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David Tunnell
David Tunnell

Reputation: 7532

date function not showing for every iteration

I recently inherited a website at work. I don't really know PHP.

The below code is supposed to iterate through each post that exists on our wordpress site and post the date that it was posted.

        <?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
            <li>
                <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><h3><?php the_title(); ?></h3></a>
                <span class="the_date">Posted: <?php the_date() ?></span>
                <?php the_excerpt(); ?>                     
            </li>            
        <?php endwhile; ?>

It isn't quite working. It does this, but for posts that land on the same day it doesn't post the date:

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How do I get the date to show up for every iteration?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 77

Answers (2)

gavinrog
gavinrog

Reputation: 13

<?php while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
    <li>
        <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
        <span class="the_date">Posted: <?php echo !empty(get_the_date()) ? get_the_date() : date('d/m/Y'); ?></span>
            <?php the_excerpt(); ?>                     
    </li>            
<?php endwhile; ?>

This adds a fallback to todays date if get_the_date() is not available. Also I have formatted your HTML, as h3 tags should not be allowed within anchor tags.

Upvotes: 0

jedwards
jedwards

Reputation: 30210

From the docs:

SPECIAL NOTE: When there are multiple posts on a page published under the SAME DAY, the_date() only displays the date for the first post (that is, the first instance of the_date()). To repeat the date for posts published under the same day, you should use the Template Tag the_time() or get_the_date() (since 3.0) with a date-specific format string.

Upvotes: 4

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