strtotime with variable in wordpress

Question

I've tried to change this code:

function filter_where( $where = '' ) {
$where .= " AND post_date > '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-365 days')) . "'";
return $where;}
add_filter( 'posts_where', 'filter_where' );

into this one:

function filter_where( $where = '' ) {
$where .= " AND post_date > '" . date('Y-m-d', strtotime('-'.$timestamp.' days')) ."'";
return $where;}
add_filter( 'posts_where', 'filter_where' );

You may noticed that I've tried to put variable $timestamp inside strtotime. However the code doesn't work. Did I do the correct syntax to put the variable within the strtotime PHP function?

I appreciate any kind of help.

Answer 1

It is the correct code if $timestamp contains a positive integer.

However, in the context of that function and without the global keyword, $timestamp is undefined and null.

Do you mean to pass that variable as an argument of and_where()?