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Getting the category images an event belongs to
Hi
in events app there are categories that you can setup and you can assign an image to each category.
I want to output each image for each category an event belongs to. How can i achieve that?
Thanks
You should be able to use
perch_events_event_categories()for that.The first argument should be the slug or ID of your event.
but how would you do that in the template for event listing page?
i currently have <perch:events id="category_names" suppress="true" /> which lists the category names but i want the images assigned to those categories
Thanks
Sure, you can do it on the page, and then pass the result into the template using
PerchSystem::set_var()https://docs.grabaperch.com/docs/templates/passing-variables-into-templates/
Hi Drew
Sorry a bit lost as to how i would do this. In my php file i have ($year is defined separetely):
<?php perch_events_custom(array( 'filter' => 'eventDateTime', 'match' => 'eqbetween',
'value' => $year.'-09-01,'.$year.'-09-31', 'template' => 'events/listing/event-day.html' )); ?>
then my template is this:
<div class="event"> <div class="date"> <div class="day"> <perch:events id="eventDateTime" format="j" /> </div> <div class="month"> <perch:events id="eventDateTime" format="%b %Y" /> </div> </div> <div class="event-content">
<div class="desc"> <perch:events id="eventDescHTML" html="true" /> </div>
</div> <div class="icons"> <perch:events id="category_names" /></div>
Ah, so this is a listing rather than an event detail view?
yes listing page
Thanks
Hmm, I can't think of a good way to do that with the Events app. It doesn't have some of the more advanced features of newer apps that would make it possible.
Perhaps:
<perch:events id="category_names" /> outputs all the names of the categories. If i called the image assigned to a category the same as the category name - i could output it.
But how can i loop through each category returned via <perch:events id="category_names" /> ?
This wont work because all categories are output at once - <img src="<perch:events id="category_names" />" />
Ta
Right - you can't. The way Events handles categories is really old and inconvenient.
Do you need the monthly calendar grid display? If not, you might not need Events at all.