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Schedule Start and End Date to post content

I have had a few requests now to be able to add a notice of of items of content and then schedule when they appear on the site, ie between 2 dates. Is this even possible as I've tried using eqbetween to achieve this but have had no success?
Richard Lowe

Richard Lowe 0 points

  • 5 years ago
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

Yes, that's possible. What code are you using, and how is it failing?
Richard Lowe

Richard Lowe 0 points
Registered Developer

5 years ago

I have these three items in my template

<perch:content type="checkbox" id="visibility" value="1" label="Is item visible" suppress="true"/>
<perch:content type="date" id="datestart" format="dmy" label="Date to show this item from" suppress="true"/>
<perch:content type="date" id="dateend" format="dmy" label="Date to end displaying this item" suppress="true"/>

And on my page


<?php



 perch_content_custom('Notices', array(
               'template' => 'notice_listing.html',
               'filter'   => 'visibility',
               'value'    => 1,


          )); 

?>

What I need to know is how to only display the item if today's date falls between or on the datestart & dateend
Richard Lowe

Richard Lowe 0 points
Registered Developer

5 years ago

It's OK, I worked it out I think using

<?php

$today = date('Y-m-d');

 perch_content_custom('Notices', array(
               'template' => 'notice_listing.html',
               'filter'   => 'visibility',
               'value'    => 1,
               'filter'   => 'datestart',
               'match' => 'lte',
               'value'    => $today,
               'filter'   => 'dateend',
               'match' => 'gte',
               'value'    => $today,

          )); 

?>
Drew McLellan

Drew McLellan 2638 points
Perch Support

5 years ago

You're actually only filtering by dateend there, as you reset the options each time you reuse them.

Instead you need to use an array of filters:

perch_content_custom('Notices', array(
     'template' => 'notice_listing.html',
     'filter'   => [
          [
               'filter' => 'visibility',
               'value'  => 1,
          ],
          [
               'filter' => 'datestart',
               'match'  => 'lte',
               'value'  => $today,
          ],
          [
               'filter' => 'dateend',
               'match'  => 'gte',
               'value'  => $today,
          ],
     ],
));
Richard Lowe

Richard Lowe 0 points
Registered Developer

5 years ago

Thanks, Perfect!