the_title( string $before = '', string $after = '', bool $echo = true )

Display or retrieve the current post title with optional markup.

Parameters

$before

(string) (Optional) Markup to prepend to the title.

Default value: ''

$after

(string) (Optional) Markup to append to the title.

Default value: ''

$echo

(bool) (Optional) Whether to echo or return the title. Default true for echo.

Default value: true

Return

(string|void) Current post title if $echo is false.

Source

File: wp-includes/post-template.php 

function the_title( $before = '', $after = '', $echo = true ) {
	$title = get_the_title();

	if ( strlen($title) == 0 )
		return;

	$title = $before . $title . $after;

	if ( $echo )
		echo $title;
	else
		return $title;
}

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Uses

Uses
Uses Description
wp-includes/post-template.php: get_the_title()

Retrieve post title.

Changelog

Changelog
Version Description
WP-0.71 Introduced.