Adding date-check functionality to CMS Static Block

Question

I want to add the ability to do a date check inside a CMS Static Block. Something like this:

{{if date == '2015-12-25'}}Merry Christmas!{{else}}It's not Christmas{{/if}}

However, I'm not sure how to introduce new functionality like this. I haven't been successful even using {{if}} statements like this with existing variables.

Some pointers on getting {{if}} statements working, and adding custom variables which can be accessed this way should be enough. I can populate said variable with the date pretty easily.

Answer 1

you can create block and phtml file and can call that in CMS page. In phtml file you can add IF-ELSE statement.

Here is example to display newsletter block in CMS page:

Place below code where you want to display NEWS LETTER box.

<?php echo $this->getLayout()->createBlock('newsletter/subscribe')->setTemplate('newsletter/subscribe.phtml')->toHtml(); ?>

Call in CMS page:

{{block type="newsletter/subscribe" name="newsletter" template="newsletter/subscribe.phtml"}} 

Note: You can create simple block and phml file like subscribe.phtml and add condition to that file:

 {{if date == '2015-12-25'}}Merry Christmas!{{else}}It's not Christmas{{/if}}

Hope it will help you