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My Setup: On my home page I display a view block  with links to events, some of which are Civicrm events with online registration, and some of which are not. A PHP field checks each row for a related CiviCRM event with online registration enabled and displays a "Register NOW!" link where appropriate. I'm Using Drupal 7 and Civicrm 4.5.5. 

My Problem: I'd like the link to change dynamically when registration closes, maybe with a strikeout and the word "Full" or "Registration Closed".  I know I can use the API to check the registration limit, closure dates, and number of signups with code like this:

    $result = civicrm_api3('Participant', 'getcount', array(
    'sequential' => 1,
    'event_id' => ??,
    ));
etc...
but it seems like there must be a better way. Some function in the API called "is_open" or something like that that checks the status using Civicrm's existing codebase. Am I looking for something that doesn't exist yet?