Code showing current date rather than modified date?

Tad Ditman-Brunye

Hello -

I am using the following Sourcerer (v10.0.0) code in my articles to display modified date:

{source}
<?php echo HTMLHelper::_('date', $displayData['item']->modified, 'c'); ?>" itemprop="dateModified">
<?php echo Text::sprintf('COM_CONTENT_LAST_UPDATED', HTMLHelper::_('date', $displayData['item']->modified, Text::_('DATE_FORMAT_LC3'))); ?>{/source}

This should show modified date. However, it is showing current date upon refreshing the page.

I checked in PHPMyAdmin database and the modified dates in #__content are correct for all items. But when you refresh a page, the above code is displaying current date instead of modified date.

This has been happening since I updated to PHP 8.1, but may have been occurring prior to that.

Thank you for any help!

Tad Ditman-Brunye

6 months 2 weeks ago

Tad Ditman-Brunye

6 months 2 weeks ago

Note that I also tried this code instead:

{source}
<?php
$db = JFactory::getDbo();
$query = $db->getQuery(true);
$query->select($db->quoteName('modified'));
$query->from($db->quoteName('#__content'));
$query->where($db->quoteName('id') . ' = ' . $db->quote($this->item->id));
$db->setQuery($query);
$modifiedDate = $db->loadResult();

if ($modifiedDate) {
    echo JHtml::_('date', $modifiedDate, 'DATE_FORMAT_LC3');
}
?>
{/source}

But it gives the error "Using $this when not in object context"

Note that I am trying to run this code in a module embedded in the article.

Peter van Westen ADMIN

6 months 2 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

6 months 2 weeks ago

In both codes you are referencing php variables (objects) that don't exist in the scope the code is executed in.
You can't just reference a php variable that is used in a completely different part/file of Joomla inside the code you push to Sourcerer. That is not how php works.

But… why not simply use Articles Anywhere to output the modified date?
regularlabs.com/articlesanywhere

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Tad Ditman-Brunye

6 months 2 weeks ago

Tad Ditman-Brunye

6 months 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the info. I use sourcerer to display the article date within a module, can I do the same with Articles Anywhere?

Peter van Westen ADMIN

6 months 2 weeks ago

Peter van Westen ADMIN

6 months 2 weeks ago

Yes.

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