Title: Get function no longer working Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # Get function no longer working * Resolved [theqwertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theqwertman/) * (@theqwertman) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/) * I updated this plugin from an old version, and the following function no longer works. I’ve narrowed down the problem to that EM_Events::get() is returning an empty array, although it should not. Before updating the plugin this worked flawlessly. How do I need to change the code to adapt to the new version? * Part of the code in question is padded with line breaks. * ``` /** * shortcode - tpevents * outputs the tp events slider * @param unknown_type $atts * @return string */ function tpevents_shortcode($atts) { global $EM_Event; $EM_Event_old = $EM_Event; //When looping, we can replace EM_Event global with the current event in the loop //Can be either an array for the get search or an array of EM_Event objects extract( shortcode_atts( array(), $atts ) ); //define default EM query attributes $defaults = array( 'limit' => 5, 'scope' => 'future', ); $atts = wp_parse_args( $atts, $defaults ); //open the slider $output = '
'; $format = '
#_EVENTIMAGE

#_EVENTLINK

#_{D M j} at #_12HSTARTTIME
'; $today = strtotime('today'); $events_count = 0; $old_limit = (int)$atts['limit']; $atts['limit'] = $old_limit + 1;//increase the events returned to support an expired event $events = EM_Events::get($atts); foreach($events as $EM_Event){ if($events_count < $old_limit){ $event_start_date = strtotime($EM_Event->start_date); if($event_start_date >= $today){ $output .= $EM_Event->output($format); $events_count++; } }else{ break;//stop loop } } //close the slider $output .= '
'; //check if no events were returned if($events_count == 0) $debugline = print_r($atts,true); $output = 'There are no events'; //restore existing $EM_Event $EM_Event = $EM_Event_old; return $output; } add_shortcode('tpevents', 'tpevents_shortcode'); ``` * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/events-manager/) Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) * [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/) * (@angelonwl) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178261) * I tried to paste your snippet without any modification and seems to be working fine. e.g. I tried this EM_Events::get() to see if its return an empty array but it returns okay * ``` $events = EM_Events::get($atts); print_r( $events ); ``` * then I paste the shortcode in wp page like [tpevents] * Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * (@netweblogic) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178268) * looks ok to me, try angelonwl’s suggestion * Thread Starter [theqwertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theqwertman/) * (@theqwertman) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178275) * I’m passing it this [tpevents limit=”7″ category=”2″] Although I did try with no variables and it still didn’t work. Any suggestions on how to isolate the problem? * [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/) * (@angelonwl) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178285) * have you tried my suggestion above to check the array content? * ``` $events = EM_Events::get($atts); print_r( $events ); ``` * then add a print_r again after the foreach loop. * ``` foreach($events as $EM_Event){ print_r( $EM_Event ); ``` * Thread Starter [theqwertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theqwertman/) * (@theqwertman) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178294) * Yes, I tried print_r and got an empty array. I was temporarily able to solve the problem by removing category=”2″ so that it’s just [tpevents limit=”7″]. Unfortunately we need the results to be limited by category. * I noticed that the all entries in the table em_events have NULL as the value for event_category_id. I tried yet setting some of these to 2, but they still did not appear. Where else can I look for the cause of the problem? * We’ve run into another clue, too. We aren’t able to update any of the events due to a ‘database error’. * [agelonwl](https://wordpress.org/support/users/angelonwl/) * (@angelonwl) * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178295) * can I know what database error is that? and from what previous version of Events Manager you are using? * also, did you check if events category with Id 2 still exists at Events > Events Categories then click Screen Options > click ID > apply? * Thread Starter [theqwertman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theqwertman/) * (@theqwertman) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178298) * I found a partial solution! It looks like the value meta_value was changed from 2 to 9 in all of the entries in the em_meta table. Mysterious… * Changing them back to 2 FIXES my slideshow, but I still get the following error when editing events in the interface: [http://tinypic.com/r/33bhkk3/6](http://tinypic.com/r/33bhkk3/6) * As far as I know the only change is that WordPress has been updated. What kinds of things cause this plugin to display that error? * Plugin Author [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * (@netweblogic) * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178299) * r.e. the database error, try to see your php error logs or turn on WP_DEBUG in your wp-config.php file Viewing 8 replies - 1 through 8 (of 8 total) The topic ‘Get function no longer working’ is closed to new replies. * ![](https://ps.w.org/events-manager/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=3550347) * [Events Manager - Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, and more!](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/) * [Frequently Asked Questions](https://wordpress.org/plugins/events-manager/#faq) * [Support Threads](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/) * [Active Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/active/) * [Unresolved Topics](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/unresolved/) * [Reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/events-manager/reviews/) ## Tags * [array](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/array/) * [empty](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/empty/) * [events](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/events/) * [get](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/get/) * [manager](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/manager/) * [upgrade](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/upgrade/) * 8 replies * 3 participants * Last reply from: [Marcus (aka @msykes)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/netweblogic/) * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/get-function-no-longer-working/#post-3178299) * Status: resolved