Title: Function instead of shortcode?
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Function instead of shortcode?

 *  [mauricioarango](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mauricioarango/)
 * (@mauricioarango)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-instead-of-shortcode-1/)
 * Hi,
 * I’m working with version 0.8.3 of your plugin (which has been great). Is it possible
   to call a function rather than using the do_shortcode?
    For instance, in the 
   following example, what would be the function to use instead?
 *     ```
       do_shortcode("[ps_product_list id_product=82 tpl=product-grid-exclusives.tpl]");
       ```
   
 * A little background: I’m trying to integrate your plugin in an ajax environment(
   I have too many products to load times are very long and the page freezes until
   all product info has been loaded).
 * I tried using the do_shortcode within wp_ajax, but I get the following error.
   So I’m trying a different strategy. Any advice is helpful:
 *     ```
       Notice: Undefined variable: products in /wp-content/plugins/prestashop-integration/prestashop-integration.php on line 506
   
       Call Stack:
           0.0004     698568   1. {main}() /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:0
           0.1997   39995480   2. do_action() /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php:74
           0.1997   39997136   3. call_user_func_array() /wp-includes/plugin.php:406
           0.1997   39997168   4. product_getting() /wp-includes/plugin.php:406
           0.1999   39999576   5. do_shortcode() /wp-content/themes/THEME/functions.php:72
           0.1999   40000224   6. preg_replace_callback() /wp-includes/shortcodes.php:188
           0.1999   40002144   7. do_shortcode_tag() /wp-includes/shortcodes.php:188
           0.2000   40002784   8. call_user_func() /wp-includes/shortcodes.php:273
           0.2000   40002872   9. PrestaShopIntegration->shortcode_ps_product_list() /wp-includes/shortcodes.php:273
       ```
   
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/prestashop-integration/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/prestashop-integration/)

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 *  Plugin Author [aytechnet](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aytechnet/)
 * (@aytechnet)
 * [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-instead-of-shortcode-1/#post-6744285)
 * Hi,
 * Sorry for my later reply, you may consider this code ?
 *     ```
       $id_product = 82;
       global $prestashop_integration;
       if ($prestashop_integration->psValid()) {
         $products = $prestashop_integration->getProducts($prestashop_integration->psLang(), $id_product);
         if ($products) {
           $prestashop_integration->setTemplateVars( array(
                                               'products' => $products,
                                               'add_prod_display' => Configuration::get('PS_ATTRIBUTE_CATEGORY_DISPLAY'),
                                               'categorySize' => Image::getSize('category'),
                                               'mediumSize' => Image::getSize('medium'),
                                               'homeSize' => Image::getSize('home') ));
           return $prestashop_integration->fetchTemplate(_PS_THEME_DIR_."product-grid-exclusives.tpl");
         }
       }
       ```
   
 * You may include this is an function ? or update it…
 * François.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/function-instead-of-shortcode-1/#post-6744285)
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