Adding true/false ACF to The Events Calendar via functions.php

• SeamusDB

• August 24, 2022 at 8:24 am

Hi,

I’m trying to create a ‘sold out’ function for events created and displayed via The Events Calendar plugin.

I’ve created an ACF tickbox field (field name: sold_out) that if ticked will display ‘Sold Out’ on the events on the front end.

Here’s where I’m up to, but currently this gives me ‘critical error on this website’ and breaks it –

add_action(
'tribe_template_after_include:events-pro/v2/photo/event/title',
function () {
 if ( get_field( 'sold_out' ) ); 
 
 echo "SOLD OUT"; 
 
 endif;
 
 }
);

For context too I’ve already added in ‘Event Categories’ after the ‘Event Title’ using the same add_action.

Quite new to coding so any help greatly appreciated.

Cheers!
Seamus

• John Huebner

• August 24, 2022 at 10:12 am

What is the error? Do you have debugging on so you can see the serrors?

• SeamusDB

• August 24, 2022 at 10:21 am

Hi John,

Thanks for helping.

Debuggins is showing it’s the endif; that is throwing the error –

PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘endif’ (T_ENDIF)

• John Huebner

• August 24, 2022 at 10:31 am

With the syntax you are using the if statement should end with a colon instead of a semi-colon

if ( get_field( 'sold_out' ) ) :

• SeamusDB

• August 24, 2022 at 10:33 am

Ah I can’t believe that’s all it was. It’s working now though and appearing properly. Can’t thank you enough John!

• John Huebner

• August 24, 2022 at 12:13 pm

I missed it the first time I looked at it as well, it is the kind of thing that the eye slips over and gets us all.