Setting a variable as a function call to use in an if statement within PHP

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Ok, so am doing some Wordpress edits, and I writ a if statement.

<?php $title = the_title();
if ($title != 'Designer'){ ?>
<body>
<?php }else{ ?>
<body class="noresponce">
<?php } ?>

As you can see though, this uses a function call as a variable. This is because the function call will call the name of the current page. This is good.

However it also tends to echo the title on page as well when I do this, which makes sense. I may be trying to do something that isn't correct. Can anyone tell me if its possible though?

Basically I want to use the function call in an if statement without it being echoed on page.

side note: you've misspelled "responce"

gSaenz
– gSaenz

2013-01-22 16:47:43 +00:00
Commented Jan 22, 2013 at 16:47 — gSaenz
– gSaenz, Commented Jan 22, 2013 at 16:47

Christian · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-22 16:43:10Z

2

Use get_the_title() instead of the_title().

Source: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_title

answered Jan 22, 2013 at 16:43

Christian

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