this is the section from /wp-includes/comment.php:
http://pastebin.com/XTTnhznk
there should be enough info to code what you want.
Hi alchymyth,
Thank you very much for that link!
I have had a look at that code, and I have come up with the following. It is ugly code, but it seems to do the job for now. Would like to streamline it though…
If anyone is interested:
<?php
$days_old = (int) get_option('close_comments_days_old');
$days_left = ((time() - strtotime( $posts[0]->post_date_gmt )) - ( $days_old * 24 * 60 * 60 ));
$days_until = $days_left / 24 / 60 / 60;
echo "<span class='notify'>Active ".round($days_until)." days remaining.</span>";
?>
Note: This calculation returns a negative number. I am not sure how to remove the – from the output.
Note: This calculation returns a negative number. I am not sure how to remove the – from the output.
turn this line around; i.e.
$days_left = (( $days_old * 24 * 60 * 60 ) - (time() - strtotime( $posts[0]->post_date_gmt )) );
to stop the output after the comments are closed, you possibly need to make the output conditional on a positive number of days remaining (untested if the last day is displayed properly):
if(round($days_until) > 0 ) { echo "<span class='notify'>Active ".round($days_until)." ".((days remaining.</span>"; }
So if i use this this thing is resolved!?
Aha! Alchymyth! Great stuff! Thank you!
That worked really well! I added an else statement to add a message once comments are closed.
One thing to note, using $posts[0] set all the posts’ “days until” to the same value, so I updated it to $post. (in the loop on an archive page)
See below for current code:
<?php
$days_old = (int) get_option('close_comments_days_old');
$days_left = (( $days_old * 24 * 60 * 60 ) - (time() - strtotime( $post->post_date_gmt )) );
$days_until = $days_left / 24 / 60 / 60;
if(round($days_until) > 0 )
{echo "<span class='notify'>Active ".round($days_until)." days remaining.</span>";}
else {echo "<span class='attention'>Sorry, but comments on this post are now closed.</span>";}
?>
@aerconditionatshop
can you give more details what your question is about?
or start your own topic if your question is not related to showing comment time left.
(@nicholas27)
14 years, 6 months ago
Hi,
There is already a forum post on this topic. See:
http://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/how-to-show-time-until-comments-are-closed?replies=3
But it was never resolved and has now been closed for comments.
WordPress allows you to set the number of days until comments automatically close on a post. How can I display the number of days until the comments close on a post?
I have found a way to do the calculation of the ‘days until’ a future date in PHP. See:
http://www.totallyphp.co.uk/number-of-days-between-now-and-a-day-in-the-future
Regarding the code above, since WordPress knows in how many days comments will close, I want to reference that data as opposed to using my own version of $day/$month/$year.
Any suggestions?