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1. stemie
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Im trying to create a query that shows all the posts from a random year. So when a visitor comes to the page they get a random year with all the posts from that year.

   Im creating an historic site with a post for each month of the year so each random year will always have 12 posts. Eg each year 1986, 1987 etc. has 12 posts.

2. Chouby
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   You can do something like this:
   query_posts('year='.rand(1986, 2011));

3. stemie
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Thanks for the reply

   I tried a basic loop just to see if it works but I get an error

   <?php query_posts ('year='.rand(1986, 2011)); ?>
   <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
   <?php the_title(); ?>
   <?php endwhile; ?>
   <?php endif; ?>

   Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting T_STRING or T_VARIABLE or '$' in /home/content/30/8250330/html/racingmuseum.co.za/site/wp-content/themes/toolbox/random-year.php on line 58

   Line 58 being the first line, query.

   http://racingmuseum.co.za/site/random-year/

4. stemie
   Member
   Posted 5 months ago #

   Ok I think I got it now, was some charater changes when I copy pasted it.

   Thanks for your help seems like an easy solution.

   <?php
   
   // The Query
   query_posts ('year=' . rand(1986, 2011));
   
   // The Loop
   while ( have_posts() ) : the_post();
   	echo '<li>';
   	the_title();
   	echo '</li>';
   endwhile;
   
   // Reset Query
   wp_reset_query();
   
   ?>

5. alchymyth
   The Sweeper
   Posted 5 months ago #

   using:

   query_posts ('year=' . rand(1986, date('Y')-1));

   should automatically expand this to the last full year, excluding the current year (untested).

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

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