Wordpress: How can I get a bookmark by name?

Question

I know how to get a bookmark in wordpress by the bookmark id.

<?php $bookmark = get_bookmark(8); ?>
<a href="<?php echo $bookmark->link_url; ?>" target="_new">link</a>

How can I get it by its name instead of its id?

Thank you.

@PraveenKumar, I dont think `rendering` is the right term here. :P — Starx, Oct 07 '12 at 16:03
Na, I asked what is the HTML getting **generated**, may be... :) — Praveen Kumar Purushothaman, Oct 07 '12 at 16:04
The rendering doesn't matter. The bookmark link of id '8' has 'PUB1' as name. I want to get it by 'PUB1' so if the link is erased (by an user error) the user just have to restore the link and code has not to be rewritten to change the fixed id. — francadaval, Oct 07 '12 at 16:07

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '12 at 16:07

Well apart from using the $wpdb with an SQL-query directly you could use the search-option of get_bookmarks:

$bookmarks = get_bookmarks(array('search' => 'link_name name'));

But it searches not only the link_name field but also other fields:

Searches link_url, link_name or link_description like the search string

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 01 '13 at 17:30

           <?php 

           $links = get_bookmarks( array('category' => "136"));
            foreach ( $links as $link ) {
            $linkname = $link->link_name;
            if ( substr($linkname, 0, 1) == "C"){
            echo '<ul><li><a title="'.$link->link_description.'" href="'.$link->link_url.'" target="_blank"></li></ul>';
            echo $link->link_name.'</a> <br/> ';}
            }

           ?>

Wordpress: How can I get a bookmark by name?

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