Support

March 16, 2018 at 1:45 pm

Okay!? Is it possible than just change somehow the sign „upcoming“ on the event page, table list template and calendar on the frontend to „in progress“ between the first and last datetime? The official status doesn’t have to be change. It’s just have to be clear everywhere for the customers that the course has startet and is in progress.

March 16, 2018 at 1:58 pm

I would like to communicate somehow that the course has started and is in progress.

On the eventpage like described or add an additional banner in the text that show automatically if the course is in progress.

On the table list and calendar change the text from „register“ to „in progress“.

March 19, 2018 at 10:25 am

Hey Josh,
thank you for your reply. If I may, I would like to describe again, what I am trying to do, because I don’t want to define an active status.

I would like to add an automated text on the event page via php for the the following cases:
– if the current date is bevor the start date than the text in the description says “open for registration”
– if the current date is after the start date and before the enddate than the text in the description says “course pending”
– if the current date is after the end date than the text in the description says “course ended”
– if the current status is canceled than the text in the description says “course is canceled”

With a bit of styling it would look like banner and would show in a glance what status the course is in.

I’ve found the template tags on https://eventespresso.com/wiki/ee4-themes-templates/. I guess I need the espresso_event_date() for the start date and espresso_event_status() for the status. I am just started with php and still figuring out how to achieve this. Maybe you could give me a direction or maybe an example how a similar case is what exist already.

March 20, 2018 at 2:31 am

Hey Josh,
thank you for the information. I am new to php and I am still struggling with the object and methods. Maybe you could assist me a little.

My current action looks like this:

 
add_action('AHEE_event_details_after_the_content', 'my_custom_event_status_banner');
function my_custom_event_status_banner() {

		$today = time();
		
		$event_start = strtotime(espresso_event_date());
		// get the end date of current event
		$event_end = strtotime(espresso_event_end_date());

		// check if the current event status is not canceled
		$event_status_is_not_canceled = $post->EE_Event->is_cancelled() == false;
		// check if the current event status is canceled
		$event_status_is_canceled =	!$post->EE_Event->is_cancelled() == false ;

		if ( $event_status_is_not_canceled && $today < $event_start) {
	    echo "open for sale";
	} elseif ($event_status_is_not_canceled && $today > $event_start && $today < $event_end) {
	    echo "course pending";
	} elseif ($event_status_is_not_canceled && $today > $event_end) {
	    echo "course ended";
	} elseif ($event_status_is_canceled) {
		    echo "course is canceled";
	}
}

How can I check if the event is canceled or not in the if statement? I understand that it is the is_cancelled function but I can’t figure out how to use it.
public function is_cancelled()
{
return $this->status() === EEM_Event::cancelled;
}

The second part is that espresso_event_date() echoing the result if want to use it as a variable. I have to return the value of that and than edit it by the strtotime function to be able to compare it in the if statement.

I would appreciate if you give me maybe an existing example how to do those two things.

March 20, 2018 at 3:30 am

I can’t figuring out how to pull the information from

    /**
     * Set event start date
     * set the start date for an event
     *
     * @param string $date a string representation of the event's date ex:  Dec. 25, 2025 or 12-25-2025
     * @throws ReflectionException
     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
     * @throws EE_Error
     */
    public function set_start_date($date)
    {
        $this->_set_date_for($date, 'DTT_EVT_start');
    }

March 25, 2018 at 12:48 pm

So I went through the classes and I guess I kinda get it. Here is my code for the custom banner and is working.

// Add custom banner after the content
add_action('AHEE_event_details_after_the_content', 'my_test_function');
function my_test_function() {

    $today = time();

  	$first_date_object = EEH_Event_View::get_primary_date_obj( );
		$first_date_timestamp = $first_date_object instanceof EE_Datetime ? $first_date_object->get_raw( 'DTT_EVT_start' ) :  '';

    $last_date_object = EEH_Event_View::get_last_date_obj( );
		$last_date_timestamp = $last_date_object instanceof EE_Datetime ? $last_date_object->get_raw( 'DTT_EVT_end' ) :  '';

    $get_event = EEH_Event_View::get_event();
    $event_is_canceled = $get_event instanceof EE_Event ? $get_event->is_cancelled() :  '';
    $event_is_soldout = $get_event instanceof EE_Event ? $get_event->is_sold_out() :  '';

    if ($event_is_canceled==true) {
    echo "<span class=\"banner banner_canceled\">canceled</span>";
  }   elseif ($event_is_soldout==true){
    echo "<span class=\"banner banner_sold_out\">event is sold out</span>";
  }   elseif ($today < $first_date_timestamp){
    echo "<span class=\"banner banner_open\">open for registration</span>";
  }   elseif ($first_date_timestamp < $today && $today < $last_date_timestamp){
    echo "<span class=\"banner banner_pending\">pending</span>";
  }   elseif ($last_date_timestamp < $today){
    echo "<span class=\"banner banner_expired\">expired</span>";
  }
}

And the CSS to that belongs to that banner.

add_action( 'wp_head', 'css_for_custom_plugin_functions_ee' );
function css_for_custom_plugin_functions_ee() {
        ?>
    <style type="text/css">

.banner{
display: inline-block;
position: relative;
float: right;
z-index: 1;
padding: 0.5em 1.5em 0.5em;
margin: 0 0 0 1em;
border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.1);
font-weight: bold;
color: #fff !important;
text-decoration: none;
text-align: center;
text-shadow: 0 -1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.25);
font-size: 1.5em;
line-height: 1;
border-radius: 0;
box-shadow: none;
}

.banner_canceled{
background-color: red;
}
.banner_sold_out{
background-color: orange;
}
.banner_open{
background-color: #00B1CA;
}
.banner_pending{
background-color: green;
}
.banner_expired{
background-color: grey;
}

    </style>
        <?php
}

Even though the code works, I am not sure exactly what is stored in the variables. Becomes the variable an object of the class?

If it’s possible it would be great to get some infos to my questions from my previous post to understand the ee system better.

March 27, 2018 at 1:46 am

Thank you Josh, I will try it.

I would like to add an additional condition. We have a custom message template for the group “registration approved” that we send out to confirm the start of the course and new registration will receive the same info.

Which method would you recommend to check if this message group is set to “global” or check if this uses the custom template name “course confirmed”?