Title: Inserting PHP inside do_shortcode
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Inserting PHP inside do_shortcode

 *  Resolved [jasonreider](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonreider/)
 * (@jasonreider)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-php-inside-do_shortcode/)
 * I am trying to use an existing shortcode for an accordion element with opening
   and closing shortcodes in a custom template for my wordpress site. Basically,
   I need to insert PHP arrays inside this shortcode, like so:
 *     ```
       <php do_shortcode('[vc_accordion]';>
       PHP arrays here
       <php do_shortcode('[/vc_accordion]';>
       ```
   
 * Does anyone know if a solution?

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 *  [SpankMarvin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/spankmarvin/)
 * (@spankmarvin)
 * [11 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/inserting-php-inside-do_shortcode/#post-5070188)
 * You should do this via hooks if you can. Take a look at the shortcode function
   for the existing accordian shortcode and see if it’s pluggable. If so, simply
   add_action or add_filter into that with your custom function and arrays. If not,
   copy the shortcode function, remove the shortcode and then re-add it with the
   copied-and-renamed function for the overriding shortcode, which would add your
   arrays.
 * At least, I think that’s how you’d want to do it.
 * Make sense?
 * J

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