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1. michaelmcguk
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   Can anyone help me use the substr PHP function with the 'the_time' function.

   <div class="calendar">
   
   <?
   // $month = substr(the_time('S'(0,3)));
   ?>
   <p class="month"><?php echo $month; ?> 
   
   <p class="date"><?php the_time('F j') ?>
   </div>

   I had hoped the above would display the first three letters of the month, but seem to be getting errors :(

   Please help.

2. adamrbrown
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   the_time doesn't return the time, it echoes it. So that first line you've got commented out doesn't do anything. (Also, check your parentheses in the substr command.)

   You want get_the_time.

   $month = substr( get_the_time('S'), 0, 3 );

   Although this command doesn't make sense to me. Why not just use

   the_time('M'), which returns the three-letter abbreviation for the month?

3. michaelmcguk
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Heh oh man do I full thick.
   Didn't realise you could do the_time('M')

   *hangs head in shame*

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