Get age from birthdate function WordPress
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Code below generates the author birthdate.
if ($term_meta['birth']) { echo '<li><span class="custom-text">Birth:</span> ','<span class="author-text">'.$term_meta['birth'].'</span></li>'; }
I need a function that will get the author age from the birthdate using the variable $term_meta['birth'] which is where the birthdate is stored.
Answers (2)
Fahad Murtaza answers:
$birthday = $term_meta['birth'];
$interval = $birthday->diff(new DateTime);
echo $interval->y;
Fahad Murtaza comments:
Full code
if ($term_meta['birth']) {
$birthday = $term_meta['birth'];
$interval = $birthday->diff(new DateTime);
echo '<li><span class="custom-text">Birth:</span> ','<span class="author-text">'.$interval->y.'</span></li>'; }
Fahad Murtaza comments:
Function:
function getAge($birthday) {
$birthday = new DateTime($birthday);
$interval = $birthday->diff(new DateTime);
return $interval->y;
}
So the code will be
if ($term_meta['birth']) {
echo '<li><span class="custom-text">Birth:</span> ','<span class="author-text">'.getAge($term_meta['birth']).'</span></li>'; }
Shane Pennington comments:
Hi Fahd.
What would be the best way to add the echo to an if statement?
I tried this.
Line 76if ($term_meta['birth']) { echo '<li><span class="custom-text">Birth:</span> ','<span class="author-text">'$interval->y;'</span></li>'; }
no luck I'm getting this.
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_VARIABLE, expecting ',' or ';' in /home/quotetwe/public_html/wp-content/themes/Nexus/index.php on line 76
Shane Pennington comments:
ok just seen your other posts let me try. thank you.
Fahad Murtaza comments:
OK, let me know if any issues. Also whats your date format? I remember writing a detailed blog post about this but can't find the link as I killed my old blog :(
Shane Pennington comments:
M,D,Y as far as I know. Works like a charm! Thank you my man. If you would like to check out how far this little project has come here is the url http://quotetweet.com/authors/adam-sandler/
Fahad Murtaza comments:
Adam Sandler is the best, wish you success for the project.
Shane Pennington comments:
Thank you, and to you as well!
ghost1227 answers:
This will have to be adjusted for whatever format you're storing the birthdate in, but the principle should be valid regardless...
function get_age( $birthdate ) {
// Explode the date into useful variables... adjust as needed for the format you are storing the date in.
// This assumes you are storing as YYYY-mm-dd
list( $year, $month, $date ) = explode( '-', $birthdate );
// Calculate the differences
$yeardiff = date( 'Y' ) - $year;
$monthdiff = date( 'm' ) - $month;
$daydiff = date( 'd' ) - $day;
// Check if the birthday has occurred yet this year
if( $daydiff < 0 || $monthdiff < 0 ) {
$yeardiff--;
}
return $yeardiff;
}