Event Manager: Search not working when its formatted using event-list template

since this code is the default one – EM_Events::output( $args );

how about if you try to append new values to it ($args is array) instead of declaring new array OR use array merge?

Hey as i told you i am a bit new to wordpress & php. Sorry to trouble you but is it possible for you to give me an example?

let’s continue here ??

first step would be to stop using templates to figure out if the issue is on your side of things or on ours. i.e. rename your theme/plugins/events-manager folder

I think this is because you’re not using the $args in the events-list.php template to show results, which factors in what is submitted in searches.

Thanks ??
Well as i mentioned before it works fine when i stop using event-manager templates. Or when i format via the dashboard under events > settings > formatting tabs.
But i am using templates coz i also need to display additional information like trainer name, duration of course & points.
For trainer name I am not using #_CONTACTNAME coz all the events will be entered by a single user & creating multiple users doesn’t make sense.

So other than creating custom placeholders for the additional information do you have any idea how to go about doing this using $args?

to get you started:

$args['scope'] = 'future';
//etc
echo EM_Events::output($args);

Thank you Marcus it sort of worked ??
I followed the above method & it didn’t work at first but then, by process of elimination, I figured out the problem, it was infact $args['scope'] = 'future'; if i removed that the search worked.
So my code looks like this now:

$args = apply_filters('em_content_events_args', $args);

if( get_option('dbem_css_evlist') ) echo '<div class="css-events-list">';
/*$args['scope'] = 'future';*/
$args['limit'] = 3;
$args['pagination'] = 1;

$args['format'] = '<li>
    <div class="date-box">
	 <time itemprop="startDate" datetime="#Y-#m-#d"></time>
        <span class="month">#M</span>
        <span class="date">#j</span>
        <span class="day">#D</span>
    </div>
    <div class="img-holder">#_EVENTIMAGE</div>
    <div class="course-excerpt">
        <h1 itemprop="summary">#_EVENTNAME</h1>
        <span class="short">#_EVENTDATES | #h#a GMT #P hrs | duration | '.$pdu.' PDUs</span><span itemprop="description">#_EVENTEXCERPT</span><a href="#_EVENTPAGEURL" class="more" itemprop="url">More Details</a>
    <div class="footer" itemprop="offerDetails" itemscope itemtype="https://data-vocabulary.org/Offer"><a href="#" class="enroll">Enroll</a><meta itemprop="currency" content="USD" /><span class="price" itemprop="price">#_EVENTPRICERANGE</span><span><span class="categry">Related course on</span> #_EVENTCATEGORIES</span></div>
    </div>
</li>';
echo '<ul class="event-list" itemscope itemtype="https://data-vocabulary.org/Event">';
echo EM_Events::output( $args );
echo '</ul>';

if( get_option('dbem_css_evlist') ) echo "</div>";

Ofcourse this is with google microdata format which helps in seo. ??

Thanks a lot Marcus ??

Now i am not sure if there needs to be another thread created for this or this is the right place since its still search related, but when i select “This event does not have a physical location”. The search says no events found for any of the categories, search field or even when i am not using templates.

could it be because you have a default country set? If so, the default country is used in the events page search form. No-locations will never show

Yup that was it!!

Thanks a LOT!!
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