Issue with eo_insert_event();

[Dave Navarro]

When I call eo_insert_event() and the dates are different (so I’m adding a 3 day event that does not repeat), only the first day of the event is displayed on the calendar page. Not all 3 days.

But when I edit it and re-save it without changing anything, it appears correctly in the calendar.

What am I missing? I am using the sample from http://codex.wp-event-organiser.com/function-eo_insert_event.html

  $new_event = array();
  $new_event['schedule'] = 'once';
  $new_event['frequency'] = 1;
  $new_event['start'] = new DateTime( $event_start, eo_get_blog_timezone() );
  $new_event['end'] = new DateTime( $event_end, eo_get_blog_timezone() );
  $new_event['all_day'] = $event_allday;

  $post_id = eo_insert_event( $new_post, $new_event );

[Stephen Harris]

What values are you using for $event_start and $event_end. The following created an all-day, 3-day event from the 11th March through to the 13th:

  $event_start = '2016-03-11 00:00';
  $event_end = '2016-03-13 23:59';

  $new_event = array();
  $new_event['schedule'] = 'once';
  $new_event['frequency'] = 1;
  $new_event['start'] = new DateTime( $event_start, eo_get_blog_timezone() );
  $new_event['end'] = new DateTime( $event_end, eo_get_blog_timezone() );
  $new_event['all_day'] = true;

  $post_id = eo_insert_event( array( 'post_title' => 'Test event' ), $new_event );

[Dave Navarro]

I am pulling it from a form:

  $event_start  = $_POST['item_meta'][346];
  $event_end    = $_POST['item_meta'][348];
  if ( $event_allday ) {
    $event_start .= ' 00:00:00';
    $event_end   .= ' 00:00:00';
  } else {
    $event_start .= ' ' . $_POST['item_meta'][349];
    $event_end   .= ' ' . $_POST['item_meta'][350];
  }    

I’m guessing that the end time should not match the start time… That’s the only difference I see between your code and mine.

[Stephen Harris]

The time per-se doesn’t matter, though it should be 23:59 for all-day events as otherwise the event will be one-day shorter than intended.

I’m more interested in the value of $event_start and $event_end: when that script runs what is an example actual vale are they given (it will oibviously depend on user input).

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