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PHP Function echo included file

I'm currently developing a wordpress plugin. I created a shortcode which displays the content of another html/php file this looks like this:

function df_display_form()
{
    // Fetching some data with $wpdb

    // Display the data
    include_once plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . 'markup/show-dynamic-form.php';
}

My problem is that the shortcode will be showed at the top of the page. So I googled this issus and found a solution. As it is writte there the problem is that return should be used instead of echo.

So my question is how can I return the renderd content from the included file? (not echo).

Solution

  • Try using an output buffer. https://www.php.net/manual/en/function.ob-get-clean.php

    function df_display_form()
{
    ob_start(); 
    // Fetching some data with $wpdb

    // Display the data
    include_once plugin_dir_path(__FILE__) . 'markup/show-dynamic-form.php';
    $out = ob_get_clean();
    return $out;
}