jonmojo

OK – The following seems to work OK with multiple AFCE forms in the same Events Manager template (event-editor.php – copy to themes). The filter is in the root file of a plugin or functions.php in a theme.

Of the above settings, turn ‘Save ACF fields’ OFF, everything else stays the same.

An ACF or ACFE approach would probably better, using their own hooks, filters or settings, but this is working for me.

function my_form_extras_post ($result, $event) {


	if ( (!empty($_POST)) && (!is_admin()) ) {  //check for post variables and ignore if on the admin pages.
		
		//Will iterate over each ACF field held in $_POST and save it.
		foreach ( $_POST['acf'] as $ec_field => $ec_field_value) {

			$event_id = $event->post_id;						//post_id of the event ('550')
			$field_key = $ec_field;								//The ACF field Key (field_dkjasflk2343)
			$field_details = get_field_object($field_key);		//The ACF field detail - array
			$field_name = $field_details['name'];				//The ACF name for the field ('company_name')
			$field_value = $ec_field_value;						//The value in the field as typed in on the interface ('Truck Mart')

			if ( !empty( $field_value ) ) {						//Do nothing if the value field is empty
					update_post_meta( $event_id, $field_name , $field_value );  //Creates or updates the meta field holding the value
					update_post_meta( $event_id, "_".$field_name, $field_key ); //Creates or updates the meta field holding the ACF reference (note the underscore before the name)
			}
		}
	}

}

add_filter( 'em_event_save', 'my_form_extras_post', 10, 2 );

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by jonmojo.

OK – So this is kind of working, but:

• The displayed calendar switches from Full to small.
• The item is there (in the HTML), but other than hovering on the date number, there is no clear indication it’s there.
• The date ‘scope’ argument(s) in the search set a default date range that is not needed (or too short). I can’t find the setting to change this.

Thanks for this – I’m now trying to extend the Events Manager via a plugin to create a side-by-side calendar/list view with the search common to both elements, as a header. Is there a way to call just the search as a template part? I can call/copy the template easily enough (templates/templates/search.php), but I’m not clear how to pass it the $args.

You may have a better approach to this?

I’ll drop the views in as shortcodes.

I see it creates its on post/event – Problem solved!