Question

I’m working with an external database in WordPress and trying to use an IF statement if a column has a certain value. So the column ‘period’ will have the value of either ‘week’, ‘month’ or ‘year’. I want to be able to change the data based on that. Am I headed in the right direction? Any help appreciated.

$recurring_events = $events_db->get_results(
    "
    SELECT gc_event_id, period
    FROM gc_event_recurring
    WHERE gc_event_id = '$masterID'
    "
);

foreach ($recurring_events as $recurring_event) :
if ($recurring_events['period'] === 'month') { <-- NEED HELP HERE

// Do Something

} else if ($recurring_events['period'] === 'year') {

// Do Something

}

Answer 1

By default, get_results returns objects instead of arrays. It also looks like you’re referencing $recurring_events where you should be referencing $recurring_event.

Try using this line instead within the foreach, where you said you need help:

if ($recurring_event->period === 'month') {