Title: Nested conditional placeholders
Last modified: August 22, 2016
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# Nested conditional placeholders
* Resolved [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/)
* Hi there,
I’ve been trying to sort a events list using nested conditional placeholders–
after changing wp-config – with no luck so far. Also I’ve seen some posts about
this but no real clue how to work it ou.
* Do anyone have a clue? Both of my conditions work isolated.
* Thanks in advance
* [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)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521239)
* Is this the one you’ve added in your wp-config ?
* ```
define('EM_CONDITIONAL_RECURSIONS',2);
```
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521246)
* Yep. that is my last line on wp-config.
* [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/)
* (@caimin_nwl)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521264)
* Can you post the code that’s not working for you?
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521270)
* here it is:
* `[events_list]{has_bookings}{has_image}#_EVENTIMAGE #_EVENTLINK
{/has_image}{/has_bookings}[/events_list]`
* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521303)
* the above seems correct, can I know what is the result of this? and you’ve wanted
to show the event image if bookings is still available ?
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521311)
* It’s nothing. Blank page. Yep that what I wanted to know.
is there anyway to
check if my change on wp-config is working?
* [caimin_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/caimin_nwl/)
* (@caimin_nwl)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521316)
* Can you try these two variations to check where the problem is?
* ```
[events_list]{has_bookings}#_EVENTIMAGE #_EVENTLINK{/has_bookings}[/events_list]
```
* `[events_list]{has_image}#_EVENTIMAGE #_EVENTLINK{/has_image}[/
events_list]`
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521317)
* Each of those conditional placeholder work independently.
Nested they print
no information
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521321)
* I found some different instructions on another site.
* Add to functions.php
* > function lb_em_options_save() {
> update_option(‘dbem_conditional_recursions’,
> 2); } add_action(’em_options_save’, ‘lb_em_options_save’);
* And then save settings on the plugin backoffice (no need to make any change)
* [http://laubsterboy.com/blog/2014/07/events-manager-custom-event-attributes-conditionals](http://laubsterboy.com/blog/2014/07/events-manager-custom-event-attributes-conditionals)
* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521341)
* thanks for sharing, is it working now?
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521342)
* yes it is. Thank you.
* One more question. How can I have some text printed if none of the events fill
those conditions? Because by default we get no message, right?
* Plugin Support [angelo_nwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelo_nwl/)
* (@angelo_nwl)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521355)
* do you have the no events message under Events > Settings > Formatting > Events?
* Thread Starter [light_in_tunel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/light_in_tunel/)
* (@light_in_tunel)
* [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/nested-conditional-placeholders/#post-5521356)
* Yes I Do.
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