Use get_the_ID()
, not the_ID()
. The latter just prints the value, it does not return a value you can store in a variable.
So …
$originalArticle = get_the_ID();
Use get_the_ID()
, not the_ID()
. The latter just prints the value, it does not return a value you can store in a variable.
So …
$originalArticle = get_the_ID();