Question

I’m struggling to compare two php variables to display or not display some text depending if the variables match or not. This is what I have:

<?php $link = the_permalink();?>
<?php $portfolioloop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'news' ) ); ?>
    <?php while ( $portfolioloop->have_posts() ) : $portfolioloop->the_post(); ?>                           
        <?php while(the_repeater_field('featured_companies')): ?>
            <?php $company = the_sub_field('featured_company'); ?>
            <?php  if ($link == $company) { ?>
                show news articles
            <?php } else { ?>
                don't show news articles
            <?php } ?>
        <?php endwhile; ?>
    <?php endwhile; // end of the loop. ?>

I want to compare $link and $company and if they match then do the stuff within the if. Where am I going wrong?

I’m using the http://www.advancedcustomfields.com plugin in WordPress if that helps.

UPDATE:
Firstly forgot to mention that the two variables are urls. At the moment it’s echoing out 2 urls that are the same on the page I want, but it’s also echoing out “show news articles” when the 2 urls don’t match.

Underneath the twitter profile – http://www.mediwales.com/v3/members/mediwales/ shows the same two urls. But when you goto this page http://www.mediwales.com/v3/members/3m/ it shows two different urls yet shows “show news articles”.

Answer 1

Just solved it:

<h2>Latest News</h2>    
<?php $link = get_the_title(); ?>
<?php $portfolioloop = new WP_Query( array( 'post_type' => 'news' ) ); ?>
<?php while ( $portfolioloop->have_posts() ) : $portfolioloop->the_post(); ?>  
    <?php $post_link = get_post_permalink(); ?>                        
        <?php  if (get_field('featured_companies') != "") { ?>
            <?php foreach(get_field('featured_companies') as $post): ?>
                <?php $company = get_the_title($post_object->ID); ?>
                <?php if ($company == $link) { ?>
                    <a href="<?php echo $post_link; ?>">News item 1</a>
                <?php } ?> 
            <?php endforeach;?>
        <?php } ?>
<?php endwhile; ?>