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Stein Christensen
3,592 PointsStoring A function return as a variable
I am trying to create a if then statement with a function: '''php <?php $thetitle = the_title();
if ($thetitle == "Our Clients") { echo "success!!" } ?> ''' However, when ever I write the function the_title() it just prints the return value of "Our Clients" to the screen.
How can I set the return value of a function as a variable?
2 Answers
Shawn Gregory
Courses Plus Student 40,672 PointsHello,
It all comes down to how the function the_title() uses the value in its function. If I am correct, the_title() doesn't return the title of the page but echoes it out. You can only store a function's returned value if that value gets returned by the function. I am guessing this is a WordPress function and you can simply Google that function and it should allow you to view the function's code either on WordPress or on another site that displays the open-source code for WordPress. Again, you can only store a function's returned value if the function actually returns it. I believe the function the_title() echoes out the title not return it. Hope this helps.
Cheers!
Michael Collins
433 PointsHow about this ...
<?php
function the_title($title) {
if ($title == "Our Clients") {
return TRUE;
} else {
return FALSE;
}
}
if (the_title("Our Clients")) {
print "success!!";
} else {
print "the title is not 'Our Clients'";
}
if (the_title("Our Cats")) {
print "success!!";
} else {
print "the title is not 'Our Clients'";
}
?>