Title: Need to print shortcode inside php
Last modified: March 6, 2018

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# Need to print shortcode inside php

 *  [Dilip kumar](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tagwebs/)
 * (@tagwebs)
 * [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-to-print-shortcode-inside-php/)
 * Need to print shortcode inside php file
 * **like this:-**
    <?php echo do_shortcode(“[pcs template=’gws’ postcount=’1′ showfield
   =’title,thumbnail’ posttype=’article’ categories=’category$empower’ orderby=’
   date’ order=’ASC’ tsize=’medium’ taxrel=’OR’ pagedvar=’5a9ea2983ef14′]”); ?>
 * But its returning empty value due to — ‘category**$**empower’
 * —> ISSUE: $ inside shortcode so its not working, let know how to use it.

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 * Last activity: [8 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-to-print-shortcode-inside-php/)
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