Title: date based condition
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# date based condition

 *  [Wendihihihi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wendihihihi/)
 * (@wendihihihi)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-based-condition/)
 * I’d like to add a date based condition to the code I have to reset the counter
   on every Sunday 00:00:00 but I can’t figure out how to do it.
 * This is what I have, but it doesn’t reset the counter to 0.
 *     ```
       //COUNT PAGEVIEWS
       function wpb_set_post_views($postID) {
           $count_key = 'wpb_post_views_count';
           $count = get_post_meta($postID, $count_key, true);
           $today = date('l H:i:s');
           if($count=='' || $today == 'Sunday 00:00:00') {
               $count = 0;
               delete_post_meta($postID, $count_key);
               add_post_meta($postID, $count_key, '0');
           }else{
               $count++;
               update_post_meta($postID, $count_key, $count);
           }
       }
       ```
   
 * Anyone with ideas?
 * Thanks

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 *  [vtxyzzy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vtxyzzy/)
 * (@vtxyzzy)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-based-condition/#post-3772290)
 * The code checks for the time being exactly ‘Sunday 00:00:00’. Chances are that
   the code will never be executed at exactly that time.
 * As an alternative, you might store the date/time of the last reset in a custom
   field and reset if that date is more than 7 days in the past. That way the count
   will show views in the last 7 days.
 *  [Okoth1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/okoth1/)
 * (@okoth1)
 * [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-based-condition/#post-3772291)
 * There is a way to achieve this.
 * **Create a page**, let’s say ‘reset’.
    **Create a template** and put this code
   in (assuming you have got the standard WP structure)
 *     ```
       <?php
       /*
       Template Name: Reset Pageviews
       */
       ?>
       <?php get_header();
       //RESET PAGEVIEW COUNTERS
       $resetallpostsviews = get_posts('numberposts=-1&post_status=any');
   
         foreach( $resetallpostsviews as $postinfo) {
           delete_post_meta($postinfo->ID, 'wpb_post_views_count');
           add_post_meta($postinfo->ID, 'wpb_post_views_count', '0');
         }
   
       $resetallpagesviews = get_pages();
   
         foreach( $resetallpagesviews as $pageinfo) {
           delete_post_meta($pageinfo->ID, 'wpb_post_views_count');
           add_post_meta($pageinfo->ID, 'wpb_post_views_count', '0');
         }
       get_footer(); ?>
       ```
   
 * **Set a cronjob**, Sunday 0:00 is
    * 0 * * 0 wget [http://example.com/your/url](http://example.com/your/url)
 * **Add some code to your .htaccess** to prevent other people then you and the 
   host who’s doing the cronjob from going to the reset page
 *     ```
       RewriteEngine On
       RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^111\.222\.333\.444
       RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^999\.888\.777\.666
       RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^127\.0\.0\.1
       RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} /reset [NC]
       RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php [F,L]
       ```
   
 * Et voila!

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 * Last reply from: [Okoth1](https://wordpress.org/support/users/okoth1/)
 * Last activity: [13 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/date-based-condition/#post-3772291)
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