Title: Custom Upcoming Event Loop [PHP]
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Custom Upcoming Event Loop [PHP]

 *  [andrew-s3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew-s3/)
 * (@andrew-s3)
 * [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upcoming-event-loop-php/)
 * I have an event loop I’ve created that isn’t functioning properly.
 * I’m using the plugin wp-types (www.wp-types.com) to create custom post types 
   and fields. I’ve used it to create a custom post type called ‘events’.
 * My loop looks something like this –
 *     ```
       <!-- LOOP START -->
       <?php //WP_Query Arguments
       	$args = array (
       		'post_type' => 'event',
       		'posts_per_page' => '4',
       		'meta_key' => 'wpcf-event-start-date',
       		'meta_value' => date('Ymd'),
       		'meta_compare' => '>=',
       		'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
       		'order' => 'ASC',
       		);
   
       ?>
       <?php $the_query = new WP_Query( $args ); ?>
           <?php while ($the_query -> have_posts()) : $the_query -> the_post(); ?>
           <div class="col-md-2">
       		<?php $date= get_field('wpcf-event-start-date'); ?>
           <a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_post_thumbnail( 'medium' );?><div class="overlay"></div></a>
           <div class="event-info">
           <h3><a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h3>
           <p class="date"><?php echo date('l, F jS, Y', strtotime($date)); ?></p>
       	<!--<?php the_excerpt(); ?>-->
           </div>
           </div><!-- /.col-md-2 -->
           <?php endwhile;?>
       <!-- LOOP FINISH -->
       ```
   
 * I’m assuming the reason that nothing is displaying is due to the meta_key/meta_value
   property(ies). The plugin exports the DATE field as the following:
 * It requests and input format of – Month dd, yyyy + 24 hour time.
 * It returns – 1403388000 – for June 21, 2014 22:00
 * I think my loop is not properly translating the value returned. Any help is greatly
   appreciated. Thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [andrew-s3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrew-s3/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/custom-upcoming-event-loop-php/)
 * Status: not resolved

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