if statement for days elapsed
4 posts by 2 authors in: Forums > CMS Builder
Last Post: October 30, 2018 (RSS)
By KennyH - October 26, 2018
I am needed a little help isolating this down a little further. I am trying to get a specific icon to show up depending on how much time has elapsed since the createdDate
If 15 days or less show fa-grin-beam
If 20 days or less show fa-grimace
If 30 days or less show frown-open
My problem is that when it is 20 days past, both 15 & 20 icons show up. If 30 days has elapsed 15, 20, & 30 icons show up. How can I get just the appropriate icon to show up while ignoring the others?
<?php if (time() - strtotime($record['createdDate']) > 60*60*24*15): ?>
<i class="fal fa-grin-beam fa-lg text-default"></i>
<?php elseif (time() - strtotime($record['createdDate']) > 60*60*24*20): ?>
<i class="fal fa-grimace fa-lg text-info"></i>
<?php elseif (time() - strtotime($record['createdDate']) > 60*60*24*30): ?>
<i class="fal fa-frown-open fa-lg text-warning"></i>
<?php endif ?>
Kenny H
By daniel - October 29, 2018
Hi Kenny,
Do you have any other related code that could be outputting icons? An if/elseif chain like in your post should only ever output one result, so having a problem with more than one icon showing up is unexpected.
It also looks like you have your comparisons backwards (> instead of <), meaning that fa-grin-beam will show up after 15 days rather than at 0-15 days. If you switch those operators - and there isn't any other icon code - it looks like it should be doing what you want.
Let me know if you have any more questions!
Thanks,
Technical Lead
interactivetools.com
By KennyH - October 29, 2018
Hi Daniel,
The output with the way the statements are written now shows just a grin-beam (15 Days)
I changed 15 days to < instead of > and a 90+ day entry jumped to 20. So, I switched 20 to < instead of > and it worked. I ran some other tests and it seems to be running good that way.
<?php if (time() - strtotime($record['updatedDate']) < 60*60*24*15): ?>
<i class="fal fa-grin-beam fa-lg text-default"></i>
<?php elseif (time() - strtotime($record['updatedDate']) < 60*60*24*20): ?>
<i class="fal fa-grimace fa-lg text-warning"></i>
<?php elseif (time() - strtotime($record['updatedDate']) > 60*60*24*30): ?>
<i class="fal fa-frown-open fa-lg text-danger"></i>
<?php else : ?>
<i class="fal fa-frown-open fa-lg text-danger"></i>
<?php endif ?>
By daniel - October 30, 2018
Hi Kenny,
Based on the code above, you should get the following results:
- Between 0-15 days: grin-beam
- Between 15-20 days: grimace
- Over 20 days: frown-open
If that's the result you want, you can simplify it a bit further by removing the 30-day "elseif" so it looks something like this:
<?php if (time() - strtotime($record['updatedDate']) < 60*60*24*15): ?>
<i class="fal fa-grin-beam fa-lg text-default"></i>
<?php elseif (time() - strtotime($record['updatedDate']) < 60*60*24*20): ?>
<i class="fal fa-grimace fa-lg text-warning"></i>
<?php else: ?>
<i class="fal fa-frown-open fa-lg text-danger"></i>
<?php endif ?>Cheers,
Technical Lead
interactivetools.com