get entries without start and stop

module/ModuleCurrentItem.php

 <?php
 namespace Srhinow\recurringElement;
 
+use Patchwork\Utf8;
+
 /**
  * Contao Open Source CMS
  *
@@ -47,7 +49,7 @@ class ModuleCurrentItem extends \Module
 		{
 			$objTemplate = new \BackendTemplate('be_wildcard');
 
-			$objTemplate->wildcard = '### ' . utf8_strtoupper($GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['FMD']['currentitem'][0]) . ' ###';
+			$objTemplate->wildcard = '### ' . Utf8::strtoupper($GLOBALS['TL_LANG']['FMD']['currentitem'][0]) . ' ###';
 			$objTemplate->title = $this->headline;
 			$objTemplate->id = $this->id;
 			$objTemplate->link = $this->name;
@@ -56,11 +58,12 @@ class ModuleCurrentItem extends \Module
 			return $objTemplate->parse();
 		}
 
+        if(strlen($this->recel_template) >0) $this->strTemplate = $this->recel_template;
+
 		// Return if there are no recurring_element
 		if (!is_integer($this->recel_recurringelement) || (int) $this->recel_recurringelement == 0)
 		{
 			#return '';
-
 		}
 
 		return parent::generate();
@@ -74,17 +77,17 @@ class ModuleCurrentItem extends \Module
 	{
 		global $objPage;
 		
-		$time = time();
+//		$time = time();
 
-		$rElObj = $this->Database->prepare("SELECT * FROM `tl_recurring_element_items` WHERE `pid`=? AND (start='' OR start<$time) AND (stop='' OR stop>$time)  AND `published` = 1 ORDER BY `priority` DESC")
+		$rElObj = $this->Database->prepare("SELECT * FROM `tl_recurring_element_items` WHERE `pid`=? AND `published` = 1 ORDER BY `priority` DESC")
 								  ->execute($this->recel_recurringelement);
-
+//        dump($rElObj); die();
 		if($rElObj->numRows > 0)
 		{
 			$this->Template->element = $this->getCurrElement($rElObj);
 		}
-		$this->Template->headline = $this->headline;		
 
+		$this->Template->headline = $this->headline;
 	}
 
 	/**