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#1 2009-12-29 22:22:50

richtestani

Plugin Author

Registered: 2009-11-08

Posts: 128

View articles by day

Is there a way to view a single days articles?

I have a situation where the client wants a calendar, but only to view the day’s events (there will apparently be many events).
Any help in this area would be great.
Thanks
Rich

#2 2009-12-30 14:10:15

geoff777

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From: Benarrabá Andalucía Spain

Registered: 2008-02-19

Posts: 282

Website

Re: View articles by day

<txp:article_custom form="your_form" month="2009-12-29" />
or
<txp:article_custom form="your_form" month='<txp:variable name="month" />'
and build the variable from Year – Month – Day so it has the same format.

I think Stef has written a calendar/events plugin – one of the few of “Blokes” plugins that I don’t use … yet.

It might be worth checking out … as it probably sings and dances too.

Geoff

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#3 2009-12-30 16:18:27

richtestani

Plugin Author

Registered: 2009-11-08

Posts: 128

Re: View articles by day

This is helpful, and I’ve attempted to set the variable, but I cannot tell if its being set.
Would this be the correct approach?

<txp:php>
 if(isset($_GET['day'])) {
  $today = $_GET['day'];
 } else {
  $today = date('Y-m-d');
 }

echo ‘<txp:variable name=“month” value=”$today” />’;
</txp:php>

<txp:article_custom listform="section" section="calendar" sort="posted" status="live" month='<txp:variable name="month" />' />

This code displays all events, so it seems the month variable isnt setting. Is there a way to test the variable output?
I’ve place the variable tag down and nothing is output, but im not sure if its supposed to write to screen.

Thanks
Rich

#4 2009-12-31 00:36:18

rsilletti

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From: Spokane WA

Registered: 2004-04-28

Posts: 707

Re: View articles by day

You might give this a spin and see if it suits. ras_if_dates_v4.2.0.txt

#5 2009-12-31 01:00:04

Gocom

Developer Emeritus

From: Helsinki, Finland

Registered: 2006-07-14

Posts: 4,533

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Re: View articles by day

richtestani wrote:

Would this be the correct approach?

• In PHP code between single (') quotes is not parsed by PHP’s parser. Instead everything is returned as a string.
• TXP’s parser can not parse what it can not see.

How it would work:

<txp:variable name="month" value='<txp:php> echo (gps("day")) ? gps("day") : date("Y-m-d"); </txp:php>' />

richtestani wrote:

Is there a way to test the variable output?

Outputs value:

<txp:variable name="month" />

Tests if variable is set:

<txp:if_variable name="month">
	Is set.
</txp:if_variable>

Tests if value matches:

<txp:if_variable name="month" value="">
	Is empty.
</txp:if_variable>

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