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How to use do_shortcode outside of a template

category = $("#past_vendor_category").val();

search_term = $("#past_vendor_name").val();

 

$.post("http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/search_past_vendors.php", { category: category, search_term: search_term }, function(results){

    $("#past_vendor_search_results").html(results);

});

       

<?php

global $shortcode_values, $theLayout;

include "config.php";

$category = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['category']);

$search_term = mysql_real_escape_string($_POST['search_term']);

 

$qry = "Select wp_posts.ID, wp_posts.post_name, wp_posts.post_title, custom_vendor_info.city, custom_vendor_info.city

from wp_posts

join custom_vendor_info on wp_posts.ID=custom_vendor_info.post_id

join wp_term_relationships on wp_posts.ID=wp_term_relationships.object_id

where wp_posts.post_title like '%$search_term%' and wp_term_relationships.term_taxonomy_id='$category'";

$result = mysql_query($qry);

$resultrows = mysql_num_rows($result);

$x=0;

if($resultrows>0){

    $show_results = '<br>';

    while($resultset = mysql_fetch_array($result)){

        if($x==0){

        $show_results .= '<div class="vendor_search_result"><span class="vendor_search_result_name"><a href="'.$resultset['post_name'].'">'.$resultset['post_title'].'</a></span><span class"vendor_search_result_button">'.do_shortcode("[button]Text[/button]").'</span>';

        }else{

        $show_results .= '<div class="vendor_search_result"><span class="vendor_search_result_name"><a href="'.$resultset['post_name'].'">'.$resultset['post_title'].'</a></span><span class"vendor_search_result_button">'.do_shortcode("[button]Text[/button]").'</span>';

        $x=0;

        }

    }

    echo $show_results;

}else{

    echo '<br>Sorry, there were no search results for "<b>'.$search_term.'</b>". Please try again!';

}

?>