Hi Vee Jay,
The rwmb_meta
returns a term object, so if you echo $ptf->name
, you output only its name.
It's better to use:
rwmb_the_value( 'pub_type_field' );
Or:
$ptf = rwmb_meta( 'pub_type_field' );
printf( '<a href="%s">%s</a>', get_term_link( $ptf ), $ptf->name );