Warning: This function has been deprecated. Use get_bookmarks() instead.

get_links( int $category = -1, string $before = '', string $after = '<br />', string $between = ' ', bool $show_images = true, string $orderby = 'name', bool $show_description = true, bool $show_rating = false, int $limit = -1, int $show_updated = 1, bool $display = true ): null|string

Gets the links associated with category by ID.


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Parameters

$category int Optional
The category to use. If no category supplied uses all.
Default 0.

Default: -1

$before string Optional
The HTML to output before the link.

Default: ''

$after string Optional
The HTML to output after the link. Default <br />.

Default: '<br />'

$between string Optional
The HTML to output between the link/image and its description.
Not used if no image or $show_images is true.

Default: ' '

$show_images bool Optional
Whether to show images (if defined).

Default: true

$orderby string Optional
The order to output the links. E.g. 'id', 'name', 'url', 'description', 'rating', or 'owner'. Default 'name'.
If you start the name with an underscore, the order will be reversed.
Specifying 'rand' as the order will return links in a random order.

Default: 'name'

$show_description bool Optional
Whether to show the description if show_images=false/not defined.

Default: true

$show_rating bool Optional
Show rating stars/chars.

Default: false

$limit int Optional
Limit to X entries. If not specified, all entries are shown.

Default: -1

$show_updated int Optional
Whether to show last updated timestamp.

Default: 1

$display bool Optional
Whether to display the results, or return them instead.

Default: true


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Return

null|string


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Source

File: wp-includes/deprecated.php. View all references

function get_links($category = -1, $before = '', $after = '<br />', $between = ' ', $show_images = true, $orderby = 'name',
			$show_description = true, $show_rating = false, $limit = -1, $show_updated = 1, $display = true) {
	_deprecated_function( __FUNCTION__, '2.1.0', 'get_bookmarks()' );

	$order = 'ASC';
	if ( substr($orderby, 0, 1) == '_' ) {
		$order = 'DESC';
		$orderby = substr($orderby, 1);
	}

	if ( $category == -1 ) // get_bookmarks() uses '' to signify all categories.
		$category = '';

	$results = get_bookmarks(array('category' => $category, 'orderby' => $orderby, 'order' => $order, 'show_updated' => $show_updated, 'limit' => $limit));

	if ( !$results )
		return;

	$output = '';

	foreach ( (array) $results as $row ) {
		if ( !isset($row->recently_updated) )
			$row->recently_updated = false;
		$output .= $before;
		if ( $show_updated && $row->recently_updated )
			$output .= get_option('links_recently_updated_prepend');
		$the_link = '#';
		if ( !empty($row->link_url) )
			$the_link = esc_url($row->link_url);
		$rel = $row->link_rel;
		if ( '' != $rel )
			$rel = ' rel="' . $rel . '"';

		$desc = esc_attr(sanitize_bookmark_field('link_description', $row->link_description, $row->link_id, 'display'));
		$name = esc_attr(sanitize_bookmark_field('link_name', $row->link_name, $row->link_id, 'display'));
		$title = $desc;

		if ( $show_updated )
			if (substr($row->link_updated_f, 0, 2) != '00')
				$title .= ' ('.__('Last updated') . ' ' . gmdate(get_option('links_updated_date_format'), $row->link_updated_f + (get_option('gmt_offset') * HOUR_IN_SECONDS)) . ')';

		if ( '' != $title )
			$title = ' title="' . $title . '"';

		$alt = ' alt="' . $name . '"';

		$target = $row->link_target;
		if ( '' != $target )
			$target = ' target="' . $target . '"';

		$output .= '<a href="' . $the_link . '"' . $rel . $title . $target. '>';

		if ( $row->link_image != null && $show_images ) {
			if ( strpos($row->link_image, 'http') !== false )
				$output .= "<img src=\"$row->link_image\" $alt $title />";
			else // If it's a relative path.
				$output .= "<img src=\"" . get_option('siteurl') . "$row->link_image\" $alt $title />";
		} else {
			$output .= $name;
		}

		$output .= '</a>';

		if ( $show_updated && $row->recently_updated )
			$output .= get_option('links_recently_updated_append');

		if ( $show_description && '' != $desc )
			$output .= $between . $desc;

		if ($show_rating) {
			$output .= $between . get_linkrating($row);
		}

		$output .= "$after\n";
	} // End while.

	if ( !$display )
		return $output;
	echo $output;
}


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Version Description
2.1.0 Use get_bookmarks()
0.71 Introduced.

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