php version of the shortcode

I was wondering whether there is a php version of the shortcode so that I can add a php variable for the image id? Or is there a way to insert the php variable into the shortcode itself?

Basically the variable would be the image id of the uploaded image to the post

<?php $awb_image = the_field( ‘hero_image’ ); ?>

And I would like this variable to be passed into the shortcode here:

<?php echo do_shortcode( ‘[nk_awb awb_type=”image” awb_image=”$awb_image” awb_image_size=”full” awb_image_background_size=”cover” awb_image_background_position=”50% 50%” awb_parallax=”scroll” awb_parallax_speed=”0.5″]<p>some stuff here</p>[/nk_awb]’ ); ?>

Although this doesn’t work obviously…

Thanks, I really love to plugin and would like to find a way to continue using it!