Get Upcoming Date of Single Recurring Event

[Our Saviors Church]

I’m trying to list just the date of a specific event on a page template, but I can’t quite figure out how. If I could get the event by ID, that would be great, or I could isolate it using the tag AND category. I’ve tried following along from this article to using the tag like so:

// Ensure the global $post variable is in scope
global $post;
 
// Retrieve the next 5 upcoming events
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
'eventDisplay'	 => 'upcoming',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'tax_query'=> array( 'taxonomy' => 'tribe_events_cat', 'field' => 'slug', 'terms' => 'lafayette' ),
'tag' => 'Step One'
) );

foreach ( $events as $post ) {
setup_postdata( $post );
    echo tribe_get_start_date();
}

But that’s not working, it’s not returning any results. I’ve tried it with and without the tax_query line setting the category. Any advice on a good way to do this? Again, just need the next upcoming date for a specific recurring event.

• This topic was modified 10 years, 6 months ago by Our Saviors Church.
• This topic was modified 10 years, 6 months ago by Our Saviors Church.

[Our Saviors Church]

I think I fixed it myself, but I’d love to verify with someone that this is the best way to do this.

<?php
global $post;

$events = tribe_get_events( array(
'eventDisplay'	 => 'upcoming',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'tribe_events_cat' => 'lafayette',
'tag' => 'step-one'
) );
foreach ( $events as $post ) {
setup_postdata( $post );

echo tribe_get_start_date($event, '', 'F j');
}
?>

• This reply was modified 10 years, 6 months ago by Our Saviors Church.

[George]

I’m sorry @Tyler, but we cannot offer any support with custom code here 🙁

I will close this ticket for now – if your second code example works well for you, keep using that!

Sincerely,
George

[George]

P.S.

For what it’s worth, just to help a little bit here, your second solution is correct. I would personally recommend this instead to reduce chance of conflict with the unnecessary loading of the $post global:


<?php

$events = tribe_get_events( array(
'eventDisplay'=> 'upcoming',
'posts_per_page' => 1,
'tribe_events_cat' => 'lafayette',
'tag' => 'step-one'
) );

foreach ( $events as $event ) {
echo tribe_get_start_date( $event, '', 'F j' );
}
?>


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