Title: [insert_php] won't execute when used inside Store Locator Plus plugin Last modified: August 22, 2016 --- # [insert_php] won't execute when used inside Store Locator Plus plugin * Resolved [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/) * I’m trying to modify the results of a list of stores, and am editing the template provided by Charleston in their Store Locator Plus plugin. In fact, everything’s working except for one small thing…urlencode() a URL in the template. I’m passing some custom stuff through there, but the links are breaking because part of the concatenated URL are not encoded. * Here’s an example of what I’m trying to achieve: * `[slp_option label_website ifset url] ` * Been trying to figure out a solution to this for days, and so far no luck. Hopefully there’s a way to run something in functions.php to get the [insert_php] to actually execute. Unfortunately, it doesn’t appear to be. This is what the link looks like when I inspect it in Chrome Inspector: * [http://my.site.com/leaving?company=%5Binsert_php%5Dreturn%20urlencode(%27do_shortcode(Some-Company%20&%20Associates)%27)](http://my.site.com/leaving?company=%5Binsert_php%5Dreturn%20urlencode(%27do_shortcode(Some-Company%20&%20Associates)%27));[/ insert_php]&url=http://www.somecompany.com/ * …although, ideally I’d hope for… * [http://my.site.com/leaving?company=Some-Company+&+Associates&url=http://www.somecompany.com/](http://my.site.com/leaving?company=Some-Company+&+Associates&url=http://www.somecompany.com/) * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-php/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/insert-php/) Viewing 15 replies - 1 through 15 (of 17 total) 1 [2](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) [→](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/page/2/?output_format=md) * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341407) * return should be used only within a function. Try echo, instead. Or neither, just `urlencode('do_shortcode([slp_location name])');` * It’s also possible the function do_shortcode() is unavailable to Insert PHP. Insert PHP works by putting the code between the tags through eval() and anything that’s not local in scope won’t function. * More info about Insert PHP idiosyncrasies is here: * [http://www.willmaster.com/software/WPplugins/insert-php-wordpress-plugin-instructions.php](http://www.willmaster.com/software/WPplugins/insert-php-wordpress-plugin-instructions.php) * Will * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341409) * Interesting. I tried echo first…with no luck. * Let me try with your example. * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341410) * That didn’t work. * Here’s the oddity that I was trying to say in my first post, though. [insert_php] isn’t even being executed in their area that I put your shortcode. I’m confident that if I can get your shortcode function to work, that this will work as intended… but I don’t know what to do in order to get [insert_php] to actually execute as PHP. * Right now, the shortcode itself (yours) is getting output to the URL, which means it’s not being parsed. As for what needs to be done in order to force it to be parsed…not sure. * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341411) * Check the server error log. It may contain a clue. * Will * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341412) * Another thing to consider is that Store Locator Plus may be doing something with the PHP codes. * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341413) * Thanks. I will check that. * Unfortunately, what I’m seeing…is about the equivalent to what I would see when a shortcode text outputs to a post or page. Generally that means that a shortcode isn’t being evaluated at all in said content area. * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341414) * Perhaps Store Locator preempts the shortcode on the page. * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341415) * Also, your shortcode work in the page their solution is embedded onto. Just not within the content areas they give me to place content. So I know your plugin works (I’ve used it before). Just not sure how to get the shortcode to be read and evaluated in this “other area” of WordPress. * Checked the logs…nothing there. 🙁 * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341416) * > Perhaps Store Locator preempts the shortcode on the page. * The funny thing is, their own shortcodes do work in that same content area. * `[slp_location name]` * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341417) * Something to try. Use Insert PHP somewhere above the current section to store the URL to a global variable. Then use the global variable for the URL. Don’t know whether or not it would work, but a different way to approach it. * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341419) * Also, see what happens when you remove the do_shortcode() function and feed [ slp_location name] to urlencode() straight. * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341420) * I gotta run in a moment, just one more thing I thought of. * Perhaps Insert PHP is trying to run before Store Locator has replaced the [slp_location name] shortcode. * Sorry I can’t stand by. I’ll check back in the morning (Chicago time). * Will * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341424) * Tried a few things. I put this at the top of the content area they give me: * `[insert_php]echo 'test';[/insert_php]` * And this is what outputs to the browser when I do: * `[insert_php]echo 'test';[/insert_php]` * It’s basically not even being read in as a shortcode. Totally weird. * [WillBontrager](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willbontrager/) * (@willbontrager) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341480) * Let’s make sure Insert PHP plugin is activated. * If yes, I’m thinking Store Locator is preventing the plugin from doing its job. * Will * Thread Starter [ashworth](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ashworth/) * (@ashworth) * [11 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/insert_php-wont-execute-when-used-inside-store-locator-plus-plugin/#post-5341490) * Yep. Your plugin is certainly activated, as I can use it elsewhere in the WP site. * Just wasn’t sure how to “force” compatibility to let it work in their field, necessarily (or anyone else’s plugin for that matter). Would be a good trick to know if it’s something that can be re-used in various other plugins doing the same thing. 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