I just figured this one out for myself. There is a php function, ob_start, that stops all outputing to the user and stores it in a buffer. You use ob_get_contents() to store the contents in a variable, then ob_end_clean() to stop storing output data into the buffer and clear the buffer also, rather than outputing it to the user, like ob_end_flush() would.
Example:
ob_start();
if (have_posts()) :
while (have_posts()) : the_post();
the_content('strip_teaser=TRUE');
$post=ob_get_contents();
endwhile;
endif;
ob_end_clean();
Thank you. I found an alternative solution to my problem though.
<li>
<h2><?php _e('Multimedia'); ?></h2>
<ul style="margin-left:0;">
<?php
query_posts('category_name=Multimedia&showposts=5');
if(have_posts()): while(have_posts()): the_post();
?>
<li><strong><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" rel="bookmark" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php $event1 = the_title("", "", 0); $event2 = str_replace('Media: ', ' ', $event1); echo $event2; ?></a></strong></li>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
</ul>
</li>
At least, I think it was that one… Maybe not.
