Do I really need to change all my shortcodes?

Just tried to publish a snippet and got this error message.

Don’t Panic
The code snippet you are trying to save produced a fatal error on line 3:

require(): Failed opening required ‘Ancestry.php’ (include_path=’.:/opt/alt/php56/usr/share/pear:/opt/alt/php56/usr/share/php’)
The previous version of the snippet is unchanged, and the rest of this site should be functioning normally as before.

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Hi,

You need to specify the path to the file Ancestry.php

Is this file in the root directory of your site?

Best regards, Alex

Yes it is. Is there anyway to continue with my current snippet so I don’t need to edit thousands of pages? What does no longer support mean? Will my ancestry charts no longer appear on my pages?

Hello @webcraftic. Can you help me please?

Hi, @eric2236

The shortcodes [insert_php] are currently supported, but in the future we will discard them to improve the security of the plugin.

Do you have a thousand pages and you need a solution, how to replace this code automatically? Is your code the same on all pages?

Best regards, Alex

Yes I want to replace the code automatically. Or if I just never update your plugin will it still work? What do you mean by code the same? They are all wordpress blogs with different content on each page but the same html markup. Thanks in advance for your timely response and support.

Hello @webcraftic You timely response is much appreciated. I’d like to get working on this..

Hi,

1. The old version 1.3 will not stop working and will be updated, if it is not compatible with the new version of WordPress. You can simply not update the plugin if you want to leave it as it is.

2. I could write a tool to quickly replace the code, but it’s quite difficult to do and I do not have enough time.

Best regards, Alex

If you could give me some guidance on the best way to replace the code I will assign the task to my developer. But I could use your direction since you developer the plugin.

@webcraftic this problem is more serious than I thought. I upgraded to 2.0 by mistake on a number of blogs.

This was my old way of displaying chart.
<?php

// Will need to include file path if this file lives in a different directory
require ‘Ancestry.php’;

echo Ancestry::getById(1)->view();
?>

This is latest.

[insert_php]

// Will need to include file path if this file lives in a different directory

require ‘Ancestry.php’;

echo Ancestry::getById(XX)->view();

[/insert_php]

Then I tried to create snippet with this code.

// Will need to include file path if this file lives in a different directory

require ‘Ancestry.php’;

echo Ancestry::getById(3)->view();

and the chart did not appear on the blog page. Then I tried with the <?php in front and ?> in back and got fatal error.

What am I doing wrong and will my charts disappear soon that use your old way??

need help here. Should I revert back to the 1.3 version somehow?

Hi,

You can contact me via skype to solve this problem faster. I do not see the contents of your files, so it’s hard for me to find the error.

skype: iqueryable_fenom

You do not need to use php tags in the snippet editor.
<?php ?>

Try to specify the absolute path to the file
require 'Ancestry.php';

Best regards, Alex