[WordPress]Having a problem echo'ing an href....

[Jim R]

I linked the test page for the code below.  It's producing the functional results I want, but the list bullets are askew and, as you will see, it's just printing the URL not producing a hyperlink. 

 

http://hoosierhoopsreport.com/test.php

 

$mf_query = <<<EOF
    SELECT t.*, tt.*, p.*
    FROM {$wpdb->posts} as p, {$wpdb->term_relationships} as tr, {$wpdb->terms} AS t, {$wpdb->term_taxonomy} AS tt
    WHERE tt.`taxonomy` = 'series'
    AND t.`term_id` = tt.`term_id`
    AND tr.`object_id` = p.`ID`
    AND tt.`term_taxonomy_id` = tr.`term_taxonomy_id`
    AND tt.`count` > 0
    GROUP BY t.`term_id`
    ORDER BY p.`post_date` DESC 
LIMIT 5
EOF;

$mf_terms = $wpdb->get_results( $mf_query );


if( !empty( $mf_terms ) ) {
    
    foreach ( $mf_terms as $mf_term  ) {


	 $loop = new WP_Query( array( 'series' => $mf_term->slug ) ); 
		if ( $loop->have_posts() ) : 

		echo '<b>' . $mf_term->name . '</b>'; 

		echo '<ul>';

			while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post(); 
				echo '<li><a href="' . the_permalink() . '">' . the_title() . '</a></li>';
			endwhile; wp_reset_query(); 

		echo '</ul>';

		endif;

	}		


}  

[khr2003]

check the content of the_permalink function. it is probable that it is returning a correct value

[Jim R]

I literally just figured it out.  I added get_ in front of the_permalink and the_title. 

 

This is kind of stuff that makes me thankful I don't code for a living.  This took me a whole day, as it was producing the values I wanted, just not in hyperlink form.  I tried another href statement, and it worked just fine. 

 

Not sure if it applies to my problem, but I read something in WordPress that the_title strips out the HTML attributes.  Then it said something like See Also:  get_the_title.  I tried it.  It worked. 

 

 

Thanks for looking at it though.  I was a little worried it would be overlooked after it was moved.