Automatic Copyright Year Updating

Soon, the new year will be here. And there will be a scramble to update the copyright year printed on web pages.

Shortly, you may be updating your web pages' copyright line for the last time. No more yearly chore.

This article provides both JavaScript and PHP methods of automatically updating the year in your copyright lines.

Here is the code for the JavaScript method. There is one place to customize, where you specify the copyright line to print. Use the placeholder [[YEAR]] where the current year is to be inserted.

<script type="text/javascript">
<!-- Obtained at http://BontragerConnection.com/
//
// Auto-Copyright Year Updater
//
// Copyright 2007 Bontrager Connection, LLC
//
// Edit as indicated, then paste the JavaScript code 
//    where you want the copyright line to print.
//
// Between the quotation marks, below, type the entire 
//    copyright line for your web page. Where the current 
//    year is to be placed, type: [[YEAR]]
// If the copyright line contains any quotation marks, they  
//   must be escaped with a backslash: \"
// Example:
//   Copyright 2004-[[YEAR]] Person, Inc.

var CopyrightLine = "<p>Copyright 2004-[[YEAR]] My Name</p>";

// No edits required below this point.
y = new Date();
year = y.getFullYear();
re = new RegExp("\\[\\[YEAR\\]\\]");
CopyrightLine = CopyrightLine.replace(re,year);
document.write(CopyrightLine);
//-->
</script>

If you decide to use the JavaScript method, it may be prudent to put a generic copyright line between NOSCRIPT tags, something that will print on the page when displayed with JavaScript-disabled browsers.

And here is the code for the PHP method. As with the JavaScript, there is one place to customize, where you specify the copyright line to print. Use the placeholder [[YEAR]] where the current year is to be inserted.

With either method, paste the code into your web pages where the copyright line shall be printed. Then, you're good to go year after year after year.

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