Date comparisons

I know it was not an EventPrime issue (and said so in my original question). But thank you for responding anyway. Your support is always great.

What I was attempting to do is modify the “simple list” previously submitted (not by me) and modify it to list events for a limited number of day into the future. For example, I wanted a list of all events that will be happening in the next 2 weeks (14 days). That list should include events that are already started or will start within the selected number of days.

Here’s the code. I hope others find it useful.

/**

• Shortcode: [ep_simple_list_days]
• Displays a simplified list of EventPrime events for a number of days
  *
• Attributes:
• – type=”” → event type slug (EventPrime taxonomy)
• – limit=14 → number of days to display (must be at least 1)(default = 14)
• – order=”ASC” → sorting order “ASC” or “DESC” (default=”ASC”)
• – date=”true” → display event date (default=true)
• – venue=”true” → display event venue (default=true)
• – organizer=”true” → display organizer (default=true)
  */

function simple_eventprime_list_days( $atts ) {

$atts = shortcode_atts( array(
    'type'       => 'Run',
    'limit'      => 14,
    'order'      => 'ASC', 
    'date'       => 'true',
    'venue'      => 'true',
    'organizer'  => 'true',
), $atts );

$args = array(
    'post_type'      => 'em_event',
    'posts_per_page' => -1,
    'meta_key'       => 'em_start_date_time',
    'orderby'        => 'meta_value_num',
    'order'          => $atts['order'],
);

if ( ! empty( $atts['type'] ) ) {
    $args['tax_query'] = array(
        array(
            'taxonomy' => 'em_event_type',
            'field'    => 'slug',
            'terms'    => $atts['type'],
        ),
    );
}

$query = new WP_Query( $args );

$upcoming_events = array();
$past_events     = array();

$now             = time();
$enddate         = time() ;
$daylimit        = $atts['limit'];

$now2 = date_i18n( 'm/d/Y', $now ) ; 
$enddate2 = date_i18n( 'm/d/Y', $enddate ) ; 
$enddate3 = ($enddate + ($daylimit*24*60*60)) ;
$enddate4 = date_i18n('m/d/Y', $enddate3 ) ;

$listing_page = get_page_by_path( 'all-events' );

if ( $query->have_posts() ) {

    while ( $query->have_posts() ) {
        $query->the_post();

        $event_id   = get_the_ID();
        $eventstart = (int) get_post_meta( $event_id, 'em_start_date_time', true );
        $eventend   = (int) get_post_meta( $event_id, 'em_end_date_time',   true );

/* test for events that have ended before today */
if ( $eventend < $now ) {
continue;
}

/* test for events that start after the end date of the reporting period */
if ( $eventstart > $enddate3 ) {
continue ;
}

        $upcoming_events[] = $event_id;
    }
}
wp_reset_postdata();

ob_start();

/**
 * Event list renderer
 */
$display_events = function ( $event_ids, $title ) use ( $atts, $listing_page ) {

    if ( empty( $event_ids ) ) { 
        echo '*** No Events ***' ;
        return;
    } 

    echo '<h5 style="font-weight:bold;">' . esc_html( $title ) . '</h5>';
    echo '<ul class="simple-eventprime-list">';

    $count = 0;

    foreach ( $event_ids as $event_id ) {

        $event_title = get_the_title( $event_id );

        $event_link = $listing_page
            ? add_query_arg( 'event', $event_id, get_permalink( $listing_page->ID ) )
            : get_permalink( $event_id );

        echo '<li>';
        echo '<strong><a class="simple-eventprime-link" href="' . esc_url($event_link) .'" ><em>' . esc_html( $event_title ) . '</em></a></strong>';

        /* Date */
        if ( $atts['date'] === 'true' ) {
            $start = get_post_meta( $event_id, 'em_start_date_time', true );
            $end   = get_post_meta( $event_id, 'em_end_date_time', true );

            if ( $start ) {
                echo ': ' . date( 'm/d/Y', $start );
            }
            if ( $end ) {
                echo ' - ' . date( 'm/d/Y', $end );
            }
        }

        /* Organizer (using EventPrime core function) */
        if ( $atts['organizer'] === 'true' && class_exists( 'EventPrime_Basic_Functions' ) ) {

            $basic = new EventPrime_Basic_Functions();

            $organizer_ids = get_post_meta( $event_id, 'em_organizer', true );
            $organizers    = ! empty( $organizer_ids )
                ? $basic->ep_get_event_organizer( $organizer_ids )
                : array();

            if ( ! empty( $organizers ) && is_array( $organizers ) ) {

                $links = array();

                foreach ( $organizers as $org ) {

                    if ( ! empty( $org->name ) ) {

                        if ( ! empty( $org->url ) ) {
                            $links[] = 'url ) . >' . esc_html( $org->name ) . '';
                        } else {
                            $links[] = esc_html( $org->name );
                        }
                    }
                }

                if ( ! empty( $links ) ) {
                    echo ' presented by <b>' . implode( ', ', $links ) . '</b>';
                }
            }
        }

        /* Venue */
        if ( $atts['venue'] === 'true' ) {
            $venue_terms = get_the_terms( $event_id, 'em_venue' );
            if ( $venue_terms && ! is_wp_error( $venue_terms ) ) {
                echo ' at ' . esc_html( implode( ', ', wp_list_pluck( $venue_terms, 'name' ) ) );
            }
        }

        echo '</li>';
    }

    echo '</ul>';
};

$display_events( $upcoming_events, 'Upcoming Performances' );

if ( empty( $upcoming_events )) { /* && empty( $past_events ) ) { */
    echo '<p class="simple-eventprime-none">No events found.</p>';
}

return ob_get_clean();

}

add_shortcode( ‘ep_simple_list_days’, ‘simple_eventprime_list_days’ );

Copying and pasting the code above doesn’t work very well. I have created two variations of the “simple list” shortcode. One can limit by nunber of events, the other by number of days. They are available here: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/2x9ao6xejd3ecb9igowis/ep_simple_list_2.txt?rlkey=lirfu10jkyru94bcmgcrp3dj7&dl=0

If you enhance any of these, I’d appreciate you sharing the results with me.

Larry