Upcoming birthdays

Resolved nibetanco
(@nibetanco)

4 years, 2 months ago

Hello Steven,
For the upcoming birthdays I use the following shortcode:
[upcoming_list template=’profile’ list_type=’birthday’ upcoming_list days=’2′ show_lastname=true no_results=’No birthdays today…’]

Please note that the value for upcoming_list days=’2′ I have to manually change it every Friday to 2 so it can show the weekend’s birthdays too, and then manually change it back to 0. Is there a way I can use something more dinamic? Thanks

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Plugin Author Steven
(@shazahm1hotmailcom)

4 years, 2 months ago

Since you are using a profile template instead of one of the anniversary/birthday templates, the show_lastname option will have no effect; it can be removed from the shortcode. Example:

[upcoming_list template='profile' list_type='birthday' upcoming_list days='2' no_results='No birthdays today...']

The birthday type is the default, so you do not need the list_type option. Example:

[upcoming_list template='profile' upcoming_list days='2' no_results='No birthdays today...']

upcoming_list is not a shortcode option; this should be removed. Example:

[upcoming_list template='profile' days='2' no_results='No birthdays today...']

The days option has a trailing fancy quote ′ instead of a straight quote '. This can break the WordPress shortcode parser. This could lead to unexpected results.

Setting days to 0 will cause the list to show only the current day’s events; it does not filter based on the day of the week.

Please delete the entire shortcode on your page and manually type in the following; please do not copy-paste.

[upcoming_list template='profile' days=0 no_results='No birthdays today...']

I hope I have answered this clearly and thoroughly; please let me know.
Thread Starter nibetanco
(@nibetanco)

4 years, 2 months ago
Hi, sorry, I think I didn’t make myself clear enough. That shortcode I shared works perfectly, I don’t have any issues with it and it works as I expected. The problem is that I want to show the current birthdays ‘0’ only from Monday to Thursday, because on Fridays I want it to show the Friday + Weekend birthdays ‘2’. I have to change that value manually and I was wondering if it wasn’t a way to pass a value dynamic to that parameter (days)
- This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by nibetanco.
Thread Starter nibetanco
(@nibetanco)

4 years, 2 months ago

Can I use something like this days={Date().includes(‘Fri’) ? ‘2’ : ‘0’} ?
Plugin Author Steven
(@shazahm1hotmailcom)

4 years, 2 months ago
Oh, I really sorry. I understand now.

Try this; note, this is completely untested code only off the top of my head.

Install the Code Snippets plugin and then add the following as a new code snippet. Save and Activate it.
```
add_filter(
	'shortcode_atts_upcoming_list',
	function( $atts ) {

		$date = current_datetime();
		$day  = $date->format( 'N' );

		if ( 5 > $day ) {

			$atts['days'] = 0;

		} else {

			$atts['days']        = 2;
			$atts['no_results']  = 'No birthdays this weekend...';
		}

		return $atts;
	}
);
```
1 (Monday) — 7 (Sunday)

I hope this helps!
- This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Steven.
Thread Starter nibetanco
(@nibetanco)

4 years, 2 months ago
I did this in a test env that I have with the same page. I’m not sure if in the shortcode I have to remove the whole day parameter? It shows the birthdays I think by default (like for the whole month starting today)

I decided to add the days parameter again with the 0 value and it shows today’s birthdays. I’m not sure if the snippet is working or no.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by nibetanco.
Plugin Author Steven
(@shazahm1hotmailcom)

4 years, 2 months ago
It will not matter if the shortcode has the days parameter because the code snippet will always overwrite it.

I always get my comparison logic backward the first time, kind of like plunging in a USB device, lol…

Try changing> to < to see that works.
- This reply was modified 4 years, 2 months ago by Steven.
Thread Starter nibetanco
(@nibetanco)

4 years, 2 months ago

No, it works now, the problem was the $atts[‘day’] it should be $atts[‘days’]

Thread Starter nibetanco
(@nibetanco)

4 years, 2 months ago

Actually I also changed the if clause and compare $day==5 because I only want this behavior on Fridays. Thank you very much for your help

Plugin Author Steven
(@shazahm1hotmailcom)

4 years, 2 months ago

Great to hear this is a working solution for you.

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