Title: Trouble returning HTML code in a function
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Trouble returning HTML code in a function

 *  [jsimpsonECAN](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jsimpsonecan/)
 * (@jsimpsonecan)
 * [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-returning-html-code-in-a-function/)
 * I am trying to get a return on this function in functions.php:
 * > function story_cat_slider () {
   >  ob_start();
   > $contenth = “”;
   > $contenth .= ‘<div id=”storyslider”>
    - ‘;
 * query_posts(‘cat=2’);
    while (have_posts()) : the_post();
 * $contenth .=’
    -  <a href=”‘;
    - $contenth .='”>’;
       $contenth .= the_post_thumbnail(); $contenth .= the_permalink();
      $contenth .= ‘ ‘;
    - endwhile;
    - $contenth .= ‘
       </div>’;
    - return $contenth;
    - ob_end_flush();
       }
    - but it is not working. Does anyone see anything wrong with this?

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/trouble-returning-html-code-in-a-function/)
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