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Could I use 'If' for this?

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    chrisandy Reply #1, 12 years, 9 months ago
    I'm trying to display different content within a resource according to the day of the week - something like this:

    If today is either Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday - show this content (or use this template)

    Else - show some other content (or use another template)

    I haven't got a clue where to start doing this but I came across 'If' http://rtfm.modx.com/extras/revo/if - can anybody tell me how I would achieve that or if there is a better way?

    Thanks in advance
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      Tyreal2012 Reply #2, 12 years, 9 months ago
      AndIf would be better as you are evaluating multiple conditions. I find personally If to be for singular evaluations (thats not to say it cant be used for multiple as it can)

      https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=63762&i=1&page=1
      (id copy the URL as its not taking the parameter)

      You would need a way to tell MODx what day it was though

      [[AndIf? &condition=`[[day]] EQ Monday|[[day]] EQ Tuesday` &operator=`OR` &then=`Display Woof` &else=`Display Baa` ]]


      Obviously [[day]] is the snippet to work out the day EQ is the item to set against and 'Monday' is the subject.

      I use AndIf far more than If tbh.

      AndIf will take all of the paramters If does also smiley

      Good Luck
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        Bruno17 Reply #3, 12 years, 9 months ago
        another way:

        create a snippet 'weekday' with this content:

        return date('N');


        and create a chunk for each weekday with names like: contentOfDay_1, contentOfDay_2 .....

        install the getCache - package

        and get a cached chunk for each weekday with:
        [[!getCache? 
&elementClass=`modChunk`
&element=`contentOfDay_[[!weekday]]`
]]

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          chrisandy Reply #4, 12 years, 8 months ago
          Both really good suggestions thanks you - I will let you know how it turns out.
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            Tyreal2012 Reply #5, 12 years, 8 months ago
            Bruno, I think i'll take a copy of that snippet - very handy.