WordPress: PHP code rendering in the wrong place

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I’m trying to insert a php code for a post-rating on wordpress.
It used to work out of the echo normally and in-place.
Now, using this code, instead of the rating showing up after “User Rating:” it renders completely out of the ‘anime-info’ div and show up above it.

The code is ” . the_ratings() . ”
The full code should be:
but ” . if(function_exists(‘the_ratings’)) { the_ratings() } . ” didn’t work so I had to change it.

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Here’s the full code.
Basically, if the category ID assigned to the current post is 4, it shows this text and an image.
If it’s not, it renders only a image.

Any suggestions?

This is the plugin I’m using http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/

Thanks! 

    <?php foreach((get_the_category()) as $category)
            { if($category->cat_ID = 4){ echo "<div class='anime-info'>
                    <div class='anime-inf left'>
                    <b>Anime Title:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_title', true )."<br />
                    <b>Creator:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_creator', true )."<br />
                    <b>Genres:</b> ".the_tags()." <br />
                    <b>Studio:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_studio', true )."<br />
                    <b>First aired at:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_firstaired', true )."<br />
                    <b># of Episodes:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_episodes', true )."<br />
                    <b>Official Website:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_website', true )."<br />
                    <b>Anime ii Rating:</b> ".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'anime_revrating', true )."<br /> <br />
                    <b>User Rating:</b>" .  the_ratings() . "
                    </div>
                    <div class='post-image-inner right'>
                       img src='".get_bloginfo( 'template_directory' )."/timthumb.php?src=".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'image_value', true )."&amp;w=225&amp;h=246&amp;zc=1' />
                        </div>
                        </div>"; 
                }else{ echo "<div class='post-image'><img src='".get_bloginfo('template_directory')."/timthumb.php?src=".get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'image_value', true )."&amp;w=529&amp;h=253&amp;zc=1' /></div>";
                                    }
                                }
                        ?>
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2 comments

  1. It’s because you’re echoing a function that itself echoes a value. The function has a display parameter that you have to set to false if you want it to return it’s value to use it that way:

    function the_ratings($start_tag = 'div', $custom_id = 0, $display = true)

    Also –

    if($category->cat_ID = 4)

    should be:

    if($category->cat_ID == 4)

  2. Just the_rating() will work.

    Without looking at your generated page, not sure if it’s styling problem. Make sure that this foreach code block is placed within <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>