PHP Elements

Due to the nature of WordPress that is infinitely extensible there are surely some advanced stuffs that are still not covered by the automatic conversion or by the attributes conversion. But don’t worry, with PHP elements you are free to make anything you wish, and add your own PHP code directly in Webflow!

Do it at your own risks, the Udesly App doesn’t ensure that the PHP code you inject will be valid, so it is not responsible for bricked servers, fires or thermonuclear wars ☢️. So be sure that the code you are writing is correct! (Or at least be sure you have an FTP access in order to rollback the theme if WordPress explodes 💣)

If

You can wrap any element inside an If custom condition just by adding the custom attribute:

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:if="date('l') == 'Saturday'"> 
    Show only if today is Saturday
</div>

It will be converted into:

<?php if( date('l') == 'Saturday' ) : ?>
    <div>Show only if today is Saturday</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Unless

In PHP actually unless doesn’t exists, this is just a shortcut to make the inverse of the if condition! (Kindly stolen by Liquid language) You can wrap any element inside an Unless custom condition just by adding the custom attribute:

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:unless="date('l') == 'Saturday'"> 
    Show only if today is not Saturday
</div>

It will be converted into:

<?php if( !(date('l') == 'Saturday' ) ) : ?>
    <div>Show only if today is not Saturday</div>
<?php endif; ?>

Basically, it’s just usefull when you write the wrong if condition, and you actually instead wanted to write the opposite result 🤷‍♂️

For

You can wrap any element inside a For loop just by adding the custom attribute:

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:for="$i = 0; $i < 10; $i++"> 
    I will be shown 10 times
</div>

It will be converted into:

<?php for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) : ?>
    <div>I will be shown 10 times</div>
<?php endfor; ?>

Kinda useless example, but obviously you can mix PHP elements to make complex and dynamic html structures!

Foreach

You can wrap any element inside a Foreach loop just by adding the custom attribute:

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:foreach="[1,2,3,4] as $number"> 
    I will be shown 4 times
</div>

It will be converted into:

<?php foreach ([1,2,3,4] as $number) : ?>
    <div> I will be shown 4 times</div>
<?php endforeach; ?>

Kinda useless example too, but obviously you can mix PHP elements to make complex and dynamic html structures!

Echo

You can add the following custom attribute to just use the php echo function inside the element where the attribute is placed (all the content inside will be deleted):

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div> 
    Today is <span php:echo="date('l')"></span>
</div>

It will be converted into:

<div> 
    Today is <span><?php echo date('l') ?></span>
</div>

php:echo attribute can also be modified with the optional attribute where explained below.

PHP

You can add the following custom attribute to just output a generic php code inside the element where the attribute is placed (all the content inside will be deleted):

<div> 
    Today is <span php="echo date('l')"></span>
</div>

It will be converted into:

<div> 
    Today is <span><?php echo date('l') ?></span>
</div>

Yes! it’s basically the same example as before, written with a different attribute! 😅

php attribute can also be modified with the optional attribute where explained below.

Where

Where attribute is an optional attribute that can be used only in combination with php:echo and php attribute explained before. This attribute modifies where the code inserted inside the php:echo or php attribute will be outputted.

For position you can use several values

Before

Will output the code before the element where php:echo or php attribute is placed.

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php="$timestamp = time();" where="before"> 
    My Div
</div>

it will be converted into

<?php $timestamp = time(); ?>
<div>
    My Div
</div>

After

Will output the code after the element where php:echo or php attribute is placed.

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php="$timestamp = time();" where="after"> 
    My Div
</div>

it will be converted into

<div>
    My Div
</div>
<?php $timestamp = time(); ?>

Prepend

Will prepend the code inside the element where php:echo or php attribute is placed.

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php="$timestamp = time();" where="prepend"> 
   <ul>
        <li>other elements....</li>
   </ul>
</div>

it will be converted into

<div>
   <?php $timestamp = time(); ?>
   <ul>
        <li>other elements....</li>
   </ul>
</div>

Append

Will append the code inside the element where php:echo or php attribute is placed.

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php="$timestamp = time();" where="append"> 
   <ul>
        <li>other elements....</li>
   </ul>
</div>

it will be converted into

<div>
   <ul>
        <li>other elements....</li>
   </ul>
   <?php $timestamp = time(); ?>
</div>

Style.

Will output the property on the style attribute of the element where php:echo or php attribute is placed according to the style-property used

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:echo="random_color();" where="style.background-color"> 
   My Div
</div>

it will be converted into

<div style="background-color: <?php echo random_color(); ?>"> 
   My Div
</div>

random_color function obviously doesn’t exist, it’s a pseudo-example. But nothing stops you to create that function and really change the background color of the div to a random one, (do it in JS though, use your server resources for better things!)

Care about the style-property background-image

In this case if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:echo="random_image_url();" where="style.background-image"> 
   My Div
</div>

it will be converted into

<div style="background-image: url('<?php echo random_image_url(); ?>')"> 
   My Div
</div>

So you don’t have to output also url( )!

HTML Attribute

Will output the property on the attribute of the element where php:echo or php attribute is placed according to the html-attribute used.

For example if in Webflow you create a structure like this:

<div php:echo="my_post_category();" where="data-category"> 
   My Div
</div>

it will be converted into

<div data-category="<?php echo my_post_category(); ?>"> 
   My Div
</div>

With PHP elements the sky is your only limit, you can be creative and create any type of structure you need! But there’s actual one limit though, inside the value of the attribute do not use " (double quotation marks) but only ' (single quotation marks)