Parameters when passed as an array doesn’t work

[Robert]

Thanks for the great plugin
I am using following query to get events ..
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
'eventDisplay' => 'custom',
'posts_per_page' => 20,
'tribe_events_cat' => $tribe_events_cat,
'start_date' => $event_start_date,
'venue'=>$locations,
));
Everything is working fine but when I try to pass parameters as array they don’t work

For eg:

Doesn’t work:
$tribe_events_cat= array('event1' , 'event2');
$location = array(1,2,3);

Works

$tribe_events_cat= 'event';
$location = 33;

So please help

thanks

[Robert]

I get the following warning when I try to pass array of event categories
Warning: urlencode() expects parameter 1 to be string, array given in

I even noticed that when i try to get all the event categories for each event using following
$myterms = wp_get_post_terms( $event->ID, TribeEvents::TAXONOMY);

or

tribe_get_event_categories($event->ID, array(
‘echo’ => false,
‘label’ => ”,
‘label_before’ => ”,
‘label_after’ => ”,
‘wrap_before’ => ”,
‘wrap_after’ => ”,
))

I still get only one category per event even when most of events have multiple categories

Looking forward to your response

[Cliff]

Hi, Robert.

The issue here is that tribe_events_cat and venue are not valid arguments.

tribe_get_events() is just a wrapper for get_posts() and those 2 aren’t valid arguments.

Please reference https://theeventscalendar.com/knowledgebase/using-tribe_get_events/ and let me know if you have any follow-up questions on this topic.

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[Robert]

Hey

thanks for replying..
May be I figured it out and may be its the right way

I tried this and

$tax_query[] =  array(
			    	array(
			        'taxonomy' => 'tribe_events_cat',
			        'field' => 'slug',
			        'terms' => $terms
	              ) );

$meta_query = array(
array(
    'key' => '_EventStartDate',
    'value' => $event_start_date,
    'compare' => '>',			                

));

global $post;
$events = tribe_get_events( 
			array(
				'eventDisplay' => 'custom',
				'posts_per_page' => 20,
				'tax_query'=>$tax_query,
				'venue'=>$venue,
				'meta_query' => $meta_query
			));

foreach ($events as $post):
	setup_postdata( $post );
	$post->post_title;
endforach;
 

Now I am facing other issue that ‘compare’ => ‘=’ is not working ..

If I select date 2017-05-01 ,then it doesn’t show me anything ..

But is I try ‘compare’ => ‘>=’ , then i show me all the events on that date and after that

But what I want is the events on that particular day only ..

I hope you can give me a quick solution

• This reply was modified 9 years ago by Robert.

[Cliff]

Thanks for that detailed question.

I can’t definitively tell you because I don’t know what your variables are set to, but here are a few thoughts:

• maybe change $event_start_date to date( $event_start_date )
• if that doesn’t work, maybe hardcode it to date( ‘2017-05-01’ ) just to see if it’s working as expected
• make sure $venue is an integer (post ID of a Venue post type)

It could also help to reference the function itself, including it’s documentation: https://github.com/moderntribe/the-events-calendar/blob/4.5.1/src/functions/template-tags/general.php#L183-L219

Please let me know how this goes for you.

[Robert]

Hey Cliff
The link you gave me didn’t work

But I searched a lot and solved this by following code

$event_start_date = $event_start_date1.’ 00:00′;
$event_end_date =$event_start_date1.’ 23:59′;
$meta_query = array(
‘relation’=>’AND’,
‘start’=> array(
‘key’ => ‘_EventStartDate’,
‘value’ => $event_start_date,
‘compare’ => ‘>=’,
),
‘end’=>array(
‘key’ => ‘_EventStartDate’,
‘value’ => $event_end_date,
‘compare’ => ‘<=’,
),
);

if($terms && $tags){
$tax_query[] = array(
‘relation’ => ‘AND’,
array(
‘taxonomy’ => ‘tribe_events_cat’,
‘field’ => ‘slug’,
‘terms’ => $terms
),
array(
‘taxonomy’ => ‘post_tag’,
‘field’ => ‘name’,
‘terms’ => $tags
)
);

}elseif($tags){
$tax_query[] = array(
array(
‘taxonomy’ => ‘post_tag’,
‘field’ => ‘name’,
‘terms’ => $tags
)
);
}elseif($terms){
$tax_query[] = array(
array(
‘taxonomy’ => ‘tribe_events_cat’,
‘field’ => ‘slug’,
‘terms’ => $terms
) );
}
else{
}

if($locations){
$venue=$locations;
}

global $post;
$events = tribe_get_events( array(
‘eventDisplay’ => ‘custom’,
‘posts_per_page’ => 20,
‘tax_query’=>$tax_query,
‘venue’=>$venue,
‘meta_query’ => $meta_query,
‘orderby’=>’_EventStartDate’,
‘order’=>’DESC’,
));

[Robert]

This reply is private.

[Cliff]

tribe_get_events() uses get_posts(), which doesn’t support pagination.

You should instead be using WP_Query instead if you need pagination. (reference)

Thankfully, the code you already have should be easily ported to the WP_Query format.

[Robert]

wp_query will do the trick for sure
But I am not sure if the following parameters will work or not?

‘eventDisplay’ => ‘custom’,
‘venue’=>$venue,

[Cliff]

tribe_get_events() uses getEvents() which runs WP_Query with the passed $args… so maybe keep those in there and give it a shot?

References:

• https://github.com/moderntribe/the-events-calendar/blob/4.5.1/src/functions/template-tags/general.php#L183-L219
• https://github.com/moderntribe/the-events-calendar/blob/4.5.1/src/Tribe/Query.php#L1017

Please let me know how this goes for you.

[Support Droid]

Hey there! This thread has been pretty quiet for the last three weeks, so we’re going to go ahead and close it to avoid confusion with other topics. If you’re still looking for help with this, please do open a new thread, reference this one and we’d be more than happy to continue the conversation over there.

Thanks so much!
The Events Calendar Support Team

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