Title: Code Snippet Not Executing
Last modified: April 21, 2021

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# Code Snippet Not Executing

 *  Resolved [wilsonmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilsonmike/)
 * (@wilsonmike)
 * [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-snippet-not-executing/)
 * We have a Code Snippet that is suppose to run once daily to add shirts for employees
   on their anniversary. For some reason the code is not executing and adding +1
   shirt quantity for the role “employee” and +3 shirts for the role “warehouse”.
 *     ```
       add_action( 'init', function () {
   
       	$hook = 'run_snippet_daily';
       	$args = array();
   
       	if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( $hook, $args ) ) {
       		wp_schedule_event( time(), 'daily', $hook, $args );
       	}
       } );
   
       add_action( 'run_snippet_daily', function () {
   
       	// do something once each day
       	// The shortcode function
       function user_info_echo() { 
   
       $users = get_users(array(
           'role' => 'employee'
       ));
       $userwarehouse = get_users(array(
       	'role' => 'warehouse'
       ));
   
   
       echo '<li>' . 'First Name' . ' ' . 'Current Date' . ' | ' . 'Hire Date'  .' Shirt Qty</li>' . PHP_EOL;	
       foreach ($users as $user) {
   
       	$first_name = $user->user_firstname;
       	$last_name = $user->user_lastname; 
       	$role1 = $user->roles;
       	$hire_date = get_user_meta($user->ID, 'wpcf-hire-date', true);
       	$hire_date = date("m-d", strtotime($hire_date));
       	$shirt_quantity = get_user_meta($user->ID, 'wpcf-shirt-quantity', true);
       	$current_date = date("m-d");
   
       if($current_date==$hire_date)
       {
       	echo '<li>Match ' . $first_name . ' ' . $last_name . ' ' . $current_date . ' | ' . $hire_date . ' ' . $shirt_quantity . '</li>' . PHP_EOL;
       	$shirt_quantity_new = $shirt_quantity +1;
       	update_user_meta( $user->ID, 'wpcf-shirt-quantity', $shirt_quantity_new );
       } else {
       	echo '<li>No Match ' . $first_name . ' ' . $last_name . ' ' . $current_date . ' | ' . $hire_date . ' ' . $shirt_quantity . '</li>' . PHP_EOL;
       }	
   
   
       }
   
       	//warehouse
   
       	foreach ($userwarehouse as $userware) {
   
       	$first_name = $userware->user_firstname;
       	$last_name = $userware->user_lastname; 
       	$hire_date = get_user_meta($userware->ID, 'wpcf-hire-date', true);
       	$hire_date = date("m-d", strtotime($hire_date));
       	$shirt_quantity = get_user_meta($userware->ID, 'wpcf-shirt-quantity', true);
       	$current_date = date("m-d");
   
       if($current_date==$hire_date)
       {
       	echo '<li>Match ' . $first_name . ' ' . $last_name . ' ' . $current_date . ' | ' . $hire_date . ' ' . $shirt_quantity . '</li>' . PHP_EOL;
       	$shirt_quantity_new = $shirt_quantity +3;
       	update_user_meta( $userware->ID, 'wpcf-shirt-quantity', $shirt_quantity_new );
       } else {
       	echo '<li>No Match ' . $first_name . ' ' . $last_name . ' ' . $current_date . ' | ' . $hire_date . ' ' . $shirt_quantity . '</li>' . PHP_EOL;
       }	
   
   
       }
   
   
       }
       // Register shortcode
       add_shortcode('echo_userinfo', 'user_info_echo'); 
   
       } );
       ```
   
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 * Last reply from: [wilsonmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wilsonmike/)
 * Last activity: [4 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/code-snippet-not-executing/)
 * Status: resolved