Adding PHP Code To WordPress Posts

August 3rd, 2007 · No Comments

This is an example of how to include the eBay RSS feed in a WP post. Since this particular implementation uses a RSS to HTML converter written in php, it requires the installation of a php execution plugin. The one I’m using here is:

Exec_PHP

You must be running WP 2.x for this plugin to work.

The following steps outline the process:

1. Dowload and unzip the plugin folder.
2. Upload the entire folder to your WP plugins folder
3. Activate the Exec_PHP plugin
4. Uncheck “WordPress should correct invalidly nested XHTML automatically” in your WordPress options
5. Disable the WYSIWYG rich editor (very Important). Do this through the “Users” menu and your profile. The option is at the bottom of the page. Things won’t work with the Rich Editor enabled.
6. Test your installation with the following php scriplet:

<?php echo “Hello, World!”; ?>

There’s a slight problem as you can see below with the RSS converter getting behind for some reason and dumping php code. Will continue to investigate.

Update: Corrected the problem mentioned above. Found the solution on the Bluesome.net Web site (Exec_PHP). When including a php file that contains global variables, you need to add the “global” specifier before them, I did this right within this post prior to the “include” statement.

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