Title: Combining Conditional Placeholders Last modified: August 21, 2016 --- # Combining Conditional Placeholders * Resolved [benlwong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlwong/) * (@benlwong) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/) * First of all, thanks for such a great plugin. The documentation is fantastic. * I am trying to combine conditional placeholders following the instructions on the doc page: [http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/conditional-placeholders/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/conditional-placeholders/). * I added the line on the bottom of wp-config.php – the file that’s in the root of the WordPress installation directory. However, it doesn’t seem to work. * The snippet of code I am trying to get to work: * ``` {is_future} {has_att_event_register_link}

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{/has_att_event_register_link} {/is_future} ``` * Note that I have tested the code with one or the other conditional placeholder and it works fine. It only fails when I have both in. I also have code for the custom conditional placeholder. * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/) * (@caimin_nwl) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978069) * Hi, * You need to put the code in a template file. Which page do you want to display the code on? * Thread Starter [benlwong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlwong/) * (@benlwong) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978075) * Not sure what you meant. The above snippet of code is in Events -> Settings - > Formatting -> Events -> Single Event Page. * Again, it works well if there is only one conditional placeholder. It doesn’t seem to work if there are two. * The other code mentioned in the Events Manager documentation said it should be in wp-config.php. Are there multiple wp-config.php? The doc doesn’t mention which one (if there are multiple ones). * Thanks, Ben * [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/) * (@caimin_nwl) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978093) * Hi Ben, * Sorry, I got confused – I thought you meant you’d put everything in wp-config. php. * There’s only one wp-config.php file, so that’s not the problem. * Where does the _{has\_att\_event\_register\_link}_ placeholder come from? Is that the custom placeholder you’ve added yourself? If it is, does it work ok on its own? * Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * (@netweblogic) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978160) * you need to add something to your wp-config file to enable nesting, see the docs link in your OP and look at the bottom section of that page * Thread Starter [benlwong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlwong/) * (@benlwong) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978176) * Marcus, * Unless I am mistaken (and maybe I wasn’t being clear), the something you mentioned I have already added, as indicated in my first post. * To be more specific, I have already added the following line to wp-config (unless you are talking about something else): * `define('EM_CONDITIONAL_RECURSIONS',2);` * Ben * [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/) * (@caimin_nwl) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978177) * What’s the _{has\_att\_event\_register\_link}_ placeholder? Is that a custom placeholder you’ve created? If it is, does it work ok when not nested? * Thread Starter [benlwong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlwong/) * (@benlwong) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978194) * Yes, the has_att_event_register_link is a custom placeholder I created, and yes, I have tested it by itself and it works. To summarize: * When only using {has_att_event_register_link} custom placeholder – works * When only using {is_future} placeholder – works * When using both {has_att_event_register_link} and {is_future} placeholders – DON’T work * When using both {has_location} and {is_future} placeholders – DON’T work – just to make sure it isn’t my custom placeholder * BTW, I add the following line at the bottom of the wp.config.php file. I am assuming that should be okay? * `define('EM_CONDITIONAL_RECURSIONS',2);` * Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/) * (@angelo_nwl) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978204) * yes, that should work – `define('EM_CONDITIONAL_RECURSIONS',2);` at the end of your wp-config.php * however, I tried this one and seems to be working fine; can you try to disable your custom functions to see if things will work now? * Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * (@netweblogic) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978213) * how about removing your customizations altogether? i.e. at a code level. * recursions work for me, just tested * Thread Starter [benlwong](https://wordpress.org/support/users/benlwong/) * (@benlwong) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978231) * I removed the customizations (code for the custom conditional placeholders) and still not working. I tested it with: * {has_location} {is_future}

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{/is_future} {/has_location} * Other thoughts? * Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * (@netweblogic) * [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978245) * maybe try putting it in one line, or different spacing? * I copy/pasted the above and it works for me. Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Combining Conditional Placeholders’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/events-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=1039078) * [Events Manager - Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/reviews/) ## Tags * [combination](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/combination/) * [conditional placeholder](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/conditional-placeholder/) * [event-manager](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/event-manager/) * [multiple](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/multiple/) * 11 replies * 4 participants * Last reply from: [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * Last activity: [12 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/combining-conditional-placeholders/#post-3978245) * Status: resolved