Title: Calling From Functions.php
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Calling From Functions.php

 *  [DaveyJake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveyjake/)
 * (@daveyjake)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calling-from-functionsphp/)
 * Philipp,
 * In my `functions.php` file, I’m attempting to call `custom-pos-header.php` which
   contains only one line: `<?php echo do_shortcode('[moduleposition id="1"]'); ?
   >`
 * I keep getting this message: `Fatal error: Call to undefined function do_shortcode()
   in /www/mySite/wp-content/themes/myTheme/inc/custom-pos-header.php on line 1`
 * After Googling for a couple days, I came across numerous suggestions saying to
   do it through Ajax. Here’s the entry I made in my `functions.php` file:
 *     ```
       // embed the javascript file that makes the AJAX request
       wp_enqueue_script( 'load-mobile-header-ajax', get_template_directory_uri() . '/js/ajax.js', array( 'fnd-jquery' ) );
       wp_localize_script( 'load-mobile-header-ajax', 'myAjax', array( 'ajaxurl' => admin_url( 'admin-ajax.php' ) ) );
       // THE AJAX ADD ACTIONS
       add_action( 'wp_ajax_load_mobile_header', 'load_mobile_header' );
       add_action( 'wp_ajax_nopriv_load_mobile_header', 'load_mobile_header' ); // need this to serve non logged in users
       function load_mobile_header(){
       	include('../wp-content/plugins/module-positions/module-positions.php');
       	$mobile_header = get_template_directory_uri().'/inc/custom-pos-header.php';
       	return $mobile_header;
       	die();
       }
       ```
   
 * Here is the entry I’ve added to my `ajax.js` file:
 *     ```
       jQuery.ajax({
         // previous type was "POST"
         type:"GET",
         url: ajaxurl,
         data: {
           action : "load_mobile_header"
         },
         success:function(data){
           window.console.log(data);
         },
         error:function(errorThrown){
           window.console.log(errorThrown);
         }
   
       });
       ```
   
 * Any ideas on what I’m doing wrong?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/module-positions/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/module-positions/)

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## Tags

 * [do_shortcode](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/do_shortcode/)
 * [fatal error](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/fatal-error/)

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 * Last reply from: [DaveyJake](https://wordpress.org/support/users/daveyjake/)
 * Last activity: [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/calling-from-functionsphp/)
 * Status: not resolved