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yamamDev
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August 30, 2016 at 2:41 pm
Hello,
Im trying to use the EE_Event_List_Query to print out the events by their event start date instead of using WP_query to print events by their creation date. Im open to using either though.
Ive tried to model my loop after Josh’s example, but im having an issue accessing the post object. Heres what ive got so far:
$eventAtts = array(
'limit' => -1,
'order_by' => 'start_date',
'sort' => 'ASC',
'category_slug' => $taxonomySlug,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'show_expired' => FALSE
);
global $events_query;
$events_query = new EE_Event_List_Query( $eventAtts );
if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post();
$event_obj = $post->EE_Event;
$date_times = $event_obj->first_datetime();
endwhile;
endif;
Im having an error saying:
Fatal error: Call to a member function get_permalink() on a non-object
How can i access the event object in the events_query?
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yamamDev
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August 30, 2016 at 2:45 pm
My end goal is to return the events start date in a certain format (August 2016). I had this working before, but it was sorting by event creation date even though it was returning the event start date:
function events_by_month($postType, $taxonomy, $taxArgs) {
$months = array();
$posts = get_posts(array(
'posts_per_page' => -1,
// 'orderby' => 'post_date',
// 'order' => 'ASC',
'post_type' => $postType,
$taxonomy => $taxArgs,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'suppress_filters'=>false
));
foreach($posts as $post) {
$event_obj = $post->EE_Event;
$date_times = $event_obj->first_datetime();
$event_start = strtotime($date_times->start_date());
$months[date('F Y', strtotime( $date_times->start_date() ))][] = $post;
}
return $months;
}
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Josh
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August 30, 2016 at 3:38 pm
So in your first example, it’s not using the $wp_query global, which is fine, but your loop syntax is missing the $events_query variable.
Here are a few other example that should help you craft together what you need:
https://gist.github.com/joshfeck/6e33532c37a123bbf532
https://gist.github.com/joshfeck/e3c9540cd4ccc734e755
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yamamDev
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August 30, 2016 at 4:03 pm
Not sure how I didnt notice the missing variable there, thank you. So heres what my function looks like now and im still getting the “Fatal error on a non-object” error:
function events_by_month($taxonomySlug) {
// array to use for results
$months = array();
// get posts from WP
$eventAtts = array(
'limit' => -1,
'order_by' => 'start_date',
'sort' => 'ASC',
'category_slug' => $taxonomySlug,
'post_status' => 'publish',
'show_expired' => FALSE
);
// loop through posts, populating $months arrays
global $events_query;
$events_query = new EE_Event_List_Query( $eventAtts );
if ( $events_query->have_posts()) : while ( $events_query->have_posts()) : $events_query->the_post();
$event_obj = $post->EE_Event;
$date_times = $event_obj->first_datetime();
// $event_day = date('j', $event_start);
// $event_month = date('F', $event_start);
// $event_year = date('Y', $event_start);
// $x = $post->EE_Event->first_datetime();
$months[date('F Y', strtotime( $date_times->start_date() ))][] = $post;
endwhile;
endif;
// reverse sort by year
krsort($months);
return $months;
}
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Josh
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August 30, 2016 at 4:20 pm
I don’t think you can get the event object from the post object like you tried there. Here’s another example you can step through as well:
https://gist.github.com/joshfeck/4e99a0e2d81d7c5641a2
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yamamDev
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August 30, 2016 at 8:37 pm
the second post in this thread shows a near working example of what im trying to accomplish, and I did get the event object using the same syntax. The only issue with that function was that it was returning an array that was sorted by the event(post) creation date instead of the event’s start date.
Ill look through the couple examples you’ve posted and see what i can put together, but if you can find a way to get the event object in the event query that would be ideal.
Thank you!
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yamamDev
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August 31, 2016 at 8:25 am
got the function working now! thanks for all the help!
function events_by_month() {
// array to use for results
$months = array();
// set up show expired = false
$date_format = get_option( 'date_format' );
$time_format = get_option( 'time_format' );
$args = array(
'limit' => -1,
'sort' => 'ASC',
'order_by' => 'start_date',
'category_slug' => 'ecap-events',
'show_expired' => FALSE,
);
$loop = new EE_Event_List_Query( $args );
if( $loop->have_posts() ):
while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();
$eventPost = get_post( get_the_id() );
$datetimes = EEM_Datetime::instance()->get_datetimes_for_event_ordered_by_start_time( $eventPost->ID, false, false, 1 );
foreach ( $datetimes as $datetime ):
$months[date('F Y', strtotime( $datetime->start_date() ))][] = $eventPost;
endforeach;
endwhile;
endif;
return $months;
wp_reset_postdata();
}
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