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1. Jon Breitenbucher
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hello,

   I'm trying to split the result of wp_list_bookmarks() in half so that I can display the links in two columns. I have tried the following
   

   <?php // display bookmarks in two columns
   	$cats = explode("</span>",wp_list_bookmarks('category_before=<span><li id=%id class=%class>&category_after=</li></span>'));
   	$cat_n = count($cats) - 1;
   	for ($i = 0; $i < $cat_n; $i++):
   	echo $cats[$i];
   		if ($i < $cat_n/2):
   			$cat_left = $cat_left.'<li>'.$cats[$i].'</li>';
   		elseif ($i >= $cat_n/2):
   			$cat_right = $cat_right.'<li>'.$cats[$i].'</li>';
   		endif;
   	endfor; ?>
   
   	<ul class="left">
   		<?php echo $cat_left; ?>
   	</ul>
   	<ul class="right">
   		<?php echo $cat_right; ?>
   	</ul>

   but it seems like the explode is not returning anything. Have I made an obvious mistake somewhere?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   you would at least have to set the 'echo' parameter to false in 'wp_list_bookmarks()' to use it as an string in the 'explode' function.

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

   i didn't check anything else, yet.
   however, from the 'explode' you are probably missing a </span> somewhere in your reconstructured lists.

3. Jon Breitenbucher
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thanks alchymyth. That was all I needed. Here is the working code
   

   <?php
   	$cats = explode('</span>',wp_list_bookmarks('category_before=<span><li id=%id class=%class>&category_after=</li></span>&echo=0'));
   	$cat_n = count($cats) - 1;
   	for ($i = 0; $i < $cat_n; $i++):
   		if ($i < $cat_n/2):
   			$cat_left = $cat_left.$cats[$i].'</span>';
   		elseif ($i >= $cat_n/2):
   			$cat_right = $cat_right.$cats[$i].'</span>';
   		endif;
   	endfor; ?>
   
   	<ul class="left">
   		<?php echo $cat_left; ?>
   	</ul>
   	<ul class="right">
   		<?php echo $cat_right; ?>
   	</ul>

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