# post-snippets/trunk/views/help/php.php

Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer, version trunk. 30 lines.

- Page: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/post-snippets/trunk/code/views/help/php.php
- Raw: https://pluginprobe.com/plugins/post-snippets/trunk/raw/views/help/php.php
- Modified: 2026-03-12T04:56:18+00:00

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```php
<?php 
if ( ! defined( 'ABSPATH' ) ) exit;
?>

<h2>PHP Code</h2>

<p>
<?php _e('Snippets defined as shortcodes can optionally also be evaluated as PHP Code by enabling the PHP checkbox. PHP snippets is only available when treating the snippet as a shortcode.', 'post-snippets'); ?>
</p>

<p>
<?php _e('Check this image for an example PHP snippet:', 'post-snippets'); ?>
</p>

<img src="<?php echo plugins_url('assets/img/help/php-snippet.jpg', \PostSnippets::FILE); ?>" />

<p>
<?php _e('With a snippet defined like the one above, you can call it with its shortcode definition in a post. Let\'s pretend that the example snippet is named phpcode and have one variable defined loop_me, then it would be called like this from a post:', 'post-snippets'); ?>
</p>

<code>[phpcode loop_me="post snippet with PHP!"]</code>

<p>
<?php _e('When the shortcode is executed the loop_me variable will be replaced with the string supplied in the shortcode and then the PHP code will be evaluated. (Outputting the string five times in this case. Wow!)', 'post-snippets'); ?>
</p>

<p>
<?php _e('Note the evaluation order, any snippet variables will be replaced before the snippet is evaluated as PHP code. Also note that a PHP snippet don\'t need to be wrapped in &lt;?php #code; ?&gt;.', 'post-snippets'); ?>
</p>

```