PHP echo field, field appears before div-CodePudding

I have the following code:

if( get_field('event_timedate') ): echo "<div class='bm-event_timedate'><p>".the_field('event_timedate')."</p></div>"; endif;

But for some reason the output is (the date appears before the div and p tags)

27/08/2022 8:00pm <div class='bm-event_timedate'><p>".the_field('event_timedate')."</p></div>

Id really appreciate any help, thanks in advance!

CodePudding user response：

use get_field() function for echo as well

if( get_field('event_timedate') ):
    echo "<div class='bm-event_timedate'><p>".get_field('event_timedate')."</p></div>"; 
endif;

CodePudding user response：

The issue is due to the_field() this function itself displays data but you insert the display data function inside echo.

either you can do like

if( get_field('event_timedate') ):
  echo "<div class='bm-event_timedate'><p>";
  the_field('event_timedate');
  echo "</p></div>";
endif;

you can use get_field() function instead of the_field() function;

if( get_field('event_timedate') ):
   echo "<div class='bm-event_timedate'><p>". get_field ('event_timedate')."</p></div>";
endif;