IF statement in a do_shortcode

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Is it possible to do a if statement in a do_shortcode? 

<?php 
    echo do_shortcode("[table width='500'] " . 
        if ( have_posts() ) : 
            while ( have_posts() ) : 
                the_post(); 
                the_content(); 
            endwhile; 
        endif; . 
    "[/table]"); 
?>

It gives me an unexpected T_IF.

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EDIT: And without the IF statement it gives the post outside the shortcode.

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  1. No. echo do_shortcode() is a function call. You can not pass a conditional statement as an argument of a function. What you need to do is pass in the returned result of your query as an argument of the function;

    //assuming you have taken care of your query prior to this point
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

    $content = get_the_content(); //store content in variable

    echo do_shortcode("[table width='500'] ". $content . "[/table]"); 

endwhile; endif;

    Note:

    In the example above, to prevent your content being echoed immediately you must call get_the_content() which returns its value as opposed to the_content() which immediately echo’s the content. That is why your content appears outside of the shortcode when run without the incorrect conditional statement passed as an argument.

    Extended answer:

    In light of your additional comment and extended question, to check for the existence of some “thing” or that some “thing” meets a particular condition you would conduct your testing outside of the function call to your shortcode much in the same way as we have done above;

    //assuming you have taken care of your query prior to this point
if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();

    $content = get_the_content(); //store content in variable
    
    $thing = get_post_meta( get_the_ID(), 'thing', true );

    if ($thing === "yes") {
       
       //assuming you want to concatenate your content with an image
       $content = $content . '<br> <img src="path_to_image" />';

    } 

    echo do_shortcode("[table width='500'] ". $content . "[/table]"); 

endwhile; endif;

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