WordPress:Template Tags/get day link
Description
Returns the daily archive URL to a specific year, month and day for use in PHP. It does NOT display the URL. If year, month and day parameters are set to '', the tag returns the URL for the current day's archive.
Usage
%%% <?php get_day_link('year', 'month', 'day'); ?> %%%
Examples
Current Day as Link
Returns the URL to the current day's archive as a link by displaying it within an anchor tag with the PHP echo command.
<a href="<?php echo get_day_link('', '', ''); ?>">Today's posts</a>
Use With Variables
PHP code block for use within WordPress:The Loop: Assigns year, month and day of a post to the variables $arc_year, $arc_month and $arc_day. These are used with the get_day_link() tag, which returns the URL as a link to the daily archive for that post, displaying it within an anchor tag with the PHP echo command. See WordPress:Formatting Date and Time for info on format strings used in get_the_time() tag.
<?php
$arc_year = get_the_time('Y');
$arc_month = get_the_time('m');
$arc_day = get_the_time('d');
?>
<a href="<?php echo get_day_link("$arc_year", "$arc_month",
"$arc_day"); ?>">this day's posts</a>
Parameters
- year
- (integer) The year for the archive. Use '' to assign current year.
- month
- (integer) The month for archive. Use '' to assign current month.
- day
- (integer) The day for archive. Use '' to assign current day.