Shortcode not returning the value

Resolved Jeffinho2016
(@jeffinho2016)

6 years, 2 months ago

So I recently came across this weird bug.
here’s the function that I’m calling through shortcode in a cell.
http://sandbox.onlinephpfunctions.com/code/10f6e05d1403e6d7944a1bede31b007312584f39

My cell looks like this: https://i.imgur.com/yrczNQi.jpg

Whenever I fell in the situation return ‘No’,
The ‘No’ was not returned to the tablepress, but was echoed in the page.
If I fell in the other case, no worries at all, the value was returned into the cell.

Now, if I allow PHP in the cells and just call the function like this: https://i.imgur.com/IrsQYJx.jpg

It works, the ‘No’ is correctly displayed in the cell.
I think you have an issue somewhere.
Reverted to 1.10, but it’s still there so it’s not due to the last update

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Plugin Author Tobias Bäthge
(@tobiasbg)

6 years, 2 months ago
Hi,

thanks for your post, and sorry for the trouble.

This sounds strange, and I don’t really see how TablePress could be causing this to be honest… It just doesn’t have any functions that could be causing that early output of the content… Also, it doesn’t know what’s happening inside your Shortcode, it just gets the value.

I really suggest to try this again, as the Shortcode approach is much safer than allowing PHP code.

Note that it might be good to turn off the TablePress output cache for this table, so that you always get an up to date Shortcode value. For this, you should embed the table with the extended Shortcode
```
[table id=123 cache_table_output=false /]
```
Regards,
Tobias
Thread Starter Jeffinho2016
(@jeffinho2016)

6 years, 2 months ago

Hi Tobias, I should have made more testing before writing this message sorry.
Turns out I have the exact same issue with my “return” transforming into an “echo” if I launch the shortcode outside of tablepress.
So it has indeed nothing to do with your plugin.
Yet, incredibly weird as it’s the first time ever I’m encountering that.
My apologies.

Thread Starter Jeffinho2016
(@jeffinho2016)

6 years, 2 months ago

Turns out the same shortcode was mapped to 2 functions haha.
sorry!

Plugin Author Tobias Bäthge
(@tobiasbg)

6 years, 2 months ago

Hi,

ah, great find! I would never have guessed that! I hadn’t even realized that a Shortcode might be mapped to two functions! Good catch!

Best wishes,
Tobias

P.S.: In case you haven’t, please rate TablePress here in the plugin directory. Thanks!

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