Using the_date() in php if elseif else statements

  • Resolved Revion

    (@revion)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    So this is what I’m trying to do:

    Change the css background-color of a div that surrounds my date (I have it all nice and fancy 😛 ) depending on the month that the post was written. I am attempting to accomplish this by using the_date within a series of if elseif statements and depending on what the_date(‘m’) outputs suchas 11 then the color for november posts will be #123456. Here’s my code:

    <?php
/*This is php code to change the background color of the meta circle of a post depending on the month*/
/*setting $monthColor equal to the numerical month value */
$month = the_date("m", FALSE);

if ($month == "11"){
echo "aklsjdflfjasdlkjflskjdflkasjdf";
}else{
echo "AKSJDLKJDFLKJSDLKFJLDS";
}

if ($month == '1') {
$monthColor = "#5E7CFF";
} elseif ($month == '2') {
$monthColor = "#FFD06F";
}  elseif ($month == '3') {
$monthColor = "#55B541";
}  elseif ($month == '4') {
$monthColor = "#B24D2E";
}  elseif ($month == '5') {
$monthColor = "#528CB5";
}  elseif ($month == '6') {
$monthColor = "#96B523";
}  elseif ($month == '7') {
$monthColor = "#630907";
}  elseif ($month == '8') {
$monthColor = "#23634B";
}  elseif ($month == '9') {
$monthColor = "#0B4B63";
}  elseif ($month == '10') {
$monthColor = "#634C20";
}  elseif ($month == "11") {
$monthColor == "#F0CF44";
}  elseif ($month == '12') {
$monthColor = "#42BDF0";
} else {
$monthColor = "#000000";
}
echo $monthColor;
?>

    Here’s the code that I’m using and is working (using the else statement from the above code to display black):

    <div class="posts_Date" style="background-color:<?php echo($monthColor); ?>;">

    Any help with this would be much appreciated!!! 🙂

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  • Thread Starter Revion

    (@revion)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    One more thing, This snippet of code is just checking to see if the value of the_date(‘m’) is equal to 11 and if so to echo the string value. What doesn’t make sense is that according to what is being outputted the_date(‘m’) will echo 11 BUT the_date(‘m’) does not equal 11. (11 is the month that my post was written)

    if ($month == "11"){
echo "aklsjdflfjasdlkjflskjdflkasjdf";
}else{
echo "AKSJDLKJDFLKJSDLKFJLDS";
}
    Andrew Bartel

    (@andrew-bartel)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Have you tried just using get_the_date(‘m’) instead?

    Thread Starter Revion

    (@revion)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Unfortunately (unless I’m just using the get_the_date method wrong) it will then not post any information and it won’t even enter into the if elseif statements, thus leaving the background color white.

    Andrew Bartel

    (@andrew-bartel)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Ok, I’m confused. Why wouldn’t this work?

    <?php
$month = get_the_date('m');
if($month == 1) $color = '#5E7CFF';
elseif($month == 2) $color = '#FFD06F';
// etc etc
?>

<div class="posts_Date" style="background-color:<?php echo $color; ?>">

    This would also be an ideal place for a switch

    Thread Starter Revion

    (@revion)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    This is why I posted this on here… The the_date(‘m’) echo is 11 (it prints it onto the post) but when I do if the_date(‘m’) == “11” it returns false…which makes no sense in my mind 11=/=11… I’ll look at what you just posted and see if that works…

    Thread Starter Revion

    (@revion)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    IT WORKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 Thank you so much!!!!

    Michael

    (@alchymyth)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    The the_date(‘m’) echo is 11 (it prints it onto the post)

    exactly;
    the_date() prints the result immediately, and it is not available for any string operation or conditional statements.

    you need to use a function which returns the result, like get_the_date()

    http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference/get_the_date

    edit:
    my reply was too late – well done.

    Thread Starter Revion

    (@revion)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    When I was reviewing the codex none of that clicked for me thanks for everything guys!!!

    Andrew Bartel

    (@andrew-bartel)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    When I was reviewing the codex none of that clicked for me

    Ah, sorry I didn’t explain it in better detail. Alch is always really good about that.

    Remember, if you ever have questions about a function in WordPress, you can always just go look at the code.

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