Format attribute

Ah okay that was not correct. To anyone else who is wondering this, here’s a solution:

<?php

    ob_start();
    include 'events-index.php';
    $result = ob_get_contents();
    ob_end_clean();

    if (class_exists('EM_Events'))
    {
            echo EM_Events::output( array('limit'=>3,'orderby'=>'start_date','format'=>$result) );
    }
?>

you can use shortcodes to display events in your homepage.

e.g.
On the default twentyeleven theme the homepage displays post Hello World! and if you add shortcode [events_list] to it; it will let display events list in homepage.

the format att is meant to accept a string with placeholders.

however, your idea is actually a pretty neat suggestion…. like a template=> option

Yep that’s pretty much what I’ve done, it works perfectly. Shouldn’t be too hard to write a class for it and include it as an option for this function I guess.

one thing I’d do though is force a specific template name for security, e.g. template => ‘loop’

which points to something like templates/parts/loop.php

Just curious, why would the current method pose a security risk?

if someone gets access to that variable, they can load/execute anything on your filesystem.

this way, just clean that string (i.e. alphanumeric + dashes only) and slot it into the filename.

not a high risk, but still worth taking precaution i think

Yeah when I write the class I will do as you suggested, thanks!