/**
* get_event
* attempts to retrieve an EE_Event object any way it can
*
* @access public
* @param int $EVT_ID
* @return object
*/
public static function get_event($EVT_ID = 0)
{
$EVT_ID = $EVT_ID instanceof WP_Post ? $EVT_ID->ID : absint($EVT_ID);
// do we already have the Event you are looking for?
if (EEH_Event_View::$_event instanceof EE_Event && $EVT_ID && EEH_Event_View::$_event->ID() === $EVT_ID) {
return EEH_Event_View::$_event;
}
EEH_Event_View::$_event = NULL;
// international newspaper?
global $post;
// if this is being called from an EE_Event post, then we can just grab the attached EE_Event object
if (isset($post->post_type) && $post->post_type == 'espresso_events' || $EVT_ID) {
// d( $post );
// grab the event we're looking for
if (isset($post->EE_Event) && ($EVT_ID == 0 || $EVT_ID == $post->ID)) {
EEH_Event_View::$_event = $post->EE_Event;
// d( EEH_Event_View::$_event );
}
// now if we STILL do NOT have an EE_Event model object, BUT we have an Event ID...
if (!EEH_Event_View::$_event instanceof EE_Event && $EVT_ID) {
// sigh... pull it from the db
EEH_Event_View::$_event = EEM_Event::instance()->get_one_by_ID($EVT_ID);
// d( EEH_Event_View::$_event );
}
}
return EEH_Event_View::$_event;
}