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Conditional with custom date range

Dylan 19 Feb 2013 00:22 question, complete

I have a view on my calendar that shows the events that begin or end in the next 7 days. I've got it working well. The only problem is that the events that are ending only display if they end during the current week not the next 7 days. So if it were sunday and an event finishes the next day on Monday it wouldn't actually display until Monday giving users minimal notice. Here's the code I'm using:

 
 {exp:low_events:entries channel="events" date="now;+1 weeks" orderby="low_events:end"} 
    {!-- Only show events that start or end during the week --} 
    {if event_dates:upcoming == 'y' || '{event_dates:ends_this_week}'} 
       {!-- Conditionally stash the start or end date so we can order based on it --} 
       {stash:order_date}{if event_dates:upcoming == 'y'}{event_dates:start_date}{if:else}{event_dates:end_date}{/if}{/stash:order_date} 
       {!-- Fields to display --} 
       {stash:title}{title}{/stash:title} 
       {stash:url_title}{url_title}{/stash:url_title} 
    {/if} 
 {/exp:low_events:entries} 
 

Replies

1. Low 19 Feb 2013 08:27

   You'd have to use some PHP to get the relative date, like the start_on param explained here: http://ellislab.com/expressionengine/...
   
   So something like this:
   
   

   <?php $date = $this->EE->localize->decode_date('%Y-%m-%d', $this->EE->localize->now + 604800); ?>

   
   
   and then use this in your conditional
   
   

   {if event_dates:end_date <= '<?=$date?>'}

2. Dylan 21 Feb 2013 05:28

   Thanks Low, that worked great.