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1. planetphillip
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Hi,

   I would like to be able to display some text based on whether the post is older than 2008 and in a certain category. I know how to display something if it's in a certain cat. but can't find a way to
   A display if it's before a certain date and
   B combine the two.

   I know there is the "is_date conditional but that seems to be used for archive pages and I would like this to be used on single pages.

   Any help gratefully received.

   My level of coding is basically "cut and past".

   TIA

2. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 1 year ago #

   <?php if( in_category('certaincat') && (get_the_time('Y') > 2008) ) { /*show text*/ } ?>

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

   formatting date:
   http://php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

3. planetphillip
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #

   Thank you for your reply and help.

   I kept getting a parse error with your code but a little copying and pasting from something else got me this
   

   <?php
   if ( in_category('catnamehere') && (get_the_time('Y') < 2008) ) {
   echo 'text here';
   } else {
   echo '';
   };
   ?>

   There's probably a more elegant way of doing it but it works.

   Thanks again, your reply made all the difference.

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