Leaving times blank

just to confirm, this is when creating new event ? if yes, try to modify template file at events-manager/templates/forms/event/when.php

to use template: https://wp-events-plugin.com/documentation/using-template-files/

Thank you Angelo! I can edit it OK now, that’s really helpful. One more question though: The particular bit of the form says this:

<input id=”start-time” class=”em-time-input em-time-start” type=”text” size=”8″ maxlength=”8″ name=”event_start_time” value=”<?php echo date( $hours_format, $EM_Event->start ); ?>” />

Now I can’t just empty the value of the input, because then it doesn’t remember the time when I’m editing an event I created previously; I just want to empty it when I’m adding a new one. So I think it’s setting the default value of $EM_Event->start to 12:00AM for new events – where would I find that bit so I can change it to NULL?

Thank you again.

What do you want the default time to be?

Would like it to be empty if possible – no value at all. Most events we want to add have unknown start & end times – so we want to add them without attaching times to them – but that’s not the same thing as “All day”. At the moment we have to manually delete the default “12:00am” and then save.

Thanks!

Ok, then you should be able to leave it blank in the template:

<input id="start-time" class="em-time-input em-time-start" type="text" size="8" maxlength="8" name="event_start_time" value="" />

The NULL value will be added automatically by Events Manager if there’s no time specified.

Thanks – I tried that originally – but isn’t the same form used by the “Edit event” function? i.e. if you enter and save a start & end time, doesn’t it then forget them if you go to edit the event?

Try this instead. It check for the presence of an event start time, if there’s one there it uses it – if not it’ll be blank.

<input id="start-time" class="em-time-input em-time-start" type="text" size="8" maxlength="8" name="event_start_time" value="<?php if (EM_Event->start) { echo date( $hours_format, $EM_Event->start );} ?>" />

Perfect, thank you! Just a missing $ I think – the following works for me:

<?php if ($EM_Event->start) { echo date($hours_format, $EM_Event->start);} ?>

Appreciate the help.

Yes, you’re right I missed out a $ – good catch ??