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cybershot

In WordPress. Got this shortcode in my functions.php

function amaranthe_buy_tickets( $atts, $content = null ) {
  extract(shortcode_atts(array(
  'link'  => '#',
  'target'  => '',
  'variation' => '',
  'size'  => '',
  'align' => '',
  ), $atts));

$style = ($variation) ? ' '.$variation. '_gradient' : '';
$align = ($align) ? ' align'.$align : '';
$size = ($size == 'large') ? ' large_button' : '';
$target = ($target == 'blank') ? ' target="_blank"' : '';

$out = '<a' .$target. ' class="tickets_btn' .$style.$size.$align. '" href="' .$link. '">' .$content. '</a>';

      return $out;
    }
   add_shortcode('buy-tickets', 'amaranthe_buy_tickets');

in my template file where I want the shortcode to display, I have this

   <?php echo do_shortcode("[buy-tickets]"); ?>

and in the post, I have this

   [buy-tickets]Tickets[/buy-tickets]

in the output, all I get is this

   <a href="#" class="tickets_btn"></a>

for some reason, the content is missing.

scottnix

Shouldn't your actual shortcode in the post be...

  [buy-tickets link="http://whateverlink.com"]Tickets[/buy-tickets]

You are seeing the "#" because it is the default in the PHP

cybershot

The link shows fine. It's the "Tickets" that isn't showing up. The content is missing

scottnix

I just tested it, it is working for me. Are you by chance using this in a widget area? If so, you have to turn that on.

  add_filter('widget_text', 'do_shortcode');

Otherwise, I am stumped. :/

scottnix

Just to show you since I have it setup, it can be viewed here

Obviously no styling... but hmm, has to be something else. :/

cybershot

I don't know what the issue is either. The only thing I can think of it that it has something to do with how I am getting the posts

xfactor

@cybershot did you checked your apache config file ? there is an option to enble shortcode

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