Best method to show "this week" Mon-Fri

[andytc]

Hi , new to the forums and in need of some insight !

I’m trying to show events that are running “this week” , but only show weekdays Mon – Fri , no weekends.

I would also like the “no events” to show on days when there are no events.

I’ve tried to edit the template for the widget-event-list.php , but getting a bit lost. I did get it working with a shortcode , but couldn’t include the “no events” bit , so thinking it would be better to edit the template.

I’m using the template from Stephen on GitHub – custom event list widget

Can anyone show me what code to add to that file to acheive my goal of showing events that are running “this week” ?

last question , on the event widget , there is a field for “Template (leave blank for default)” Does this mean i can point the widget to a custom template with a unique name ? if so , where should that be paced – in my theme ?

Every bit of help i get , i learn from 🙂 and thank you in advance !

[Stephen Harris]

Hi Andy,

I quickly threw this together. It requires php5.3+ (relative date format handling), but could be reworked to support 5.2 as well. I’ll let the comments do the explaining, but hopefully the logic is clear.

Just chuck this in a utility plug-in (or you theme’s functions.php) and then use the shortcode wherever. I’ve briefly tested this on a dev-site. Hope it helps!

//Usage: [my_mon_fri_events]
add_shortcode( 'my_mon_fri_events', 'my_mon_fri_events_shortdcode_handler');
function my_mon_fri_events_shortdcode_handler(){

    $html = '';

    //In php 5.3:
    $events = eo_get_events( array(
            'event_start_after' => 'monday this week',
            'event_start_before' => 'friday this week',
            'posts_per_page' => -1,
    ));

    $days_of_week = array(
            1 => 'Monday',
            2 => 'Tuesday',
            3 => 'Wednesday',
            4 => 'Thursday',
            5 => 'Friday',
    );

    $event_index = 0;

    //Do one day at a time
    for( $day_of_week = 1; $day_of_week <= 5; $day_of_week ++ ){

        //Display day title e.g. 'Monday'
        $html .= '<li>' . $days_of_week[$day_of_week]; //Start the day


        //Does the day have any events.
        if( !isset( $events[$event_index] ) ){
            //We've run out of events...
            $events_on_today = false;

        }else{
            $event = $events[$event_index];
            $event_day = (int) eo_get_the_start( 'N', $event->ID, null, $event->occurrence_id );
            //Does the next event happen on this day?
            $events_on_today = ( $day_of_week == $event_day );
        }

        //If this day has events, display them.
        if( $events_on_today ){

            $html .= '<ul>';

            //Display events for this day. Compares integer representation of days ( 1=Mon,...,7=Sun)
            while( $event_day === $day_of_week ){

                //Display this event
                $html .= sprintf(
                        '<li> <a href="%s">%s</a> on %s </li>',
                        get_permalink( $event->ID ),
                        get_the_title( $event->ID),
                        eo_get_the_start( get_option('date_format'), $event->ID, null, $event->occurrence_id )
                );

                //Move onto the next event
                $event_index++;

                //Set $event_day for the next event
                if( isset( $events[$event_index] ) ){
                    $event = $events[$event_index];
                    $event_day = (int) eo_get_the_start( 'N', $event->ID, null, $event->occurrence_id );
                }else{
                    $event_day = false;
                }
            }

            $html .= '</ul>';

        }else{
            $html .= '<ul><li>No events</li></ul>';
        }

        $html .= '</li>'; //Close the day
    }

    return $html;
}

[Stephen Harris]

R.e. the template field for the widget. That accepts a format string (not a file name). It’s explained in more detail here: http://wp-event-organiser.com/documentation/widgets/

[andytc]

Thanks Stephen , that’s working perfectly for me ! just added some styles and it’s all good 🙂

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