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Hi

Is it possible to create dynamic variables in a channel entries tag. What I need is something like the following:

{dynamic_var="36000"}

{timeslots orderby="start_time"}

{if {start_time} > {dynamic_var}}
{dynamic_var="43200"}
<h1>10-12</h1>
{/if} 

<tr class=”{switch="even|odd"}”>
<td class=“col1”>{start_time format="%H:%i"}</td>
<td class=“col2”>-</td>
<td class=“col3”>{end_time format="%H:%i"}</td>
<td class=“col4”>{title_{language_code}}</td>
</tr>
{/timeslots}

or maybe even increment it like {dynamic_var="+7200"}

The functionality I’am looking for is to write a header for every two hour timeslots.

super easy to do in PHP, which you can employ directly in the template…

I don’t know of a way specifically to do this in native EE code.

If you’re interested in the PHP implemention, I can give an example to get you rolling

Thanks a lot, it would be great to see a php example 😊

what’s the “timeslots” tag doing for ya?

I assume it’s a list of available times for whatever you’re doing.  Is this dynamic? an array of data? result from the DB?

Hi burnsDK,

As mark suggested the best way to do this would be to use php in your templates. It looks like Mark is getting ready to give you some help with that code as well, which is awesome. If you like I could move this thread over to community support.

Sean

Hi Mark

Sorry for the late reply - I had a teaching job yesterday.

The timeslots is a P&T Matrix tag - sorry I should have written this in the first place.

Sean, fell free to move 😊

Hello Mark and burnsDK,

I will move this post over to Community for you.

If there is anything else we can do for you, please let us know.

Cheers,