Using the_title() as a variable in the loop

Hi,

I am trying to integrate BinaryMoon’s BMShots Plugin (https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/projects/bm-shots-automated-screenshots-website/) into a custom loop.

In Twentyten, I tried to insert:

When I declare $url directly, it works….

$url = 'https://www.binarymoon.co.uk/';

But when I try to assign it dynamically….

<?php
   $url = the_title();
   echo $url;
   $width = 300;
   echo bm_mshot ($url, $width);
?>

… bm_mshot does not return anything. The post titles are plain URLs.

So the_title() obviously is the output of a function, but how do I assign it to the $url variable? The end result is supposed to output a screenshot for each post (on the overview and the single post pages).

Thanks for any pointers!