Can I use a conditional / if () to check if there are any upcoming events?

I think the easiest way to do this would be to use the events_list shortcode in combination with a scope of future.

There’s more on using scope here:

https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/event-search-attributes/

I’m mainly trying to do this

if (any events fall under the scope of future) {
<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>
list events here
}

I don’t want that heading to show up if there’s no events to display. :/

I noticed on that page you linked that they were calling things via PHP:
echo EM_Events::output(array('scope'=>'tomorrow', 'limit'=>10, 'pagination'=>1));

Could I somehow use that scope=>future in an if statement? Thanks!

This is what I’ve tried to do based on something I found on stackexchange, but it’s not working; everything inside of the if statement is displaying regardless.

<?php // Begin Upcoming Events

	$query = new WP_Query(array(
	    'post_type' => 'event',
	    'scope'=>'future'
	));
	if( $query->have_posts() ){ ?>

		<div class="wpb_text_column wpb_content_element upcoming-events">

			<h2>Upcoming Events</h2>

			<ul class="clearfix">
				<?php echo do_shortcode('[events_list limit="4"]<li><a href=#_EVENTURL>#_EVENTIMAGE{400,340}</a></li>[/events_list]'); ?>
			</ul>

		</div>

		<hr />
	<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
<?php }  // End Upcoming Events ?>

What happens if you change scope to something else like ‘past’? Does that alter the output you get?

Nothing happens at all unfortunately, so something in my query / if statement isn’t working. I’ve even tried moving my upcoming events to trash to see what happens and the area still displays, just with “No Events to Display” as text under the heading..

you can try

$count = EM_Events::count();

which’d by default count all future events. you can use that in your if statement and then show a shortcode

Hi Marcus,

Thank you! Would this be a proper solution to use for the if statement?

$count = EM_Events::count();

if ($count > 0) {
// stuff here
}

That statement I guessed worked perfectly, thank you very much Marcus!

glad it worked; thanks for the update.