Hi,
I am using custom field with the select type to let users choose the month of an event. I need to use the value the user chooses twice in my template, once written out and once in another loop in the abbreviated form.
I thought I could just store the value of the field in a variable and then trim the variable after x number of characters
<?php
$eventmonth = get_field(‘event_month’);
$args = array(
‘post_type’ => ‘post’,
‘cat’ => ‘-4’,
‘posts_per_page’ => 4
);
$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
?>
<?php if ( have_posts() ) : while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<div class=”col-sm-2″>
<div class=”event-date”>
<span class=”event-month”><?php substr($eventmonth, 0, 3); ?></span><br/>
<span class=”event-day”><?php the_field(‘event_day’); ?></span>
</div>
</div>
<div class=”col-sm-10″>
<h2><?php the_title(); ?></h2>
<p><?php the_excerpt(); ?></p>
“>Read more
</div>
<?php endwhile; endif; ?>
it’s not working though and I have no idea why or how to solve the issue. I would be very greateful if anybody could help me fix it and explain what I’m doing wrong
