divide loop by days

  • how do you write a loop that divides the posts into groups by days?
    some kind of query?
    if a theme already does this, please provide theme name and/or link
    example

    <h3>January 3, 2008</h3>
<div>first post here</div>
<div>second post here</div>

<h3>January 4, 2008</h3>
<div>third post here</div>

<h3>January 6, 2008</h3>
<div>another post here</div>
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  • <?php
$prev_date = null;
$posts = get_posts(array('orderby'=>'post_date'));
foreach( $posts as $post ):
$date = date( "F j, Y" , strtotime( $post->post_date ) );
if( $date != $prev_date ): ?>
<h3><?php echo $date ?></h3>
<?php
$prev_date = $date;
 endif; ?>
<div><?php echo $post->post_content ?></div>
<?php endforeach; ?>
    Thread Starter mistainu

    (@mistainu)

    how is this done with a regular loop? i did this:

    <?php /* Start the loop */ if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ): the_post(); ?>

<?php
$prev_date = null;
$posts = get_posts(array('orderby'=>'post_date'));
foreach( $posts as $post ):
$date = date( "F j, Y" , strtotime( $post->post_date ) );
if( $date != $prev_date ): ?>

<h3><?php echo $date ?></h3>
<?php $prev_date = $date; endif; ?>

<div class="<?php if ( is_home() or is_front_page() ) { ?>hentry<?php } ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<div class="entry-head">
			<h3 class="entry-title">
				<a rel="bookmark" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
			</h3>
			<?php if ( comments_open() ) : comments_popup_link( '<span>0</span>', '<span>1</span>', '<span>%</span>', 'commentslink', ''); endif; ?>
<span class="entry-date">Published <abbr class="published" title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO'); ?>"><?php if (function_exists('time_since')) {
echo time_since(abs(strtotime($post->post_date_gmt . " GMT")), time()) . " ago";
} else {
the_time('H:i:s a'); ?> on <?php the_time('F j, Y');
} ?></abbr></span>
		</div>
		<div class="entry-meta">
			<span class="entry-author">
				<address class="vcard author">
					<span class="fn"><?php the_author(); ?></a>
				</address>
			</span>
			<span class="entry-categories"><?php the_category(', '); ?></span>
		</div>
		<div class="entry-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
</div>

<?php endforeach; ?>

<?php endwhile; /* End The Loop */ else:
	include("fourohfour.php");
endif; ?>

    but the loop repeats 3 times? what happened?

    a bit off-topic, but how about changing it to “today” and “yesterday” if the posts below were actually today or yesterday?

    Thread Starter mistainu

    (@mistainu)

    nevermind, fixed it myself, just a matter of rearranging the terms.

    <?php /* Start the loop */ if ( have_posts() ) : while ( have_posts() ): ?>

<?php
$prev_date = null;
$posts = get_posts(array('orderby'=>'post_date'));
foreach( $posts as $post ):
$date = date( "F j, Y" , strtotime( $post->post_date ) );
if( $date != $prev_date ): ?>

<h3><?php echo $date ?></h3>
<?php $prev_date = $date; endif; ?>

<?php the_post(); ?>

<div class="<?php if ( is_home() or is_front_page() ) { ?>hentry<?php } ?>" id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
		<div class="entry-head">
			<h3 class="entry-title">
				<a rel="bookmark" href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a>
			</h3>
			<?php if ( comments_open() ) : comments_popup_link( '<span>0</span>', '<span>1</span>', '<span>%</span>', 'commentslink', ''); endif; ?>
<span class="entry-date">Published <abbr class="published" title="<?php the_time('Y-m-d\TH:i:sO'); ?>"><?php if (function_exists('time_since')) {
echo time_since(abs(strtotime($post->post_date_gmt . " GMT")), time()) . " ago";
} else {
the_time('H:i:s a'); ?> on <?php the_time('F j, Y');
} ?></abbr></span>
		</div>
		<div class="entry-meta">
			<span class="entry-author">
				<address class="vcard author">
					<span class="fn"><?php the_author(); ?></a>
				</address>
			</span>
			<span class="entry-categories"><?php the_category(', '); ?></span>
		</div>
		<div class="entry-content"><?php the_content(); ?></div>
</div>

<?php endforeach; ?>

<?php endwhile; /* End The Loop */ else:
	include("fourohfour.php");
endif; ?>
    Thread Starter mistainu

    (@mistainu)

    i still want to know how to change the date to “today” and “yesterday”.

    You can delete the while loop because it doens’t do anything anymore.

    i still want to know how to change the date to “today” and “yesterday”.

    switch(true)
{
      case $post->post_date >= strtotime("today"):
          $datestr = "Today";
      break;
      case $post->post_date >= strtotime("yesterday"):
          $datestr = "Yesterday";
      break;
      default:
          $datestr = date( "F j, Y" , strtotime( $post->post_date ) );
;
      break;
}
    Thread Starter mistainu

    (@mistainu)

    where does that go? could you rewrite the loop with that in it?

    Hi,

    the function the_date() can actually be used for this feature you want without adding extra codes inside the loop.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Template_Tags/the_date

    Thread Starter mistainu

    (@mistainu)

    @hafiz i’ll use that if there was a way to change the date to “today” if it was true and “yesterday” also. could you show the full loop with those?

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