Articles Anywhere

Age Calculation

Alex R

Hello Peter,

I am using Articles Anywhere to pull the birthday data from a custom field and I would like to perform a calculation so that it shows the age of the person in the article. My question is, if this is something I can accomplish with Articles Anywhere alone?

Thanks!

Alex

Peter van Westen ADMIN

8 months 3 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

8 months 3 weeks ago

No, Articles Anywhere doesn't support that level of calculations.
You would have to do that via PHP, for instance via Sourcerer.

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Alex R

8 months 3 weeks ago

Alex R

8 months 3 weeks ago

Ok, thanks!

Alex R

8 months 3 weeks ago

Alex R

8 months 3 weeks ago

I am trying the following, but it is not pulling the value from the custom field.

{source}<?php
function calculateAge($birthdate) {
    $today = new DateTime();
    $birthDate = new DateTime($birthdate);
    $age = $today->diff($birthDate)->y;
    return $age;
}

$birthdate = "{article}[date-of-birth]{/article}"; 
$age = calculateAge($birthdate);
echo "Current Age: " . $age . " years";
?>
{/source}

The custom field being date-of-birth

What am I missing?

Peter van Westen ADMIN

8 months 3 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

8 months 3 weeks ago

Please try the latest development version from:
regularlabs.com/development-releases

You can then disable the protection inside Sourcerer tags in the Articles Anywhere system plugin settings (under Advanced tab).

This should also work:

{article}{source}<?php echo date("Y")-[date-field format="Y"]-( date("nd") < [date-field format="nd"] ? 1 : 0 ); ?>{/source}{/article}

PS: Make sure the Sourcerer system plugin is ordered after Articles Anywhere.
See: regularlabs.com/blog/242-plugin-order-is-important

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Alex R

8 months 3 weeks ago

Alex R

8 months 3 weeks ago

Thank You Peter!

I uploaded the developer version, but I do not see any new option to disable the protection. See below images.

zwdrive.com/5psFSp
zwdrive.com/tG5wXA

I also tried your code suggestion, but it doesn't work.

Peter van Westen ADMIN

8 months 3 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

8 months 3 weeks ago

That setting is in Articles Anywhere, not Sourcerer.

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Alex R

8 months 2 weeks ago

Alex R

8 months 2 weeks ago

Thanks Peter, this works now with the new setting in Articles Anywhere.

Peter van Westen ADMIN