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screwed up that last post, I'll try again:

OK, I'm probably going to reveal just how little I know about php here, but I gave that a go & while i can get the bookmarks list to display the ratings with show_rating=1, but they are just created as display text outside the bookmark link. If I include echo=0, then it just removes the whole list.

I have just read the following article on a different subject, where someone wants to remove a title attribute from a category list:

http://bavotasan.com/tutorials/remove-the-title-attribute-from-wordpress-category-and-page-lists/

He has created a function to do this. Could the same approach be used to ADD the rating to the list item tag for each bookmark, as a class selector?

I don't fully understand how he is doing this & I think I would be guessing or trying a 'keep trying options till it works' approach, on what could be a dead end anyway. Does it look as though this is a possible solution? If so, I will persevere a bit more!

Thanks!

If I include echo=0, then it just removes the whole list

That's the point of it. Look at the code I suggested above. The idea is to place the output of wp_list_bookmarks into a variable. You'll then need to use standard PHP functions like str_replace to insert your spans using a pattern match.

Thanks again! I think the penny is starting to drop. At first I was a little unsure of what $my_links was referring to, but now I see that what you have suggested to me is exactly what I saw in the other tutorial I came across. His code ended up looking like:

<?php
$categories = wp_list_categories('echo=0');
$categories = preg_replace('/title=\"(.*?)\"/','',$categories);
echo $categories;
?>

So, (please bear with me, as I really don't know remotely enough about PHP to know what I am doing!) I am guessing I would be looking at something like:

<?php
$my_links = wp_list_bookmarks('orderby=rating&amp;show_rating=1&amp;echo=0');
$my_links = preg_replace('HELP!','HELP!',$my_links);
echo $my_links;
?>

I have read up quickly on str_replace & preg_replace & it looks like preg_replace is what I would need to be looking at. I understand I'm trying to run before i walk now with my level of PHP skills. I can grasp roughly what I need to be doing but just don't have the fundamentals to avoid basic cockups!

As the string is generating:

<li><a href="linkaddress">linktitle</a>ratingnumber</li>

I can see that somehow I am going to have to use a pattern match to pull out the ratingnumber from the string & then re-insert it into a span class? Or could I just use preg_replace to add a class to the list item? It just gets quite complex for me to figure out what I need to find/replace as well as come up with the correct syntax for preg_replace. Out of my depth really!

I don't really have the time to spend before I launch the new site to crack this myself, as I need to go and do my homework when I get some time. Thanks for taking the time to point me in the right direction!

If any PHP good Samaritan who could reel this off in a few seconds feels like finishing up this one for me, I PROMISE I'll go & do my homework & learn to do it myself for next time?!

Thanks once again esmi for all the help!

I can't stop playing with this now I've started to figure it out a bit!

I have been trying some basic stuff with str_replace, to get used to what I am doing. I have come up with the following:

<?php
$my_links = wp_list_bookmarks('category=87&amp;orderby=rating&amp;show_rating=1&amp;echo=0');
$my_links = str_replace("<li>", "<li class=''>", $my_links);
echo $my_links;
?>

which is now adding the class selector to the list item. I am now looking at how to get the pattern to look for the rating number. From googling a little, I think I might be looking at regular expressions? I'm guessing that I would then need to start looking at preg_replace again!

Any help very welcome!

Just can't stop commenting on my own posts to add updates, is that bad practice?!

I'm thinking that I should have replaced the list item like this instead? It works like I have it, but looking further, is this better syntax?

$my_links = str_replace('<li>', '<li class=\"\">', $my_links);