[Plugin: Events Manager] #_EVENTLINK and qTranslate

basically, you can try to override that placeholder as stated in this link https://wp-events-plugin.com/tutorials/modifying-placeholder-default-information/ and put your function somewhere e.g. theme function

if qTranslate is screwing with the esc_attr, you need to raise this with that plugin, it’s a standard wp function that I wouldn’t want to remove in the core, if anything I’ll be adding more if possible! (you could try to override it as angelo says)

I had the same problem, but this solution did not work for me – it simply displayed all the language variants of the title.

Instead, the trick is to apply ‘the_title’ filters to the event title before letting Events Manager escape it.
I found the fix here: https://www.qianqin.de/qtranslate/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=3365

Here is my variant:

add_filter('em_event_output_placeholder','slw_em_eventlink_mod',1,3);
function slw_em_eventlink_mod($replace, $EM_Event, $result, $target){

        switch ($result) {
                case '#_LINKEDNAME': //Depreciated
                case '#_EVENTLINK': //HTML Link

                        if ( preg_match('~<\!--:([A-Za-z]*?)-->~', $replace) ) {

                                // This is the fix: Apply the_title filter to the event name before letting Events Manager code muck with it
                                $event_name = apply_filters('the_title', $EM_Event->event_name);

                                $event_link = esc_url($EM_Event->get_permalink());
                                $replace = '<a href="'.$event_link.'" title="'.esc_attr($event_name).'">'.esc_attr($event_name).'</a>';
                        }
                        break;
                default:
        }

        return $replace;
}

Where do I put the code in order to get it to work?

`add_filter(’em_event_output_placeholder’,’slw_em_eventlink_mod’,1,3);
function slw_em_eventlink_mod($replace, $EM_Event, $result, $target){

switch ($result) {
case ‘#_LINKEDNAME’: //Depreciated
case ‘#_EVENTLINK’: //HTML Link

if ( preg_match(‘~<\!–:([A-Za-z]*?)–>~’, $replace) ) {

// This is the fix: Apply the_title filter to the event name before letting Events Manager code muck with it
$event_name = apply_filters(‘the_title’, $EM_Event->event_name);

$event_link = esc_url($EM_Event->get_permalink());
$replace = ‘<a href=”‘.$event_link.'” title=”‘.esc_attr($event_name).'”>’.esc_attr($event_name).'</a>’;
}
break;
default:
}

return $replace;
}`

you can paste that in your theme functions.php

Do you know how to fix the same problem with a title and descriptions on full-calendar?

https://www.ads-software.com/extend/plugins/wp-fullcalendar/

Sorry Antena, I don’t know how to fix it in full Calendar.
I took a quick look at their code and found this code which seems like it is getting the title:

$title = $post->post_title;
$items[] = array (“title” => $title, “color” => $color, “start” => date(‘Y-m-d\TH:i:s’, $post_timestamp), “end” => date(‘Y-m-d\TH:i:s’, $post_timestamp), “url” => get_permalink($post->ID), ‘post_id’ => $post->ID );

You can try adding this line in between those two:
$title = apply_filters(‘the_title’, $title);

No guarantees it will do the job.
Also, you will be changing the core code of the plugin – so your changes will get overwritten with the next upgrade.

You might want to post the question in the support forum for Full Calendar

Thanks a lot. You’re right. I’ll try to find a solution on their forums.

I have one more question.

This work for every part except on a Calendar widget (a small calendar on sidebar):

add_filter(’em_event_output_placeholder’,’slw_em_eventlink_mod’,1,3);
function slw_em_eventlink_mod($replace, $EM_Event, $result, $target){

switch ($result) {
case ‘#_LINKEDNAME’: //Depreciated
case ‘#_EVENTLINK’: //HTML Link

if ( preg_match(‘~<\!–:([A-Za-z]*?)–>~’, $replace) ) {

// This is the fix: Apply the_title filter to the event name before letting Events Manager code muck with it
$event_name = apply_filters(‘the_title’, $EM_Event->event_name);

$event_link = esc_url($EM_Event->get_permalink());
$replace = ‘‘.esc_attr($event_name).’‘;
}
break;
default:
}

return $replace;
}

I use for a Calendar widget – event title (alt on hover): #_EVENTNAME, #_CATEGORYNAME, #_EVENTEXCERPT, #_EVENTDATES, #_EVENTTIMES
and have a problem with a translate #_EVENTNAME and #_EVENTEXCERPT.

#_EVENTNAME is important for a small calendar, #_EVENTEXCERPT if it can.

Thank you very much for help

hi,

you can add case '#_EVENTNAME': and case '#_EVENTEXCERPT': in the snippet above and just follow the code pattern but for #_EVENTEXCERPT it’s $EM_Event->post_excerpt