Wordpress | Apply function at specific times of the day - php

Question

I have this function to hide a woocommerce category based on category slug. See here:
/* Exclude Category from Shop*/
add_filter( 'get_terms', 'get_subcategory_terms', 10, 3 );
function get_subcategory_terms( $terms, $taxonomies, $args ) {
$new_terms = array();
// if a product category and on the shop page
if ( in_array( 'product_cat', $taxonomies ) && ! is_admin() && is_shop() ) {
foreach ( $terms as $key => $term ) {
if ( ! in_array( $term->slug, array( 'suviche' ) ) ) {
$new_terms[] = $term;
}
}
$terms = $new_terms;
}
return $terms;
}
And I have this other code to Apply Rules If Time is within the frame marked ( 9am - 5pm )
<?php
$hr = date("H"); //get the hour in terms of double digits
$min= date("i"); //get the minutes in terms of double digits
$t = ($hr*60)+$min; //convert the current time into minutes
$f = (60*9); //calculate 9:00AM in minutes
$s = (60*17); //calculate 5:00PM in minutes
if(($t>f || $t<s)) //if the current time is between 9:00am to 5:00pm then don't apply function
{
//DO NOTHIGN
}
else //otherwise show execute function
{
//EXECUTE FUNCTION
}
?>
What I want to do is to run the filter to hide the product category if is out of the time fram ( 9am - 5pm )
Any Ideas would be great!
So far I have this but nothing:
/* Exclude Category from Shop*/
add_filter( 'get_terms', 'get_subcategory_terms', 10, 3 );
function get_subcategory_terms( $terms, $taxonomies, $args ) {
$new_terms = array();
$hr = date("H"); //get the hour in terms of double digits
$min= date("i"); //get the minutes in terms of double digits
$t = ($hr*60)+$min; //convert the current time into minutes
$f = (60*9); //calculate 9:00AM in minutes
$s = (60*17); //calculate 5:00PM in minutes
// if a product category and on the shop page
if ( ( $t>f || $t<s) && in_array( 'product_cat', $taxonomies ) && ! is_admin() ) {
foreach ( $terms as $key => $term ) {
if ( ! in_array( $term->slug, array( 'suviche' ) ) ) {
$new_terms[] = $term;
}
}
$terms = $new_terms;
}
return $terms;
}
Thanks again to whoever might help!

Answer 1

Hi the problem is you're not getting 9am for the day. You are just getting 9am for 1970, January 1st. Also, I wouldn't suggest working with minutes. Work with seconds.
Whenever you work with time in PHP, know that it is often beneficial to use a unix timestamp. A unix timestamp is a running count of the number of seconds that have elapsed since 1st January, 1970.
A handy converter can be found here
Try this instead.
$curTime = strtotime("now"); //get the current time
$finishTime = strtotime('9am '.date('d-m-Y')); //calculate 9:00AM in seconds
$startTime = strtotime('5pm '.date('d-m-Y')); //calculate 5:00PM in seconds
if(!($curTime > $startTime && $curTime < $finishTime)){
//If we get into here then we're outside of the time range.
}
What we're doing here is using strtotime("now") to get the current time, and date() to get todays date, which is being concatenated with the time you want(9am and 5am). We're then using strtotime, to convert the whole thing into a unix timestamp. Which you can then compare later to see if the current time is greater or lesser than.
Also, these variables need $ in front of them.
( $t>$f || $t<$s )
Hope this helps.