Category Conditional Stament

[Tony]

Ok so here is the issue –

I’m pulling in all event categories in an event loop displaying the next 6

<?php
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
'posts_per_page' => 6,
'start_date' => date( 'F j, Y' ),
)); ?>


And then in front of the three categories I have I need to display a certain corresponding icon such as this –


<?php if(is_tax(22)) { ?>

educational

<?php } elseif (is_tax(23)) { ?>

program

<?php } elseif (is_tax(24)) { ?>

resource

<?php } else { ?>
FART
<?php } ?>


I have tried – is_tax() from this support forum –

Category conditional statement help needed

I have tried – $cat_name = single_cat_title( ”, false ); from this support forum –

Conditional based on Event Category

I have tried – has_term() from this support forum –

Conditional Categories

& this one –

Conditional tag for ANYTHING related to plugin?

I understand that these Categories come through as Taxonomies (which makes no sense to me as to why this would be implemented this way?).

However nothing seems to work and it just keeps on FARTing.

Any help would be great.

Thanks

[Tony]

Anyone there? Trying to push this site live ASAP. Thanks.

[Cliff]

Hi, Tony.

Unless I’m mistaken, you’re not using is_tax() correctly. You should first pass the taxonomy name before the term ID.

$tecmain = Tribe__Events__Main::instance();
if ( is_tax( $tecmain::TAXONOMY, 22 ) ) {
// do something for Event Category term #22
}

Please let me know how this goes for you.

[Tony]

This still does not work for me. Is this the implementation you would use here?

<?php $tecmain = Tribe__Events__Main::instance(); ?>

											<?php if(is_tax($tecmain::TAXONOMY, 22)) { ?>
											<p>C&P</p>
											<?php } elseif(is_tax($tecmain::TAXONOMY, 23)) { ?>
											<p>Fundraising</p>
											<?php } elseif(is_tax($tecmain::TAXONOMY, 24)) { ?>
											<p>Educational</p>										
											<?php } else { ?>
											<img class="cat-icon" src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Heart.png" />
											<?php } ?>

[Tony]

And just to be clear I tried the slug and nicename as well.

[Cliff]

Where are you putting this code?

[Tony]

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[Cliff]

Please provide me a link to download a .zip containing the full .php file and specify the location on my server to place it and I’ll see if I can figure it out.

[Tony]

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[Tony]

Could it not be coming through because these events have two categories associated with them?

[Cliff]

I see the file is called programs.php, which is not one of our template override files.

What is the full path to this file on your server so that I can better understand its context?

[Cliff]

Actually, I think I noticed that this file maybe loads for certain pages and then adds a sidebar displaying events.

If this is correct, is_tax() won’t work in this context. is_tax() works at URLs like http://wpshindig.com/events/category/wp-meetups/

You’re probably needing to use has_term() instead, although you’d have to figure out what works best for you and your custom coding.

[Tony]

True this is NOT a template override file. This is a custom template that I have made based of my page.php.
True this file only loads for pages using this as its template.
False, there is no sidebar, it just comes through as part of the content.
I have tried has_term(); and it still does not work.

I simply started an events loop like this –

<?php
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
	'posts_per_page' => 6,
	'start_date' => date( 'F j, Y' ),
));

if ( empty( $events ) ) {
echo 'Sorry, there are no upcoming events at this time.';
}

else foreach( $events as $event ) { ?>

And then I threw in a simple conditional using your recommendation like this.

<?php $tecmain = Tribe__Events__Main::instance(); ?>

<?php if(is_tax($tecmain::TAXONOMY, 22)) { ?>
<p>C&P</p>
<?php } elseif(is_tax($tecmain::TAXONOMY, 23)) { ?>
<p>Fundraising</p>
<?php } elseif(is_tax($tecmain::TAXONOMY, 24)) { ?>
<p>Educational</p>										
<?php } else { ?>
<img class="cat-icon" src="/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Heart.png" />
<?php } ?>

This loop clearly works on my end because directly below this I display the title and event start time like this which comes through just fine –

<?php $title = get_the_title($event); ?>
<?php if (strlen($title) > 30) { ?>
<?php echo mb_strimwidth($title, 0, 30, '...'); ?>
<?php } else { ?>
<?php echo $title ?>
<?php }?>

Any ideas as to why this isn’t working?

[Cliff]

Maybe try has_term( 22, $tecmain::TAXONOMY, $event->ID )

[Tony]

This does not work. I get this error –

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