Title: QR code integration? Last modified: August 30, 2016 --- # QR code integration? * Resolved [dorearendil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorearendil/) * (@dorearendil) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/) * Hi Barry, Sorry to bring in codes from other developers into the mix, but alas my PHP coding abilities are failing me here… * I’m currently using your great plugin on pages such as this one: [http://meridianonline.staging.wpengine.com/events-program/](http://meridianonline.staging.wpengine.com/events-program/) Basically, each of these pages displays an array of event post excerpts that can then be printed out as posters. The problem with paper posters, of course, is that they make it difficult for people to click hyperlinks! * So my aim would be to automatically integrate a QR code corresponding to each event post next to the post excerpt, so that people can learn more about it by scanning said code and reading the entire post on their mobile. Being rather disappointed with the only available WP QR Code plugin I can find on the WP repo, I’m now experimenting with the method presented there: [http://www.sitepoint.com/add-qr-codes-wordpress-posts/](http://www.sitepoint.com/add-qr-codes-wordpress-posts/)( I’ll paste the code below for extra clarity) * Thanks to that script, I’m able to generate QR Codes that are automatically posted at the end of every single post and page on my site. Naturally, that’s not particularly desirable. Do you think there would be a convenient way to restrict QR code generation only to the items currently created by Events Rocket on pages like the one linked to above, instead? * (I guess I need to edit my current Events Rocket “shortcode.embeds.php” file to get there, but I’m still probbing around without much success) * Thanks in advance 🙂 * ===== For reference, here’s the plugin code: * ``` text($url); $html = "

QR Code:

"; $content .= $html; return $content; } add_filter("the_content", "qr_code"); ?> ``` * and the actual qrcode.php script: * ``` data = $url; } else { $this->data = "http://".$url; } } //...more options// //getting image public function get_image($size = 150, $EC_level = 'L', $margin = '0'){ $ch = curl_init(); $this->data = urlencode($this->data); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'http://chart.apis.google.com/chart'); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, 'chs='.$size.'x'.$size.'&cht=qr&chld='.$EC_level.'|'.$margin.'&chl='.$this->data); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false); curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 30); $response = curl_exec($ch); curl_close($ch); return $response; } //getting link for image public function get_link($size = 150, $EC_level = 'L', $margin = '0'){ $this->data = urlencode($this->data); return 'http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?chs='.$size.'x'.$size.'&cht=qr&chld='.$EC_level.'|'.$margin.'&chl='.$this->data; } //forcing image download public function download_image($file){ header('Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=QRcode.png'); header('Content-Type: image/png'); echo $file; } //save image to server public function save_image($file, $path = "./QRcode.png"){ file_put_contents($path, $file); } } ?> ``` * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-rocket/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-rocket/) Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) * Plugin Author [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/) * (@barryhughes-1) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416165) * Hi! * Right now it’s being applied to all posts because you’ve hooked it up using the** the_content** filter: * `add_filter("the_content", "qr_code");` * If your goal is to only target the output of the **[event_embed]** shortcode, what if you change that to **eventrocket_embed_post_single_output** instead? * `add_filter( 'eventrocket_embed_post_single_output', 'qr_code' );` * Thread Starter [dorearendil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorearendil/) * (@dorearendil) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416227) * Thanks Barry! This indeeds helps me get a post-specific QR code at the end of each item in the list generated by Events Rocket, which is awesome. * Now how would you recommend I proceed if I prefer having the QR code directly integrated within the HTML of each item, instead? So as to avoid fiddling around with relative positioning (and other unseemly tricks)… Could part of the plugin code be written directly into my Events Rocket template? * Plugin Author [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/) * (@barryhughes-1) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416236) * I don’t see why not: you can specify a custom PHP template for **[event_embed]** to use, like this: * `[event_embed template="custom-embed-tpl.php"]` * This will then look for **your-theme/tribe-events/custom-embed-tpl.php** which you could initially base on the default template found in the plugin folder: * `event-rocket/templates/embedded-events.php` * Looking at the other code you shared, it seems you could embed the QR code simply by making a call like this: * `echo qr_code( '' );` * I hope that helps! * Thread Starter [dorearendil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorearendil/) * (@dorearendil) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416249) * Barry, you rock. Thanks again for taking the time to help out a PHP illiterate like me! It all works like a charm. * In case some people wonder, I of course needed to change the content of the “ add_filter” function in the plugin file to make it become: `add_filter( '', ' qr_code' );` * Plugin Author [Barry](https://wordpress.org/support/users/barryhughes-1/) * (@barryhughes-1) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416252) * Happy to help 🙂 * Re that line in the plugin file, at this point you could probably simply remove it (or comment it out if you prefer to ‘keep a record’ for possible restoration later), ie: * `// add_filter("the_content", "qr_code");` * Thread Starter [dorearendil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorearendil/) * (@dorearendil) * [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416276) * Great, thanks! I still have so much to learn about the way WordPress works… Viewing 6 replies - 1 through 6 (of 6 total) The topic ‘QR code integration?’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://s.w.org/plugins/geopattern-icon/event-rocket_dacd8c.svg) * [Event Rocket](https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-rocket/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/event-rocket/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/event-rocket/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/event-rocket/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/event-rocket/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/event-rocket/reviews/) * 6 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [dorearendil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dorearendil/) * Last activity: [10 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/qr-code-integration/#post-6416276) * Status: resolved