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[glennrocksvb]

Follow the instructions mentioned in post #38. Then instead of using the PHP code posted there, use the code posted in post #40. I corrected the code I posted in post #38 with the code in post #40.

[oldfan]

Follow the instructions mentioned in post #38. Then instead of using the PHP code posted there, use the code posted in post #40. I corrected the code I posted in post #38 with the code in post #40.

ok dude Im completely lost now lmao...
I attaching to unedited code, can you put your code into it??

ob_start();
global $db,$vbulletin;


$mydate =  mktime(0, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d")-1, date("Y"));
$show_count =10;

$query = sprintf("    SELECT * FROM ".TABLE_PREFIX."event
                    WHERE visible = 1
                    AND (dateline_from >= '$mydate' || (dateline_from >= '$mydate' AND dateline_to <= '$mydate' ) || ('$mydate' BETWEEN dateline_from AND dateline_to))
                    ORDER BY dateline_from ASC LIMIT $show_count");

$event_get = vB::$db->query_read($query);

$output_bits = '';
while($event = vB::$db->fetch_array($event_get)) {

     if($event['dateline_to'] == 0 )
     {
         $format = sprintf("On %s",vbdate('D M jS Y',$event['dateline_from'],false,true,false,true));
     } else {
         $format = sprintf("From %s to %s",vbdate('D M jS Y',$event['dateline_from'],false,true,false,true),vbdate('jS M Y',$event['dateline_to'],false,true,false,true));
     }

     $output_bits .= sprintf('
        <div class = "cms_widget_post_bit"><h4 class="cms_widget_post_header"><a href="calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=%d">%s</a></h4>
            <p class="cms_widget_post_content">%s</p>
         </div>
        ',$event['eventid'],$event['title'],$format);

}
$output = $output_bits;

ob_end_clean();​  

[glennrocksvb]

Are you sure this is the working code? It doesn't have the updated SQL query that I suggested? It has the original query which retrieves events since yesterday. I thought you wanted to show events with the same date as the current date but for different years?

[oldfan]

Are you sure this is the working code? It doesn't have the updated SQL query that I suggested? It has the original query which retrieves events since yesterday. I thought you wanted to show events with the same date as the current date but for different years?

Yes it works and it's the unedited version without your changes. I'm not.100% where to add your code 😵💫

[glennrocksvb]

I suggested 2 code changes. The first one was for the SQL query and the other one for the HTML output.

I thought my suggested SQL query change worked when you said this?

work dude!!
the format sucks lol, is that easy to chnage??

That was after you applied my SQL query change.

Here's the update code with both my suggested code changes:

<?php

ob_start();
global $db, $vbulletin;
$show_count = 10;
$query = sprintf("SELECT * FROM " . TABLE_PREFIX . "event
    WHERE visible = 1
    AND (
       (MONTH(FROM_UNIXTIME(dateline_from)) = MONTH(NOW()) AND DAY(FROM_UNIXTIME(dateline_from)) = DAY(NOW()))
       OR
       (MONTH(FROM_UNIXTIME(dateline_to)) = MONTH(NOW()) AND DAY(FROM_UNIXTIME(dateline_to)) = DAY(NOW()))
    )
    ORDER BY dateline_from ASC LIMIT $show_count");
$event_get = vB::$db->query_read($query);
$output_bits = "";
while ($event = vB::$db->fetch_array($event_get)) {
    if ($event["dateline_to"] == 0) {
        $format = sprintf(
            "On %s",
            vbdate(
                "D M jS Y",
                $event["dateline_from"],
                false,
                true,
                false,
                true
            )
        );
    } else {
        $format = sprintf(
            "From %s to %s",
            vbdate(
                "D M jS Y",
                $event["dateline_from"],
                false,
                true,
                false,
                true
            ),
            vbdate("jS M Y", $event["dateline_to"], false, true, false, true)
        );
    }
    $output_bits .= sprintf("
        <li class='noavatarcontent floatcontainer widget_post_bit'>
            <div class='widget_post_userinfo'></div>
            <div class='smallavatartext widget_post_comment_noavatar'>
                <h5 class='widget_post_header'>
                    <a href='calendar.php?do=getinfo&e=%d' class='title'>%s</a>
                </h5>
                <div class='meta'>%s</div>
            </div>
        </li>",
        $event["eventid"],
        $event["title"],
        $format
    );
}
$output = $output_bits;
ob_end_clean();

[oldfan]

I'll try it in a few days.im at my daughter's in st Louis

[oldfan]

no go dude got this error..

syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file on line 1 in /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code
#0 /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/class_block.php(130): vB_BlockType_Html->getData()
#1 /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/class_block.php(1088): vB_Block->getBlockHTML()
#2 /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/class_block.php(1101): vB_BlockManager->getBlockHTML(4, Array)
#3 /home/james/public_html/forum/forum.php(649): vB_BlockManager->getSidebarHTML()
#4 {main}​  

[glennrocksvb]

Make sure you don't have duplicate <?php

I added it in the code I posted and you might have it duplicated.

If you use code editor like Visual Studio Code and similar tools, it will detect syntax errors like that even without running the code. Line with syntax error will have squiggly lines like it does for typos in MS Word.

[oldfan]

used code visual and got this error

syntax error, unexpected '<', expecting end of file on line 1 in /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/block/html.php(95) : eval()'d code
#0 /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/class_block.php(130): vB_BlockType_Html->getData()
#1 /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/class_block.php(1088): vB_Block->getBlockHTML()
#2 /home/james/public_html/forum/includes/class_block.php(1101): vB_BlockManager->getBlockHTML(4, Array)
#3 /home/james/public_html/forum/forum.php(649): vB_BlockManager->getSidebarHTML()
#4 {main}​  

[glennrocksvb]

Do you see which line in the code has squiggly underline in the Visual Studio Code editor?

[oldfan]

not sure, see attached..

[glennrocksvb]

Try removing the <?php in the first line of the code. I think vB4 already has its own and doesn't need another one.

[oldfan]

No errors with the removal of that code you suggested, but I got this format error and it wiped out my other block.

[glennrocksvb]

I would need access to the forum to see what's going on.

[oldfan]

I would need access to the forum to see what's going on.

check your PMS