Question

<?php
        $database = & JFactory::getDBO();
        $query = "SELECT asset_id FROM #__content WHERE state = 1";
        $database->setQuery( $query );
        $count_at = $database->loadObjectList();
        $count_nbr = count($count_at);
?>

So $count_nbr returns all created and published articles, but i need to add “today” filter to it. If some guru could hep ot please… Need 2 types of filter: “1 day” and a “week”…

UPDATE: adding $date = date (Y-m-d); amd modifieng string to SELECT asset_id FROM #__content WHERE state = 1 AND publish_up = $date; doen’t help cause publish_up in mysql Y-m-d H:i:s and I need to ignore time stamp…

Answer 1

To get the articles published today:

$today = date('Y-m-d');
$query = "SELECT asset_id FROM #__content WHERE state = 1 AND DATE_FORMAT(publish_up, '%Y-%m-%d') = '$today'";
...

This uses the MySQL DATE_FORMAT() function to format that published date to Y-m-d format, so that you can compare it.

To get articles published this week use the YEARWEEK() function:

$query = "SELECT asset_id FROM #__content WHERE state = 1 AND YEARWEEK(publish_up) = YEARWEEK(NOW())";