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1. artfulalibi
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   Please forgive my basic PHP skills. I am writing a basic function, but for some reason I can't get the links to come out right. Here is my code:
   

   function featuredStory() {
   $featuredPosts = new WP_Query();
   $featuredPosts->query('cat=9&showposts=5');
   while ($featuredPosts->have_posts()) : $featuredPosts->the_post();
   echo '<a href="' .the_permalink(). '" rel="bookmark">' .the_title(). '</a>';
   endwhile;
   }

   The resulting link doesn't work. It shows up like this:
   

   http://siteurl/?p=9This is the first featured
   <a rel="bookmark" href=""/>

   Why is the anchor text showing up after, and with no closing a? I have tried reworking it, over and over. Arrg!

2. cutomthemedesign
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   Try something like this:

   echo '<a href="' .get_permalink(). '" rel="bookmark">' .the_title('', '', 0). '</a>';

   Good Bye!

3. artfulalibi
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks Custom! That worked. I guess the_title() requires those parameters in order to parse correctly?

4. cutomthemedesign
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Yes the zero parameter will save the result instead of printing it. so this way it works when you add "echo" command to it.

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