The Events Calendar: Random Event Widget

random-event-widget.php

<?php

/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
/* Random Event Widget
/*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------*/

add_action( 'widgets_init', create_function( '', "register_widget( 'Random_Event_Widget' );" ) );

class Random_Event_Widget extends WP_Widget {

  function __construct()
  {
      $widget_ops = array(
              'classname'     => 'widget_random_events',
              'description'   => __( 'Displays a random event in the next 2 weeks.' )
          );
      parent::__construct( 'widget_random_events', __( 'Random Event Widget' ), $widget_ops );
  }

  function form( $instance )
  {
      $title   = esc_attr( isset( $instance['title'] ) ? $instance['title'] : 'Random Event' );

      ?>
          <p>
              <label for="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>"><?php _e( 'Title:' ); ?>
                  <input class="widefat" id="<?php echo $this->get_field_id( 'title' ); ?>" name="<?php echo $this->get_field_name( 'title' ); ?>" type="text" value="<?php echo $title; ?>" />
              </label>
          </p>
      <?php
  }

  function update( $new_instance, $old_instance )
  {
      $instance = $old_instance;

      $instance['title']            = strip_tags( $new_instance['title'] );

      return $instance;
  }

  function widget( $args, $instance )
  {
      extract($args);

      $title   = $instance['title'];

      echo $before_widget;

      if ( $title ) {
        echo $before_title . $title . $after_title;
      }

      ?>

          <!-- begin widget content -->
            <ul>

            <?php

              $current_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('today'));
              $end_date = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime('+2 weeks'));
              echo 'Start Date:'. $current_date;
              echo 'End Date:'. $end_date;
              $args = array(
                'post_type' => array( 'tribe_events' ),
                'posts_per_page' => 1,
                'orderby' => 'rand',
                'meta_query', array(
                  array(
                    'key' => '_EventStartDate',
                    'value' => $current_date,
                    'compare' => '>'
                  ),
                  array(
                    'key' => '_EventEndDate',
                    'value' => $end_date,
                    'compare' => '<'
                  )
                )
              );
              $loop = new WP_Query( $args );
              while ( $loop->have_posts() ) : $loop->the_post();

            ?>

              <!-- START post -->
              <li class="clearfix">

                <div class="entry-date">
                  <span class="month"><?php the_time('M'); ?></span>
                  <span class="day"><?php the_time('j'); ?></span>
                  <span class="year"><?php the_time('Y'); ?></span>
                </div>

                <div class="entry-content">
                  <h5><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" title="<?php the_title(); ?>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></h5>
                  <?php echo get_the_content(); ?>
                  <a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">Read more &raquo;</a>
                </div>


              </li>
              <!-- END post -->

              <?php endwhile; wp_reset_query(); ?>

            </ul>
          </div>
          <!-- end widget content -->

      <?php

      echo $after_widget;
  }

}