I want to know Visitor country using PHP and display it in to a WordPress Page.But when I add PHP code in WordPress page or Post it give me error. How can we add PHP code in
WordPress does not execute PHP in post/page content by default unless it has a shortcode.
The quickest and easiest way to do this is to use a plugin that allows you to run PHP embedded in post content.
There are two other "quick and easy" ways to accomplish it without a plugin:
Make it a shortcode (put it in functions.php
and have it echo the country name) which is very easy - see here: Shortcode API at WP Codex
Put it in a template file - make a custom template for that page based on your default page template and add the PHP into the template file rather than the post content: Custom Page Templates
Description:
there are 3 steps to run PHP code inside post or page.
In functions.php
file (in your theme) add new function
In functions.php
file (in your theme) register new shortcode which call your function:
add_shortcode( 'SHORCODE_NAME', 'FUNCTION_NAME' );
Example #1: just display text.
In functions:
function simple_function_1() {
return "Hello World!";
}
add_shortcode( 'own_shortcode1', 'simple_function_1' );
In post/page:
[own_shortcode1]
Effect:
Hello World!
Example #2: use for loop.
In functions:
function simple_function_2() {
$output = "";
for ($number = 1; $number < 10; $number++) {
// Append numbers to the string
$output .= "$number<br>";
}
return "$output";
}
add_shortcode( 'own_shortcode2', 'simple_function_2' );
In post/page:
[own_shortcode2]
Effect:
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Example #3: use shortcode with arguments
In functions:
function simple_function_3($name) {
return "Hello $name";
}
add_shortcode( 'own_shortcode3', 'simple_function_3' );
In post/page:
[own_shortcode3 name="John"]
Effect:
Hello John
Example #3 - without passing arguments
In post/page:
[own_shortcode3]
Effect:
Hello
When I was trying to accomplish something very similar, I ended up doing something along these lines:
wp-content/themes/resources/functions.php
add_action('init', 'my_php_function');
function my_php_function() {
if (stripos($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 'page-with-custom-php') !== false) {
// add desired php code here
}
}
You can't use PHP in the WordPress back-end Page editor. Maybe with a plugin you can, but not out of the box.
The easiest solution for this is creating a shortcode. Then you can use something like this
function input_func( $atts ) {
extract( shortcode_atts( array(
'type' => 'text',
'name' => '',
), $atts ) );
return '<input name="' . $name . '" id="' . $name . '" value="' . (isset($_GET\['from'\]) && $_GET\['from'\] ? $_GET\['from'\] : '') . '" type="' . $type . '" />';
}
add_shortcode( 'input', 'input_func' );
See the Shortcode_API.