Add title to a echoed URL

  • Resolved ThorHammer

    (@thorhammer)


    16 years, 6 months ago

    This code gets one url and one text from my custom fields and combines it to a link:

    <?php
$link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_url', true);
$text = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_text', true);
 if ($link){
echo '&nbsp;&middot; <a href="'.$link .'">'.$text.'</a>&nbsp;';
}
?>

    I would like to add a title=”description of link”, but this is not possible through custom fields. I tried adding it as a variable in the template, but it was only the variable name itself which was echoed…

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  • Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    imho, that would require a third custom field.

    <?php
$link = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_url', true);
$text = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_text', true);
$descr = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'link_desc', true);
 if ($link){
echo '&nbsp;&middot; <a href="'.$link .'"  title=".$descr.'">'.$text.'</a>&nbsp;';
}
?>
    Thread Starter ThorHammer

    (@thorhammer)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Thanks alchemyst!
    Also, it is possible to put the variable in the theme like this:
    $sinfo = 'title="Blah blah, this is the general link description" ';
    and adjust the echo like this:
    echo '&nbsp;&middot; <a href="'.$link.'" '.$sinfo.' >'.$text.'</a>&nbsp;';

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Versuch macht klug

    german proverb

    there does nothing seem to speak against it;
    the proverb freely translates to: ‘try it and you will know’

    Thread Starter ThorHammer

    (@thorhammer)

    16 years, 6 months ago

    Yep.. we got in Norwegian as well, almost the same construction 🙂

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