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1. brian914
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am trying to do the following to get links to my pages. I am using this:

   if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
   	echo '<li><a href="#">' . the_title() . '</a></li>';
   endwhile; else:
   	//echo 'Sorry, no pages matched your criteria.';
   endif;

   and this output this in my html:

   Client Name<li><a href="#"></a></li>

   yet, I want it to output this, like a proper link/li would look like:

   <li><a href="#">Client Name</a></li>

   Why is that happening and how can I fix this?

   Thanks a lot for any help with this!

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/the_title

   two possibilities:

   either:
   

   echo '<li><a href="#">'; the_title(); echo '</a></li>';

   or:
   

   echo '<li><a href="#">' . the_title('','',false) . '</a></li>';

3. Chip Bennett
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   The the_title() function echoes by default. Re-echoing it may cause unintended output.

   I would suggest using the following, rather than echoing lines of HTML:
   

   if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ) : the_post(); ?>
   	<li><a href="#"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
   <?php endwhile; else:
   	//echo 'Sorry, no pages matched your criteria.';
   endif;

   I assume you're adding the containing list tags (UL or OL) outside of the Loop? Note that if you're doing so, you'll want to output your else content (e.g. Sorry, no pages matched your criteria.) inside of list-item tags (LI), too, in order to maintain correct markup.

4. brian914
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you very much for the response!!! This answered my question.

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