Get Custom Fields into PHP

Perhaps this is what you are looking for:

<?php echo $EM_Event->output('#_ATT'); ?>

Thanks for prompt feedback but this
echo $EM_Event->output(‘#_ATT{Race}’);
seems to break the page.
Is this because I am using the event_list shortcode which is not opening the data as $EM_Event or is the syntax still wrong?

if you are using wp do_shortcode with events_list shortcode then it might be the reason and maybe you can try this snippet

$EM_Events = EM_Events::get( array('scope' => 'future' ) );
foreach ( $EM_Events as $EM_Event){

 $location = $EM_Event->get_location();
 $category = $EM_Event->get_categories()

}

I am using
[events_list]
…
#_EVENTDATES
#_EVENTNAME
etc
[/events_list]
does this not set up data I can use?

using shortcode events_list, you can use #_ATT{fieldname}

Yes, but to go back to my original question, how do I get that value into a PHP variable?

Try:

echo $EM_Event->output('#_ATT{fieldname}');

That seems to break the page as even the fields such as #_EVENTDATES and #_EVENTNAME do not appear but instead the shortcodes are reproduced.

Can you post the complete code snippet you’re using?

See below. The critical part is where the variables $filetofind1 etc. need to include the value of #_ATT{Race}

[events_list year=”<?php echo $year; ?>”]
<div style=”float:left; clear:both; min-height:32px; border-top: 1px solid rgb(37, 129, 170); width:100%;”>
<div style=”float:left; width:210px;”>
<div style=”float:left; width:30px; text-align:left; padding-right:10px;”>
#_ATT{Race} </div>
<div style=”float:left; width:170px; clear:none;”>
#_EVENTDATES  #_24HSTARTTIME</div>
</div>
<div style=”float:left; clear:none;”>
#_EVENTNAME
{is_future}<i>#_ATTENDEESPENDINGLIST</i>{/is_future}
</div>
<?php
// $filetofind1 = “wp-content/files/event-reports/”. $year . “-“. . “.pdf”;
// $filetofind2 = “wp-content/files/event-results/”. $year . “-“. “.pdf”;
// $filetofind3 = “wp-content/files/event-instructions/”. $year . “-” . “.pdf”;
echo “Race No. as variable” . $EM_Event->output(‘#_ATT{Race}’);
if (file_exists($filetofind1) || file_exists($filetofind2) || file_exists($filetofind3)) {
?>
<div style=”float:right; width:200px;”>
<div style=”float:right; width:50px; clear:none; text-align:right;”>
<?php
if (file_exists($filetofind1)){ ?>” target=”_blank”>
<?php };
?>
</div>
<div style=”float:right; width:50px; clear:none; text-align:right;”>
<?php
if (file_exists($filetofind2)){ ?>” target=”_blank”>
<?php } else {echo ” “;};?>
</div>
<div style=”float:right; width:50px; clear:none; text-align:right;”>
<?php
if (file_exists($filetofind3)){ ?>” target=”_blank”>
<?php } else {echo ” “;};?>
</div>
</div>
<?php }?>
<?php
?>

[/events_list]

just to confirm, are you using wp do_shortcode with php with the above code?

No, I am not. Should I?
I am not sure how this might solve the problem though.
All the shortcodes are showing up it is just trying to get a value into PHP that seems to be a problem.

• This reply was modified 6 years, 12 months ago by bobjgarrett. Reason: extra info

Yes, you will need to use something like do_shortcode. Where are you using that code?

If you’re using it within the admin settings the PHP code won’t run. If you’re using within a PHP file, the shortcodes and placeholders won’t run.

Thanks for that. I was not aware of do_shortcode and still don’t understand it but here is a simplified version which works to get the value into a php variable for anyone else that needs something similar.
<?php
global $wpdb;
?>
[events_list year=”2017″]
Race No. #_ATT{Race}
#_EVENTDATES
#_EVENTNAME
<?php
echo “Race No. as variable=”;
echo do_shortcode(‘#_ATT{Race}’);
?>
<hr>
[/events_list]

Sorry to pursue this further but I thought it was resolved, but it is not.
If we take the example above but have a statement $raceno=do_shortcode(‘#_ATT{Race}’} then echo $raceno then the output is for example “17”. Yet if I compare this variable with “17” it is not equal! If I do a strlen($raceno) then it is 11!
So we have a variable which if displayed is 17 but if compared is the string #_ATT{Race}.
How does that work! And how can I actually get a php variable with the actual value so I can do compares etc.
Thanks again