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1. oliverbennett
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Here there,

   I want to put contents of the_content() into a variable, as I'm then using it for other stuff, but if I do something like this in my loop:

   <?php
     $foo = the_content();
   ?>

   It just prints the_content() out like normal... is there any way of getting it inside $foo and not printed out?

   Many thanks,
   Oliver

2. oliverbennett
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   My Google-Fu must be weak. On a second search I found the answer:

   ob_start();
   the_content();
   $content = ob_get_clean();

   http://digwp.com/2009/07/putting-the_content-into-a-php-variable/

3. funkboybilly
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   This way is a little easier:

   $content = get_the_content();

4. Mark / t31os
   Moderator
   Posted 2 years ago #

   http://codex.wordpress.org/Template_Tags/the_content
   http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_content
   

   the_content(); // Echoes the value
   get_the_content(); // Returns the value

   Like fbb said above, use get_the_content().

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