Author Topic: Linking to an Event Type / Category (Read 578 times)

wdwgrna · February 24, 2011, 07:06:23 am

In Joomla, I need to create a custom module with with text links that link to all events in a specific "event type" or "category. I can't figure out that link to add. It needs to just pull any "event type" that hasn't expired. I have downloaded and installed the Joomla Events listing module, but it doesn't let me do it like this all in one module.

qjensen · February 25, 2011, 04:12:02 pm

I am not a Joomla dev, but the civi code to do this should be the same.

In your module, you will need a function to get a list of events by their type:

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function getEventByType($type_id){
  $params = array(
                  'event_type_id' =>$type_id 
                 );
    $events = civicrm_event_get( $params );
    if ( civicrm_error( $events)) {
        return $events['error_message'];
    } 
    else {
	    $links = array();
            //return only events that have a start date greater than today
            foreach($events as &$event) {
	        $eventstart = CRM_Utils_Date::processDate($event['event_start_date']);
	        $today = CRM_Utils_Date::processDate(date( 'YmdHis'));
	        if($eventstart > $today) {
	            $links[] = CRM_Utils_System::url("civicrm/event/register","reset=1&id=".$event['id']);
	        }
	    return $links
        }
    }
    return null;
}

I haven't tested this and I bet my date math is a little off but the code should be pretty close to what you need. API docs for this are at http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC33/Event+APIs.

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