Simple Basic PHP Help Required Please

Hi can somebody please tell me how to do the following:

When i want to display the title in PHP I use: the_title();

OK I have the following Code:
<?php
query_posts(array(
'cat'=>'5',
'tag_slug__and'=>array('whatever'),
) );?>

How can i display the_title() instead of the 'whatever'? I try to edit it but i keep getting a php error i do not know how to replace the text 'whatever' with the variable the_title().

 

can you provide the files from where this is at?

 

I am using WordPress.
Currently this code will search for all posts with the tag football.
'tag_slug__and'=>array('football'),
However i need it so that it will search for all posts with a dynamic tag. The tag will be the title of the post. I just don't know how to insert it properly.
I tried 'tag_slug__and'=>array(the_title() but then an error come up saying it expected the ' '
So i tried 'tag_slug__and'=>array('the_title();') but this does not work either.

 

Since 'the_title' isn't actually a variable (it's a function), try this instead.

<?php
$the_title=the_title();
query_posts(
     array(
     'cat'=>'5',
     'tag_slug__and'=>array($the_title),
     ) 
);
?>

PHP:

 

Hmm didn't seem to work either, i just used a custom field instead. Many Thanks for your help!