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Need Proper Syntax For Functions.php Snippet To Fix Error

Hi,

When I use this code snippet in functions php it results in an error:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in /home/edwin/public_html/domain.com/wp-content/themes/mytheme/functions.php on line 537



function showcustomcontent() {

return '

<div id="customcontent">

<h2 class="headline">This is a headline</h2>

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut nibh ante. Mauris ac semper neque. 

<a class="track" href="http://www.domain.com/information" onclick="_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Call To Action Links', 'Click', 'Inline Txt']);">anchor text</a> hendrerit consectetur lectus.

</div> 

';

}



add_shortcode('customcontent', 'showcustomcontent');


The problem is related to the event tracking stuff, but I don't know how to fix this.

Your help is much appreciated.




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Edwin | 06/29/12 at 10:32am Edit


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  • avatar
    Last edited:
    06/29/12
    10:38am
    Dan | gteh says:

    replace it with this:


    

    
function showcustomcontent() {
    

    
return '
    

    
<div id="customcontent">
    

    
<h2 class="headline">This is a headline</h2>
    

    
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut nibh ante. Mauris ac semper neque. 
    

    
<a class="track" href="http://www.domain.com/information" onclick="_gaq.push([\'_trackEvent\', \'Call To Action Links\', \'Click\', \'Inline Txt\']);">anchor text</a> hendrerit consectetur lectus.
    

    
</div> 
    

    
';
    

    
}
    

    

    

    
add_shortcode('customcontent', 'showcustomcontent');


    You need to escape the single quotes inside the google analytics code. You've opened the function with ' and closed it with ' so you can't use ' inside the function unless you escape it with a slash first.

    Previous versions of this answer: 06/29/12 at 10:38am

    • 06/29/12 10:43am

      Edwin says:

      Thanks Dan!

  • avatar
    Last edited:
    06/29/12
    10:40am
    Daniel Yoen says:

    try this :


    
function showcustomcontent() {
    

    
return "
    

    
<div id=\"customcontent\">
    

    
<h2 class=\"headline\">This is a headline</h2>
    

    
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. In ut nibh ante. Mauris ac semper neque. 
    

    
<a class=\"track\" href=\"http://www.domain.com/information\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'Call To Action Links', 'Click', 'Inline Txt']);\">anchor text</a> hendrerit consectetur lectus.
    

    
</div> 
    

    
";
    

    
}
    

    

    

    
add_shortcode("customcontent", "showcustomcontent");

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