{"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":"
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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<\/a><\/strong> hidden field for example.<\/p>\n

In our example below, we want to hide a field that can generate a random ID in a form.<\/p>\n

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

Then we give it a custom entity like in our WPU example –<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n

Our custom shortcode - random ID<\/h2>
\/\/ Add Shortcode\nfunction wpu_number_entreprise_shortcode() {\n   $numberplugin = mt_rand(1000, 9999);\n   return 'wpu-' . $numberplugin;\n}\nadd_shortcode( 'idrand', 'wpu_number_entreprise_shortcode' );<\/pre><\/div>\n\t
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 So we could obtain something like: wpu-3874<\/p>\n
You’re also free to change any arguments within the mt_rand<\/span><\/strong><\/a> function.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t
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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. In
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