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1. rbl
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi!
   I'm trying to set up a page template with a custom query that uses the page title to pull posts from the DB where the current page title matches a custom field value.

   In other words, when you visit the page "blue" it will display all posts where custom field "color" is blue.

   The query works when I type the title but doesn't work with the template tag or var like the following example:

   <?php
   $title = the_title();
   $query = 'post_type=any&meta_key=color&meta_value='. $title .'&order=DESC';
   $queryObject = new WP_Query($query);
   while ($queryObject->have_posts()) : $queryObject->the_post();
   ?>

   Any idea what might be wrong or any way to solve this?

   Thanks!
   Ricardo

2. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Try using $title = get_the_title(); to set up your page title variable.

3. rbl
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks! It works.

   If it's not an abuse, can you please explain me why the_title doesn't work? It doesn't make sense to me.

   Ricardo

4. equalmark
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   the_title function outputs the title (like echo's it) where get_the_title doesn't.

5. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   the_title() is a function that echoes the post title to the screen. get_the_title() is designed for feeding the post title into a variable for use elsewhere.

6. rbl
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   So, if I understand correctly by outputting the value, the var in the query becomes empty. Is that it?

7. esmi
   Theme Diva & Forum Moderator
   Posted 1 year ago #

   In so much as the meta_value becomes useless, yes.

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