Title: php with generated ID number
Last modified: September 2, 2020

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# php with generated ID number

 *  [pgiampi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pgiampi/)
 * (@pgiampi)
 * [5 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/php-with-generated-id-number/)
 * I am using php echo do_shortcode(‘[wp_ulike for=”post” id=”1″ style=”wpulike-
   heart”]’);
    but replacing id=”1″ with id=”{{media_id}}” I am using this with 
   Ultimate Member Gallery (um-gallery-pro). When a member uploads a media file 
   which is either an image or video, an id number is generated. I am capturing 
   that id number with {{media_id}}. When I do an element inspect, it shows the 
   id number, as if I hard coded it in. The issues I’m having is the like is counted
   as +2, disappears when you refresh the page, but recognized that you’ve already
   liked this when you try to like it again. If I hard code the id=1″, id=”2″, etc..
   it works just fine. I know it recognizes the {{media_id}}, but not sure why it’s
   not working correctly.

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