Question about a variable containing a shortcode…

Hi there,

I have put a function in my function.php file which creates the necessary html code to display a tab. First of all, here’s the function:

function alexandria_tabs() {

	if( have_rows('fin-de-page') ):

// Vérifier si le champ contenu flexible dispose de données

    while( have_rows('fin-de-page') ) : the_row();

    // Ciblage du layout
        $layout = get_row_layout();

        // Avis Utilisateurs

        if( $layout === 'avis-utilisateurs' ): 

	// Write here the names you want to assign to each tab
	$alexandria_tab_1 = "Tab Name 1";
	$alexandria_tab_2 = "Tab Name 2";
	$alexandria_tab_3 = "Tab Name 3";
	$alexandria_tab_4 = "Tab Name 4";
	$alexandria_tab_5 = "Tab Name 5";

	// Write here the content you want to want to assign to each tab
	$alexandria_content_1 = '[tab icon="fa-th-large"] Alternatives[/tab]
[tab icon="fa-heart"] Les avis de nos lecteurs[/tab]
[tabcontent]Tab Content Here[/tabcontent]
[tabcontent]content>[/tabcontent]
[/wptabsy]';
	$alexandria_content_2 = "Content 2";
	$alexandria_content_3 = "Content 3";
	$alexandria_content_4 = "Content 4";
	$alexandria_content_5 = "Content 5";

	// If you need to put plugin's shortcode in your content, just specify
	// them here
	$alexandria_shortcode_1 = "[my_shortcode";
	$alexandria_shortcode_2 = "[my_shortcode";
	$alexandria_shortcode_3 = "[my_shortcode";
	$alexandria_shortcode_4 = "[my_shortcode";
	$alexandria_shortcode_5 = "[my_shortcode";

	// The above lines contains the HTML code which which will be generated
	// to display the Tabs
	echo'<div class="tab_container">
		<input id="tab1" type="radio" name="tabs" checked>
		<label for="tab1"><i class="fa fa-code"></i><span>'; echo $alexandria_tab_1; echo'</span></label>

		<input id="tab2" type="radio" name="tabs">
		<label for="tab2"><i class="fa fa-pencil-square-o"></i><span>'; echo $alexandria_tab_2; echo'</span></label>

		<input id="tab3" type="radio" name="tabs">
		<label for="tab3"><i class="fa fa-bar-chart-o"></i><span>'; echo $alexandria_tab_3; echo'</span></label>

		<input id="tab4" type="radio" name="tabs">
		<label for="tab4"><i class="fa fa-folder-open-o"></i><span>'; echo $alexandria_tab_4; echo'</span></label>

		<input id="tab5" type="radio" name="tabs">
		<label for="tab5"><i class="fa fa-envelope-o"></i><span>'; echo $alexandria_tab_5; echo'</span></label>

		<section id="content1" class="tab-content">
			<h3>Headline 1</h3>
			<p>'; echo $alexandria_content_1;
		echo '</section>

		<section id="content2" class="tab-content">
			<h3>Headline 2</h3>
			<p>'; echo $alexandria_content_2;
		echo '</section>

		<section id="content3" class="tab-content">
			<h3>Headline 3</h3>
			<p>'; echo $alexandria_content_3;
		echo '</section>

		<section id="content4" class="tab-content">
			<h3>Headline 4</h3>
			<p>'; echo $alexandria_content_4;
		echo '</section>

		<section id="content5" class="tab-content">
			<h3>Headline 5</h3>
			<p>'; echo $alexandria_content_5;
		echo '</section>
	</div>';

        endif;

    endwhile;

endif;

}

You can see that this is some basic stuffs. The defined variables are here to simplify the process of renaming the tabs, the headlines, and the content.

The thing I want to know is how to make the content variable able to display shortcodes too, because the tab can be outside the loop. This probably possible, I have found some related articles speaking about add_filter, add_action… but because I’m beginning on PHP, I need some more information.

I know i can put manually a do_shortcode, but the thing is I want the content variables to disp^lay both text and shortcode, like in the visual editor of wordpress. Is it possible?