{"id":4427,"date":"2021-07-05T12:45:35","date_gmt":"2021-07-05T16:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themespress.ca\/?p=4427"},"modified":"2021-07-07T09:42:13","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T13:42:13","slug":"creating-a-shortcode-to-generate-a-random-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themespress.ca\/en\/creating-a-shortcode-to-generate-a-random-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating a Shortcode to generate a Random ID"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1625502135248\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p> With this tutorial, we will help you create a new shortcode that will allow you to generate a random ID; like in a <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=841990&amp;u=1476870&amp;m=64739&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Formidable Form<\/a><\/strong> hidden field for example.<\/p>\n<p>In our example below, we want to hide a field that can generate a random ID in a form.<\/p>\n<p>First of all, we need to use the mt_rand() PHP function which will return a custom ID. We add an argument that will fetch a number between 1000 and 9999.<\/p>\n<p>Then we give it a custom entity like in our WPU example &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"vc_custom_heading vc_do_custom_heading\" >Our custom shortcode - random ID<\/h2><div id=\"ts-enlighterjs-container-2089773\" class=\"ts-enlighterjs-container-single-enabled  \" style=\"width: 100%;  margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" data-enlighter-doubleclick=\"true\" data-enlighter-windowbutton=\"true\" data-enlighter-windowtext=\"New Window\" data-enlighter-rawbutton=\"true\" data-enlighter-rawtext=\"RAW Code\" data-enlighter-infobutton=\"false\" data-enlighter-infotext=\"EnlighterJS\" data-enlighter-indent=\"2\"><pre id=\"ts-enlighterjs-pre-2089773\" class=\"\" style=\"white-space: pre-wrap; height: 100%; margin: 0; padding: 0;\" data-enlighter-language=\"php\" data-enlighter-theme=\"classic\" data-enlighter-group=\"\" data-enlighter-title=\"\" data-enlighter-linenumbers=\"true\" data-enlighter-lineoffset=\"1\" data-enlighter-highlight=\"\">\/\/ Add Shortcode\nfunction wpu_number_entreprise_shortcode() {\n   $numberplugin = mt_rand(1000, 9999);\n   return &#039;wpu-&#039; . $numberplugin;\n}\nadd_shortcode( &#039;idrand&#039;, &#039;wpu_number_entreprise_shortcode&#039; );<\/pre><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p> So we could obtain something like: wpu-3874<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re also free to change any arguments within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.php.net\/manual\/fr\/function.mt-rand.php\"><strong><span class=\"me0\">mt_rand<\/span><\/strong><\/a> function.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p><strong>Shortcode :<\/strong> [idrand]<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With this tutorial, we will help you create a new shortcode that will allow you to generate a random ID; like in a Formidable Form hidden field for example. 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