Miscellaneous Hacks - Countdown to Dates Plugin

Based on Sinclair's hack: https://vborg.vbsupport.ru/showthread.php?t=40557

I modified it to make it a plug-in for 3.6 +

Usage:
Users enter the code [countdown]y,m,d[/countdown]

Example:
[countdown]2007,12,25[/countdown] Christmas!

ONLY ONE STEP: EASY!

Go to your admin panel and CREATE NEW PLUGIN.

- Hook Location: BBCODE_PARSE_COMPLETE

- Enter this code in the PHP code box:

preg_match("/(\[)(countdown)(])(\r\n)*([^\"]*)(\[\/countdown\])/siU", $text, $datum);

$dato=$datum[0];

$datr=explode(",",$dato);

$datr[0]=str_replace("[countdown]", "", $datr[0]);
$jahr=intval($datr[0]);
$monat=intval($datr[1]);
$tag=intval($datr[2]);
$stunde=intval($datr[3]);
$minute=intval($datr[4]);
$sekunde=intval($datr[5]);
$target = mktime($stunde,$minute,$sekunde,$monat,$tag,$jahr) ;
$todayo = mktime(0,0,0,date("m"),date("d"),date("Y"));
$diff = ($target - $todayo)/86400;
if ($todayo==$target) { $out= "TODAY "; }
else if ($diff==1) { $out = "1 day until "; }
else if ($diff==(-1)) { $out = "1 day since "; }
else {
if ($diff>0) {
$diff=round($diff,0);
$out="$diff days until ";
}
if ($diff<0) {
$diff=round(-$diff, 0);
$out="$diff days since ";
}
}

$text = preg_replace("/(\[)(countdown)(])(\r\n)*([^\"]*)(\[\/countdown\])/siU", $out, $text);

That's it! Now announce to your users they can use that code.

[jamoss]

Thanks for the feedback! I'll check out the bugs.

[Hornstar]

I'll keep an eye on this. thanks.

[PinkDaisy]

Can this work in a sigature??

[wickedstangs]

Installed and seems to be working fine on vBulletin® Version 3.6.8

[Masiello]

Originally Posted by Floris

When I go back to the thread at a later time, it stops working .. it becomes plaintext again. I think this mod is super alpha, and hasn't been fully tested, I am sorry .. but I feel I have to uninstall it right now and wait a few updates before using it again.

Same here damn, it's be good for my board when code is fixed.
vB 3.6.8

[HellBoy]

Having the same issues as Floris on Masiello. vB 3.6.8 patch level 2.
Seems like a nice little add on, so I will be keeping an eye out for future updates.

[Mum]

Same as the others, the next day this changes to plain text. So doesn't work.

[Mum]

Any update to fix this?

[Goomzee]

Plz Update for 3.7.3