How do I add the copyright date?

[cork]

I would like to add a copyright date (that updates automatically every year) on overall_footer.html.

How do I do this?

Thanks.

[imkingdavid]

You can try this:

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$start = 2010; // The year the site started
$current = date('Y'); // The current year
$date = ($start >= $current) ? $start : $start . '-' . $current; // If it is currently the start year, just return that. otherwise, return the the start year - the current year, e.g. 2010-2011
$template->assign_var('MYCOPYRIGHT', 'Copyright© ' . $date); // Assign that to a template variable for use in your template 

NOTE: I haven't tested this, but it should work. Let me know if you have any errors show up.

That could probably go somewhere in the page_footer() method in includes/functions.php. Then in your template file where you want it to show up, just put {MYCOPYRIGHT} and it will show there.

[Dragosvr92]

this is pretty interesting
i thought about asking for a function like that i will look in adding it later tomorrow

[ChaosBringer]

Yes but by looking at that code i can see that it would only return the difference, you want to add a 20 in front of that. ( Since no one here will be alive by the year 2100 + i suppose )

SO If you dont mind me adding something

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$start = 2010; // The year the site started
$current = date('Y'); // The current year
$date = ($start >= $current) ? $start : $start . '-' . $current; // If it is currently the start year, just return that. otherwise, return the the start year - the current year, e.g. 2010-2011
$template->assign_var('MYCOPYRIGHT', 'Copyright© 20' . $date); // Assign that to a template variable for use in your template
 

[Dragosvr92]

so where exactly do i add that script ?
i added it in the functions.php file and it gaved an error
i had find yesterday a php script that dos that but it works just in php and idk where i should add it also

[ChaosBringer]

if your going to add it to the functions.php file ( generate footer i think? )

Look for page_footer( ) inside of functions.php

inside that function, go to the last three things it does

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	$template->display('body');

	garbage_collection();
	exit_handler();

Add your code before that.

In your template, add {MYCOPYRIGHT} where you want it to display on either overall footer or simple footer, i dont know which one it is b/c i barely use phpBB any more ( i have my own stuff )

[T0ny]

Yes but by looking at that code i can see that it would only return the difference

I think you may have misinterpreted the purpose of the minus sign in that code

[imkingdavid]

Yeah, ChaosBringer, I have tested the code I provided on my own server and it works as intended. I then tested your code and it outputs 202010.

The reason is that the minus sign in the code is in single quotation marks, which makes it a string instead of a mathematical operator. It doesn't take the difference of the two numbers, it just adds a - to the output. In other words, if the $start variable is the current year or is somehow after the current year, it will just output the start year (e.g. 2010). If the start year is before the current year, it will output that year, dash, the current year, e.g. 2008-2010.

[ChaosBringer]

Yeah, ChaosBringer, I have tested the code I provided on my own server and it works as intended. I then tested your code and it outputs 202010.

The reason is that the minus sign in the code is in single quotation marks, which makes it a string instead of a mathematical operator. It doesn't take the difference of the two numbers, it just adds a - to the output. In other words, if the $start variable is the current year or is somehow after the current year, it will just output the start year (e.g. 2010). If the start year is before the current year, it will output that year, dash, the current year, e.g. 2008-2010.

woops

Did the location i gave you work tho?

[imkingdavid]

Well, I tried to code in the body of a new custom page, not where you suggested so I haven't tried it there yet. But that should work theoretically.

[jcarballo]

Here is what I did. In file includes/functions.php, in function page_header() they define an array with the variables that may be used at any point by a template. I just added mine in the array.

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	// The following assigns all _common_ variables that may be used at any point in a template.
	$template->assign_vars(array(
		'SITENAME'						=> $config['sitename'],
		'SITE_DESCRIPTION'				=> $config['site_desc'],
...
		'MYCURRENTYEAR'			=> '' . date ('Y'),
	));

Then I was able to use it in the overall_footer.html template.

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Copyright 2010-{MYCURRENTYEAR}

[Erik Frèrejean]

Keep in mind that, that isn't proper use of the copyright years. Because a year isn't included in that list doesn't mean it isn't copyrighted

[AmigoJack]

...not to mention that jcarballo's code will only use the date of the server, not any localized one. While one might be sleeping after partying someone elsewhere in the world will still live in the old year. I'm curious if a future date in a copyright voids its validity.

[jcarballo]

Using a range of years in a copyright notice is very common. For example, here is how it is specified by GNU.

You can use a range (‘2008-2010’) instead of listing individual years (‘2008, 2009, 2010’) if and only if: 1) every year in the range, inclusive, really is a “copyrightable” year that would be listed individually; and 2) you make an explicit statement in a ‘README’ file about this usage. (http://www.gnu.org/prep/maintain/html_n ... tices.html)

What is wrong about automatic updating the latest year of the copyright is that probably by January 1st (wherever you live) you haven't made your work "copyrightable", you were probably sleeping or something . Nevertheless, if you're site is pretty much active, I guess this is a trick that works fine for a lot of website owners.