Reply To: Cron Jobs & Date Checking

• huwrowlands

• July 27, 2016 at 7:32 pm

I ended up re-writing most of the code and this is what worked in the end:

// Create a cron job in order to check the custom field of 'job_listing_closing_date' against today's date. If the date has passed, set the job status to 'closed' and display different content on front-end.

// Scheduled Action Hook
function check_job_end_date( ) {

  global $post;
		
  $args = array( 
  	'post_type'       => 'job_listings',
  	'posts_per_page'  => -1,
  );
  
  $listings = get_posts( $args );
	foreach($listings as $post) : setup_postdata($post);

  $today = date( 'Ymd' );
  $expire = get_field( 'job_listing_closing_date', false, false );
	$status = get_field( 'job_listing_job_status' );
		if ( $expire < $today ) :
			$status = 'Closed';
			update_field( 'job_listing_job_status', $status );
		endif;  
	endforeach;
  
}

// Schedule Cron Job Event

if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'job_listing_cron_job' ) ) {
	wp_schedule_event( date( 'Ymd' ), 'daily', 'job_listing_cron_job' );
}
add_action( 'job_listing_cron_job', 'check_job_end_date' );