Title: putting wp_title into a variable is evaluating strange
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# putting wp_title into a variable is evaluating strange

 *  Resolved [Jpyper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpyper/)
 * (@jpyper)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/putting-wp_title-into-a-variable-is-evaluating-strange/)
 * i’m trying to change a custom query based on the page title, so I’m using `wp_title('',
   false);` to put into a variable, then use a switch statement to do different 
   things.
 * Using this code:
 *     ```
       $my_page_name = wp_title('',false);
       echo 'page name: '.$my_page_name.'<br />';
       switch ($my_page_name){
       	case "Activities and Family Fun":
       		$cat_slug = "activites-and-family-fun";
       		break;
       	case "Automotive":
       		$cat_slug = "automotive";
       		break;
       	case "Dry Cleaning":
       		$cat_slug = "dry-cleaning";
       		break;
       	default:
       		echo "no cat_slug value found, but the page name was ".$my_page_name."<br />";
       ```
   
 * i actually have like 10 more cases in that statement but that’s irrelevant. $
   my_page_name echoes as “Automotive” so the $cat_slug should be set to “automotive”,
   but instead it goes to the default where $my_page_name is still “Automotive.”
 * That seems completely wrong, but here’s what’s the crazy part: if I add this 
   code before my switch statement
 *     ```
       if($my_page_name = "Automotive")
       		echo 'himom';
       	else
       		echo 'everything is insane';
       ```
   
 * then it echoes “himom” and my switch statement work correctly, $cat_slug gets
   set to “automotive”.
 * But why!?
 * Is there something about switch statements that I don’t know about or is it something
   in the wp_title call that’s buggy, or something else? My variable has the right
   information, but my switch statement can’t tell unless I run an if statement 
   with that variable first, and that doesn’t make any sense at all to me.
 * Thanks for any help.

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/putting-wp_title-into-a-variable-is-evaluating-strange/#post-2313024)
 * `if($my_page_name = "Automotive")` is incorrect. It should be `if($my_page_name
   == "Automotive")`. The switch logic seems sound, so try using `$my_page_name 
   =trim( wp_title('',false) );` in case you’re falling foul of trailing/leading
   whitespace.
 *  Thread Starter [Jpyper](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jpyper/)
 * (@jpyper)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/putting-wp_title-into-a-variable-is-evaluating-strange/#post-2313029)
 * ah yes, now when I use the right comparison I get “everything is insane”, which
   is how I am feeling.
 * but the trim worked! I had wondered about whitespace since wp_title allows for
   tags before and after the title string, but when I printed the variable it looked
   like things were fine.
 * THANK YOU SO MUCH! Especially for the speedy reply.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [14 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/putting-wp_title-into-a-variable-is-evaluating-strange/#post-2313036)
 * Glad I could help 🙂

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