Product Reviews: Removing "Date Added"

I've search the forum and with the aid of the developers tool kit, I found a file:

includes/modules/pages/product_reviews/header.php

in there is a block:

while (!$reviews->EOF) {
$reviewsArray[] = array('id'=>$reviews->fields['reviews_id'],
'customersName'=>$reviews->fields['customers_name'],
'dateAdded'=>$reviews->fields['date_added'],
'reviewsText'=>$reviews->fields['reviews_text'],
'reviewsRating'=>$reviews->fields['reviews_rating']);
$reviews->MoveNext();

wherein the 'dateAdded.... was what I thought the pertinent code. I commented that out - to no avail.

Are there additional steps I need to take. I have a lot of comments emailed to me that I need to either backdate, or not have any date at all.

Thanks,
Laura

In everything one should first exhaust the possibilities in the admin instead of turning directly to the code.

In the admin > catalog > product types > select layout > Show Date Added and set to false

I did do that - that switch refers to the date the product was added, not the date the review was added.

Any other suggestions?

~L

:oops: My Error...I didn't read your post closely enough as you did specify.

Will check this and get back, or another will.

You are trying to get too "deep" in the code ...

Go to the template level ...

/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_review_info_default.php

Copy to your template and overrides directory ...

Find the line near the bottom for:

<div id="reviewsInfoDefaultDate" class="bold"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen_date_short($review_info->fields['date_added'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($review_info->fields['customers_name'])); ?></div>

You can comment out the date just by changing this to read:

<div id="reviewsInfoDefaultDate" class="bold"><?php // echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen_date_short($review_info->fields['date_added'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($review_info->fields['customers_name'])); ?></div>

Notice the two little forward slashes that I added ...

Note: there are several pages to the reviews ... that also will need a tweek ...

Ajeh:

Note: there are several pages to the reviews ... that also will need a tweek ...

Can you tell me where each is located. Thanks a million.

Go to the Tools ... Developers Tool Kit ... and do a search on:
review

and select Catalog ... then click Search ... and you should locate all pages for the reviews ...

This will show all references to that, among other things ...

Well do, thank again.

Once you review that, you can also narrow things down on a search for:
TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED

Thanks!!

I think total is 3 and u already gave 1.

Well, I am a newbie but I will try your instructions. But if anyone who have done this before and can just give me the exact path for the remaining 2, that be great too :D

The Developers Tool Kit provides the exact path to the files ...

:oops: My bad.

Ajeh:

You are trying to get too "deep" in the code ...
Go to the template level ...
/includes/templates/template_default/templates/tpl_product_review_info_default.php
Copy to your template and overrides directory ...
Find the line near the bottom for:

<div id="reviewsInfoDefaultDate" class="bold"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen_date_short($review_info->fields['date_added'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($review_info->fields['customers_name'])); ?></div> ``` > You can comment out the date just by changing this to read: > ```php <div id="reviewsInfoDefaultDate" class="bold"><?php // echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen_date_short($review_info->fields['date_added'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($review_info->fields['customers_name'])); ?></div> ``` > Notice the two little forward slashes that I added ...

Hi Linda,
I know this is an old post but just wondering if there is a way to Display just the month & year in the date added field that shows on the review?
I know you advise to comment out the date where you find (TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED) which will remove the date added entirely..
But I would like to keep displaying the Month and Year but Remove the actual Date digit if at all possible?!
For example: Date Added: 27/08/2021 will change to Date Added: 08/2021 or something similar.

No response yet... is this because it's in the way too hard basket!?
Any helpful response would be greatly appreciated.

Can someone help with this?

rlexyd:

Can someone help with this?

Bit of a guess but it looks as though it is the zen_date_short function that outputs the date of a review. In includes /functions/functions_general.php look for

function zen_date_short($raw_date) {

you could create a copy of that function, edit it to output just the month and year, and use that copy in your templates/tpl_product_review_info_default.php

simon1066:

Bit of a guess but it looks as though it is the zen_date_short function that outputs the date of a review. In includes /functions/functions_general.php look for

function zen_date_short($raw_date) {

> you could create a copy of that function, edit it to output just the month and year, and use that copy in your templates/tpl_product_review_info_default.php

Thank you very much for your suggestion.
Ok, I did the following but not sure if I got it right as now, No date is showing.

I copied and adjusted the short date code and added it Below the original short date code in the /functions/functions_general.php:

////
// Output a REVIEWS short raw date string in the selected locale date format
// $raw_date needs to be in this format: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
function zen_[B]reviews_[/B]date_short($raw_date) {
if ($raw_date <= '0001-01-01 00:00:00' || empty($raw_date)) return false;

$year = substr($raw_date, 0, 4);
$month = (int)substr($raw_date, 5, 2);

// $day = (int)substr($raw_date, 8, 2); <---- Commented this line out ---->
$hour = (int)substr($raw_date, 11, 2);
$minute = (int)substr($raw_date, 14, 2);
$second = (int)substr($raw_date, 17, 2);
}

Then I went to MYTEMPLATE/templates/ and adjusted the following three files by changing the code zen_date_short to zen**_reviews**_date_short:

tpl_product_review_info_default.php
tpl_product_reviews_default.php
tpl_reviews_default.php

<div id="reviewsInfoDefaultDate"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen[B]_reviews[/B]_date_short($review_info->fields['date_added'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($review_info->fields['customers_name'])); ?></div> ``` ``` <div class="productReviewsDefaultReviewer"><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen[B]_reviews[/B]_date_short($reviews['dateAdded'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($reviews['customersName'])); ?></div> ``` ``` <div><?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_DATE_ADDED, zen[B]_reviews[/B]_date_short($reviews->fields['date_added'])); ?> <?php echo sprintf(TEXT_REVIEW_BY, zen_output_string_protected($reviews->fields['customers_name'])); ?></div> ```

simon1066:

Bit of a guess but it looks as though it is the zen_date_short function that outputs the date of a review. In includes /functions/functions_general.php look for

function zen_date_short($raw_date) {

> 
> you could create a copy of that function, edit it to output just the month and year, and use that copy in your templates/tpl_product_review_info_default.php

It appears that the date formatting is set by the define of DATE_FORMAT. In your zen_reviews_date_short function (copy of zen_date_short) in /functions/functions_general.php, change the two instances of 

DATE_FORMAT

to

DATE_FORMAT_REVIEWS

and in includes/languages/YOUR_TEMPLATE/english.php, add this below the existing DATE_FORMAT line

define('DATE_FORMAT_REVIEWS', 'm/Y'); // this is used for reviews date()

I've tested it and it should work.

Thank you very much Simon, an Excellent fix :D That did it!!
I just had to un-comment out the $day = (int)substr($raw_date, 8, 2); line as it was generating some error logs.
*I'm really happy with the above solution, just *curious though, is there a way to get Zen Cart to show the name of the actual month instead of the digits? Eg: September/2021 instead of 09/2021.