Automatically input current year in custom field of article_custom?

Kjeld · 2012-03-04 04:26:36

I have been unable to figure this out. I hope you can help me out.

I have the following article_custom tag:

<txp:article_custom section="artists" limit="1" form="front_page_artist" sort="rand()" year="2012" />

I want the current year automatically input for the custom field year.

I tried year="<txp:php>echo safe_strftime('%Y');</txp:php>", but article_custom doesn’t output anything.

I am sure the answer is already in the forum, but I have been unable to discover it…

Do you have any suggestions?

maruchan · 2012-03-04 06:26:50

Maybe try

<txp:variable name="current_year"><txp:php>echo safe_strftime('%Y');</txp:php></txp:variable>

then

<txp:article_custom section="artists" limit="1" form="front_page_artist" sort="rand()" year='<txp:variable name="current_year" />' />

Edit: Corrected custom_field to variable. Thanks!

Last edited by maruchan (2012-03-05 03:48:25)

Kjeld · 2012-03-04 07:06:18

That did the trick. Thanks, maruchan.

This is one of those times where you think, how come I didn’t think of that…

Others wanting to benefit from this, please notice the accidental typo: txp:custom_field should be txp:variable.

The correct code is:

<txp:article_custom section="artists" limit="1" form="front_page_artist" sort="rand()" year='<txp:variable name="current_year" />' />

Last edited by Kjeld (2012-03-04 07:10:48)

uli · 2012-03-04 13:23:22

Kjeld wrote:

I tried year="<txp:php>echo safe_strftime('%Y');</txp:php>", but article_custom doesn’t output anything.

If this is literally what you tried, then it’s the double quotes.

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