Title: Multiple Custom Event Attributes – conditional display
Last modified: August 21, 2016
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# Multiple Custom Event Attributes – conditional display
* Resolved [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/)
* Hi,
* I found this [thread](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-events-manager-custom-conditional-placeholder-not-working),
where @agelonwl very usefully explains how to add conditional display of Custom
Event Attributes. (It’s agelonwl last piece of code in the thread I’m using.)
* I’ve pasted that code into my theme functions.php file. It works!!
* However, that’s for just one Event Attribute – **#_ATT{venue_url}**.
* I thought that I could just simply copy the code multiple times, once for each
Event Attribute (with relevant modifications each time). But that doesn’t work.
* I’d be very grateful if someone could explain how to modify the code for use
with more than one Event Attribute.
* #_ATT{Email}
#_ATT{Facebook URL}
* For example.
* Many thanks.
* [https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/)
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* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698585)
* you need to make another version of the snippet and rename the function name
attribute
* eg.
* ```
has_venueurl
$EM_Event->event_attributes['venue_url'])
my_em_has_attribute_event_output_condition
```
* to something like
* ```
has_email
$EM_Event->event_attributes['Email'])
my_em_has_attribute_event_output_condition_email
```
* Thread Starter [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698590)
* Thanks very much, that’s brilliant!
* One last question.
* Is it possible to write the conditional so that it includes an ‘and / or’ statement?
* This would be useful for headings eg:
* {has_facebookurl} and /or {has_twitterurl}
* **Social Media**
* {/has_facebookurl} and / or {/has_twitterurl}
* Thread Starter [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698596)
* Think I’ve got it, nesting seems to work.
* As per the instructins at the bottom of the page:
* [http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/conditional-placeholders/](http://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/conditional-placeholders/)
* Thread Starter [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698597)
* Actually, I can’t get nesting to work for this purpose. It seems all conditionals
have to be satisfied or the heading won’t display.
* I’m still looking for an ‘or’ function.
* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698603)
* did you try to add this line in your wp-config.php?
* ```
define('EM_CONDITIONAL_RECURSIONS',2);
```
* Thread Starter [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698609)
* Yes, I did, thanks.
* I think I got it to work as it should. It’s just that it doesn’t do exactly what
I want it to.
* (In the case of two nested conditionals) it seems that both conditionals have
to be met for the heading to be displayed. If only one is met, then the heading
isn’t displayed.
* This is my formatting code.
* ```
{has_facebookurl}
{has_twitterurl}
Social Media
{/has_twitterurl}
{/has_facebookurl}
```
* [Philip John](https://wordpress.org/support/users/philipjohn/)
* (@philipjohn)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698639)
* Hiya,
* Yes, there’s no way to do an ‘OR’ with the conditional placeholders. What you’d
really need to do is add further conditionals like so to ensure your HTML is
only added once;
* ```
{has_facebookurl}
{not_have_twitterurl}
Social Media
{/not_have_twitterurl}
{/has_facebookurl}
```
* and
* ```
{has_twitterurl}
{not_have_facebookurl}
Social Media
{/not_have_facebookurl}
{/has_twitterurl}
```
* What would be much more productive though is something like;
* ```
{show_socmed}
Social Media
{/socmed}
```
* and have your custom placeholder function do the necessary conditional legwork
instead.
* Thanks
* Thread Starter [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698689)
* Thanks philipjohn,
* They are both useful bits of code. I didn’t know about {not_have_…}
* Having the ‘custom placeholder function do the necessary conditional legwork’
is certainly best. I’ll see what I can do with the code.
* The {not_have_…} conditionals are useable in this example, when you only have
a couple of statements you want to check. But I’ve another with 5, and then all
the combinations you have to account for become much too many. (Plus all the
processing needed for all the nesting.)
* Thread Starter [RetroTorque](https://wordpress.org/support/users/retrotorque/)
* (@retrotorque)
* [12 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multiple-custom-event-attributes-conditional-display/#post-4698695)
* …I understand now.
* I’d have to create the {not_have_…} conditional myself.
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