Date_filters Issue

Hi, I’m trying to show photos from a Google Photos album that are filtered to a single date. In this case, I have a custom post type called “pupdates” and I’m pulling the album ID from the author meta, and the date from the post meta. The albums display, but they are not filtered. They display from the most current and show the entire contents. I think I have the correct syntax. Can you point me in the right direction? Thank you! LOVE Photonic!! 🥰

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// function that runs when shortcode is called
function photoniclovenote() {
// Use [g_album_lovenote];

// Get current post author ID
global $post;
$user_ID = $post->post_author;
$post_date = $post->post_date;

if ($user_ID == 0) {
    // The user ID is 0, therefore the post has no author
    return; // escape this function, without making any changes
} else {
    global $wpdb;
    $album_id = $wpdb->get_results("SELECT meta_value FROM wplh_usermeta WHERE meta_key = 'g-album-id' AND user_id = $user_ID");

    // Format the post date to Y/n/j (without leading zeroes)
    $formatted_date = date('Y/n/j', strtotime($post_date));
    $previous_date = date('Y/n/j', strtotime('-1 day', strtotime($post_date)));
    $date_filter = $previous_date . '-' . $formatted_date; // From day before to the post date

    if (!empty($album_id[0]->meta_value)) {
        // If album ID is not empty, display shortcode based on the existing logic
        $data = "[gallery type='google' view='album' date_filters='".$date_filter."' crop_thumb='crop' thumb_size='150' main_size='1200' layout='random' count='2' album_id='".$album_id[0]->meta_value."']";
    } else {
        // If album ID is empty, check user role
        $user_info = get_userdata($user_ID);

        if (in_array('wpamelia-customer', $user_info->roles)) {
            // If user role is "wpamelia-customer", display a specific shortcode
            $data = "";
        } else {
            // If user role is not "wpamelia-customer", display a fallback shortcode
            $data = "";
        }
    }
}

// Output needs to be return
return $data;

}

// register shortcode
add_shortcode(‘g_album_lovenote’, ‘photoniclovenote’);

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