Title: how do i put shortcode inside a shortcode in php
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# how do i put shortcode inside a shortcode in php

 *  Resolved [sohinc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sohinc/)
 * (@sohinc)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-put-shortcode-inside-a-shortcode-in-php/)
 * hello.. i love this plugin and but i am trying to use it to display info automatically
   so for this i need to know how to display shortcode inside of another shortcode
   in php… lets say i have a shortcode that returns name of a city [city] and then
   i have another shortcode that would return list of coffee shops in a particular
   city which would need to be set up like this… [search=”coffee” location=”[city]“]…
   if you can please tell me on how to display that above shortcode in php where
   there is shortcode inside of a shortcode i would really appreciate this. I know
   you have to do_shortcode but its not letting me put shortcode inside of another
   one so any help in this regarad will be appreciated. thanks
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 *  Plugin Author [Devin Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlocc/)
 * (@dlocc)
 * [11 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-put-shortcode-inside-a-shortcode-in-php/#post-5191813)
 * HI there – I believe shortcodes do not automatically nest without do_shortcode
   as you mentioned — you have to to do something like:
 * `echo do_shortcode('[search ="coffee" location="'.do_shortcode('[city]')."']');`
 * Please note I have not tested the above but it should lead you down the right
   road!
 *  Plugin Author [Devin Walker](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dlocc/)
 * (@dlocc)
 * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-put-shortcode-inside-a-shortcode-in-php/#post-5192078)
 * Marking this as resolved due to inactivity. If you have anymore questions please
   post an additional topic!

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-do-i-put-shortcode-inside-a-shortcode-in-php/#post-5192078)
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