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I want to show the image only if there is info in the field. And the link around the image uses the info in the field. The mailto: field is coming up blank. So I'm guessing/hoping I'm doing something wrong with the way I'm printing/calling it. I would greatly appreciate any help. 

<?php $email = types_render_field ("email");
          if ( $email ) { ?>
           <a href="mailto:<?php $email ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_url' ); ?>/images/icon-email.gif" width="24" height="24" /></a>
<?php } ?>

In case it's relevant, I'm using the Types plugin to create my custom fields.

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Change,

<?php $email ?>

to...

<?php echo $email; ?>

as you need to echo the result of what's held within $email as the function types_render_field would be using return within the function (if you dig into its core) to return the data instead of directly printing it to screen.

<?php $email = types_render_field ("email");
          if ( $email ) { ?>
           <a href="mailto:<?php echo $email; ?>"><img src="<?php bloginfo( 'template_url' ); ?>/images/icon-email.gif" width="24" height="24" /></a>
<?php } ?>
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  • Thanks very much. When I echo it, it pulls it out of the href link and displays [email protected]" (with the quote at the end, from the href code. Any idea how to prevent that from happening? Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 1:38
  • Sorry, add a semi-colon ; after your variable declaration - so <?php echo $email; ?> (snippet updated) Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 4:51
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I figured it out! It had to do with the way the custom field had been created. When it was an "email field", it gave me that big mess. When I made it just a single line text field, it was fine.

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  • Hmm probably shouldn't have made a difference, it was more likely the missing semi-colon that was causing the improper output as mentioned in my update below. Commented Oct 17, 2012 at 4:53
  • the semi-colon and echo helped with the field return, thanks. But the new problem that presented itself -- the inability for the field's value to exist within an href tag -- was fixed by changing the field type. Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 4:11
  • Peculiar to say the least. It shouldn't have an effect on printing the value within a href attribute, however, changing the field type still suffices. I wonder if adding true as in $email = types_render_field('email', true); would have any bearing? That aside, if the problem is now solved for you that's great, then you cane mark and close out this question. Commented Oct 18, 2012 at 4:30

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