AI1EC get_events_between

gistfile1.php

<?php

function some_plugin_events_get_upcoming_ids()  {

  //We need some helper classes from timely
  global  $post,  $ai1ec_calendar_helper, $ai1ec_events_helper;

  if (!is_object($ai1ec_events_helper)){
    return;
  }

  // gets localized time
  $bits = $ai1ec_events_helper->gmgetdate($ai1ec_events_helper->gmt_to_local(time()));

  //sets start time to today
  $start  = gmmktime(0, 0,  0,  $bits['mon'], $bits['mday'],  $bits['year']);

  //sets end time to a year from today i.e. $bits['year']+1
  $end  = gmmktime(0, 0,  0,  $bits['mon'], $bits['mday'],  $bits['year'] + 1);

  //Look in class-ai1ec-calendar-helper.php for details
  $get_events = $ai1ec_calendar_helper->get_events_between($start,  $end, array());

  //loop through results to get event_ids
  $event_ids  = array();

  foreach ($get_events  as  $event) {
    $related_post_id_raw  = get_post_meta($event->post_id,  'event_poster_ref');
    //Sanitize the first value of the return
    $related_post_id  = isset($related_post_id_raw[0][0]) &&  $related_post_id_raw[0][0]  > 0 ? $related_post_id_raw[0][0]  : 0;


    // Add the ID to the list of ones we've already counted
    // Exclude the current post
    if  (!in_array($related_post_id,  $event_ids) &&  $related_post_id  !=  $post->ID &&  $related_post_id  !=  0)  {
      $event_ids[]  = $related_post_id;
    }
  }
  return  $event_ids;
}