Link from archive-page.php to single-page.php

I have archive-page.php, where my custom posts are displayed. I want to put a link on my image, <a href="" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>, which leads to single-page.php for that particular post or product. How can I do that?

I have tried this:

<a href= "<?php get_the_permalink ();?>" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>

but it does not work. I don't know what to put in functions.php and in those pages: archive-page.php and single-page.php

I have archive-page.php, where my custom posts are displayed. I want to put a link on my image, <a href="" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>, which leads to single-page.php for that particular post or product. How can I do that?

I have tried this:

<a href= "<?php get_the_permalink ();?>" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>

but it does not work. I don't know what to put in functions.php and in those pages: archive-page.php and single-page.php

• single
• custom-post-type-archives

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get_the_permalink() doesn't echo anything. It just returns a string so that you can further manipulate it.

You need the_permalink() instead, which will echo the link.

The difference used to be clear in the Codex but now, in the much inferior, "developer" code reference toward which WordPress is migrating it is not so clear.

As explained by this answer,

<a href= "<?php get_the_permalink ();?>" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>

should be

<a href= "<?php echo get_the_permalink ();?>" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>

OR

<a href= "<?php the_permalink ();?>" alt=""><img src="" alt=""></a>