Custom query with tax_query not working

[tpsonline]

I am trying to query events by category, but when I add a tax_query to my query args, it stops working. I’ve verified that the categories have events in them. What might be the issue?

//Generates the boxes in the main nav menu with
function ac_flyoutBoxes($itemID) {
	if (!$itemID) {
			return false;
	}
	if (!is_int($itemID)) {
		$itemID = intval($itemID);
		//echo $itemID.'<br />';
	}
	//Query for events in this particular term
	$args = array(
		'post_type' => Tribe__Events__Main::POSTTYPE,
		'tax_query' => array(
				array(
					'taxonomy' => TribeEvents::TAXONOMY,
					'field' => 'term_id',
					'terms' => array($itemID),
				 ),
			  ),
		  'meta_key'=>'_EventStartDate',
		  'orderby'=>'meta_value',
		  'order'=>'DESC',
		  'posts_per_page' => 5,
	);
	$the_query = new WP_Query( $args );
$output = '';
$output .= '<div class="flyoutBoxes">';
	if ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
		
		while ( $the_query->have_posts() ) {
			$the_query->the_post(); 
			$output .= '<div class="flyoutBox">'.get_the_title().'</div>';
		}

	} else { 
		$output .= '<div class="flyoutBox">No events found!</div>';
	}

$output .= '</div>';

	wp_reset_postdata();
	
	return $output;
}

[George]

Sorry @tpsonline, we cannot help with custom coding here 🙁 Please see the “Product Support” section of our terms and conditions for more information → http://theeventscalendar.com/terms

I will close up this thread for now with these facts in mind.

Best of luck with your project,
George

PS

Before closing this thread, I looked at your code and it seems like the problem is that you’re referencing “TribeEvents::TAXONOMY”.

TribeEvents is no longer a valid class name. Using Tribe__Events__Main::TAXONOMY instead may help here.

Cheers!

[Author]

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