RenFromPenn
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
I know how to display a custom field. I just use the code shown here:
$customField = get_post_custom_values("new");
if (isset($customField[0])) {
echo "New: ".$customField[0];
}
What I need to know is how to make that code display on only a certain date and then have a different custom field display if it isn't that date.
Say that I want the code above to show on December 14, but on December 15 I want this code to be used instead:
$customField = get_post_custom_values("previous-post");
if (isset($customField[0])) {
echo "Previous Post: ".$customField[0];
}
How would I do that?
I assume you just want help with the specifics of figuring out if the current day matches a specific date, see below..
if( '12-25-2010' == date("m-d-Y") ) {
// It's christmas day
// month-day-year
}
else {
// It's any other day
}
Hope that helps..
RenFromPenn
Member
Posted 1 year ago #
That's kind of what I'm looking to do. The only thing is I need the specific date portion of your code to be a variable. The actual date would be entered in a custom field. Can you please tell me how I could change your code to achieve that?
Replace the appropriate part of the example with your custom field variable?
$your_var = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'your_meta_key', true );
if( $your_var == date("m-d-Y") ) {
....etc..
or
$your_var = get_post_meta( $post->ID, 'your_meta_key', true );
if( '12-25-2010' == $your_var ) {
....etc..
Not sure i follow, but i assume one of the above is what you're looking for?
Meta functions:
http://codex.wordpress.org/Custom_Fields#Function_Reference
PHP basics:
http://php.net/manual/en/control-structures.if.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/control-structures.else.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/language.operators.comparison.php
http://php.net/manual/en/language.operators.php
