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I am trying to pass a php variable into the exp:channel:entries tag year attribute and not having much luck. Here is what I currently have:

<?php 
  $year = 2010; // hardcoded for example
?>
{exp:channel:entries channel="news_items" dynamic="no" year="<?php echo $year ?>"}

{/exp:channel:entries}

Is this possible or is there a way to debug what is actually getting into the “year” attribute? It only works when the year is 2011 but anything older (2010, 2009) just returns all entries from 2011.

Using ee 2.1.3 (20110411)

Hiya,

Ensure that you have PHP parsing stage set to Input and not Output. I believe that may be what’s happening here.

Also I don’t think it’s massively important but you are missing a semi-colon at the end of the echo statement. I believe it’s not needed if you have a one liner of PHP but I think it’s always good to put them in anyway so that you don’t miss them on longer pieces of code.

<?php 
  $year = "2010"; // hardcoded for example
?>
{exp:channel:entries channel="news_items" dynamic="no" year="<?php echo $year; ?>"}

{/exp:channel:entries}

Hope that helps a bit.

Best wishes,

Mark

That fixed it (Output to Input). Thanks so much for the quick reply. Thought I was going crazy there for a sec.

That fixed it (Output to Input). Thanks so much for the quick reply. Thought I was going crazy there for a sec.

No problem at all. Glad that got it sorted for you.

Best wishes,

Mark

Thanks Mark. Feel free ibuck to start a new thread if you have any more questions