Using PHP to read Wordpress Posts

Question

I'm a beginner in PHP and Wordpress and I would appreciate help on project I'm working on.

Currently I am using the below code to query a specific post and then echo it's expiration date (expiration date is set through a plugin) in a wordpress site:

<?php 
   $postid = 3823;
   $date_format = __( 'd / m / Y' );
   $expiration_date = get_post_meta( $postid, '_expiration_date', true);
   echo date_i18n( $date_format, strtotime( $expiration_date ) ); 
?>

This is working fine. What I would like it to do is:

• I will have 2 posts, 1 published and one scheduled
• Query both posts, check which is publiched and echo it's expiration date

Answer 1

I think that you are looking for the function get_post_status Example:

if (get_post_status($postid)=='publish')
echo date_i18n( $date_format, strtotime( $expiration_date ) );