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1. elhashbrown
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   I am trying to create a shortcode called 'year' that I can place within pages as I have documents which should always refer to the current year. I have used the following in my functions.php:

   function year_shortcode() {
   	$year = the_time('Y');
   	return $year;
   }
   
   add_shortcode('year', 'year_shortcode');

   This brings the current year into the page but it sits at the top of the div rather than inline with the text. I'm wondering if the_time is being echoed despite the fact I used return? Can I use &echo=0 somewhere?

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   this is because the_time() directly outputs the time;

   use get_the_time() instead: http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_time

   both of these wordpress functions refer to the published time of the post.

   for the current time, try http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

   this might do what you want; example:
   

   function year_shortcode() {
   	$year = date('Y');
   	return $year;
   }
   
   add_shortcode('year', 'year_shortcode');

3. elhashbrown
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   That's got it. Thank you.

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