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1. Tommie Hansen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Good day,

   I'm doing an events calender and need to dynamically exclude event posts that are older then TODAY via a custom value (not the actual wordpress post date, the custom value date).

   Any ideas? My code so far...:

   <h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
   <?php
   $lastposts = get_posts('category_name=events&meta_key=edate&orderby=meta_value&numberposts=3&order=asc');
   foreach($lastposts as $post) :
   setup_postdata($post);
   ?>
   
   <div class="newsitem" onclick="location.href='<?php the_permalink() ?>';">
   <div class="overlay" title="Click to read more about this event."></div>
   <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   <p>Date: <?php $key="edate"; if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true)){ echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); } ?><br />Location: <?php $key="elocation"; if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true)){ echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); } ?></p>
   </div>
   
   <?php endforeach; ?>

   I guess i'm in need of some 'if' + 'AND' to get posts only between *NOW* and the future (like year 2097 or something :) ...)

   But how....? My date format for the custom field is YEAR-MOTH-DAY, i.e. 2009-10-31.

2. Tommie Hansen
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   I solved it myself with a count-value! Now it works great and without any bloated plugin or something. :)

   <?php
   $lastposts = get_posts('category_name=kalender&meta_key=kdatum&orderby=meta_value&order=asc');
     $count = 0;
   	foreach($lastposts as $post) :
   	  if ($count >= 3) {
   	    break;
   	  }
   		setup_postdata($post);
   		//check the dates
   		$todays_date = date("Y-m-d", strtotime('-1 day'));
   		$kdatum = get_post_meta($post->ID, 'kdatum', $single = true);
   		if(strtotime($kdatum) > strtotime($todays_date)) {
   			?>
   			<div class="newsitem" onclick="location.href='<?php the_permalink() ?>';">
   			<div class="overlay" title="Klicka för att läsa mer"></div>
   			<h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
   			<p>Datum: <?php $key="kdatum"; if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true)){ echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); } ?><br />Plats: <?php $key="kplats"; if(get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true)){ echo get_post_meta($post->ID, $key, true); } ?></p>
   			</div>
   			<?php
   			$count += 1;
   		} //end date check ?>
   	<?php endforeach; ?>

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