flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?>]');
?>

You're getting the parse error because you are trying to php echo inside an already open php call.. Try to concatenate the strings instead.

Seems when I try and return the string I can get the code.. but then it doesnt treat the flowplayer as php it shows as text.

Serves me right for trying to be clever.. hehe.

Manfap · 03-16-2013, 01:02 PM

Solved it

Code:

<?php
	$vid = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true);
	$splash = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_poster', true);
{ echo flowplayer( '[flowplayer src="' . $vid . '" width=580 height=326 splashend=show splash="' . $splash . '" autoplay=true]'); } ?>

Incase anyone ever needs to pull a vid from a custom field using flowplayer in wp.
this works.

03-16-2013, 10:40 AM	#1
Manfap Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,624	PHP and wp custom fields ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh help I´m fucking about in wp with custom fields calling the video url for the flowplayer plugin and I´m getting Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on..... Code: <?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?>]'); ?> but Code: <?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=/videos/example.flv]'); ?> works so I assumed its because I´m calling php again on the echo.. I tried Code: <?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true)]'); ?> but get Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING on..... again it´s not pulling the echo so I tried $string This doesn´t break anything I actually get the page but it pulls echo as the filename Code: <?php $string= " <?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?> "; flowplayer('[flowplayer src=echo $string;]'); ?> so I tried Code: <?php $string= "flowplayer('[flowplayer src="; $string .="echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true)"; $string .="]')"; echo $string; ?> which gives me Code: flowplayer('[flowplayer src=echo get_post_meta(142, '_wpb_video', true)]') which seems to work codewise, but its posting it as text with "" surrounding it, rather than php. so do I need to include <?php and ?> in the string? and it so how? or how do make it so it s doesnt post the code within "" if I do something like Code: <?php $string= "<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src="; $string .="echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true)"; $string .="]')" ?>; echo $string; ?> it doesnt complete the code due to the first ?>; But because of my limited php knowledge thats me stuck.. anyone got any ideas. Last edited by Manfap; 03-16-2013 at 10:43 AM..

03-16-2013, 10:45 AM	#2
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03-16-2013, 10:59 AM	#4
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03-16-2013, 11:27 AM	#6
hulker Registered User Industry Role: Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 26	Something like this should work php wise : <?php $postMeta = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?> flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo $postMeta ?>]'); __________________ pervypig.com

03-16-2013, 11:31 AM	#7
Colmike9 (>^_^)b Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 7,225	<?php flowplayer('[flowplayer src=<?php echo get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); ?>]'); ?> You're getting the parse error because you are trying to php echo inside an already open php call.. Try to concatenate the strings instead. __________________ Join the BEST cam affiliate program on the internet! I've referred over $1.7mil in spending this past year, you should join in. I make a lot more money in the medical field in a lab now, fuck you guys. Don't ask me to come back, but do join Chaturbate in my sig, it still makes bank without me touching shit for years..

03-16-2013, 01:02 PM	#9
Manfap Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 2,624	Solved it Code: <?php $vid = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_video', true); $splash = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wpb_poster', true); { echo flowplayer( '[flowplayer src="' . $vid . '" width=580 height=326 splashend=show splash="' . $splash . '" autoplay=true]'); } ?> Incase anyone ever needs to pull a vid from a custom field using flowplayer in wp. this works. Last edited by Manfap; 03-16-2013 at 01:07 PM..