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1. bodaniel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Hi,
   I have written a function in functions.php that takes a date as argument and prints titles of wordpress posts based on a custom field with the date set. This function works fine.
   What I want to do with this function is to show related wordpress posts in the event details for each event, based on startdate for the event (the date I set in the custom field in the posts).

   I hook this function to the event content like this:

   function my_em_custom_content($content){
     $content .= show_related_posts('<the_events_start_date>');
     return $content;
   }
   add_filter('em_content','my_em_custom_content');

   The problem is that I can't figure out how to get the startdate (<the_events_start_date>) for the current event? Is there some global class parameter I can call or who to get this?
   Please help!

   Thanks in advance
   / Daniel

   http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/

2. Marcus
   NetWebLogic Support
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Yup,

   EM_Event::get(array('scope'=>'yyyy-mm-dd,yyyy-mm-dd'));

   for example would return an array of EM_Event objects between those two dates.

3. bodaniel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Thanks for the reply Marcus.
   This assumes that I know the date. But in my case the startdate will differ depending on what event the user is currently looking in to.
   So I need some way to get the startdate for the event instance currently beeing shown. Can I set global $EM_Event and get the startdate in some way?
   Hope you understand my issue.

   Thanks!
   / Daniel

4. Marcus
   NetWebLogic Support
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   $EM_Event should be global with the single event being shown (like with $post), so you could grab the start date.

   e.g. $EM_Event->start is a timestamp, so you can format that as needed.

5. bodaniel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Ok, I have tried that but I can't get it work :-(
   I have tested with this function but don't get any timestamp printed, only "hello world":

   function my_em_custom_content($content){
     $content .= $EM_Event->start . " hello world";
   	return $content;
   }
   add_filter('em_content','my_em_custom_content');

6. Marcus
   NetWebLogic Support
   Plugin Author
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   you're missing

   global $EM_Event

7. bodaniel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Have tried that also, still no timestamp :-(
   

   function my_em_custom_content($content){
     global $EM_Event;
     $content .= $EM_Event->start . " hello world";
     return $content;
   }
   add_filter('em_content','my_em_custom_content');

8. bodaniel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   My fault... It works fine now. :-)
   It didn't work on the particular event I was testing with, acctually I don't know why. But anyway I created another testevent and now it works fine! Thanks for your help!

   / Daniel

9. bodaniel
   Member
   Posted 1 year ago #
   

   Now I figured out this:
   It works fine if I have multiple events the same day, and click on the particular event, then I can see the timestamp.
   But if I have only a single event on a day then I don't see the timestamp. But if I set this "Show list on day with single event?" in admin, then I have to click the particular event and than it works.

   Is there any way I can get "$EM_Event->start" for single events on a day without having to set "Show list on day with single event?" to yes in admin?

10. Marcus
    NetWebLogic Support
    Plugin Author
    Posted 1 year ago #
    

    if clicking on calendar days, you should take the relevant date from the $_REQUEST['calendar_day'] variable (part of the permalink with the date), and build a list using that date.

11. bodaniel
    Member
    Posted 1 year ago #
    

    Hi,
    After upgrade to em 5 with permalinks set like "http://www.myurl.com/events/2012-01-26/" the request variable seems no longer be set? Do I have to get the date from the permalink URL or can I take it from some global parameter?
    Thanks in advance!

12. Marcus
    NetWebLogic Support
    Plugin Author
    Posted 1 year ago #
    

    you could try this:

    get_query_var('calendar_day')

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