You shouldn’t save dynamic_sidebar
in a variable because it always echoes out the widget. the following should work.
<?php
echo '<div class="row-container">
<div class="row row-parent' . $row_classes . $limit_content_width . '">
<div class="row-inner">';
if(($layout === 'sidebar_right') && is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-messages-single' )) {
dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-messages-single' );
}
echo '<div class="col-lg-' . $sidebar_size . '">
<div class="uncol style-' . $portfolio_style . $expand_col . $sidebar_padding . (($sidebar_fill === 'on' && $portfolio_bg_color !== '') ? '' : $sidebar_sticky) . '">
<div class="uncoltable' . (($sidebar_fill === 'on' && $portfolio_bg_color !== '') ? $sidebar_sticky : '') . '">
<div class="uncell' . $sidebar_inner_padding . '">
<div class="uncont">
<div>';
if(is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-messages-single' )) {
dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-messages-single' );
}
echo '</div>
' . $footer_content . '
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>';
if(($layout === 'sidebar_left') && is_active_sidebar( 'sidebar-messages-single' )) {
dynamic_sidebar( 'sidebar-messages-single' );
}
echo '</div>
</div>
</div>';