Programmatically add a Tribe Events Calendar event with tickets and attendee meta

programmatically-add-tribe-event-ticket.php

<?php

$event_id = tribe_create_event( [
    'post_title' => 'My Event',
    // see https://docs.theeventscalendar.com/reference/functions/tribe_create_event/ for full arguments
] );

$provider = \Tribe__Tickets__Tickets::get_event_ticket_provider();

$ticket_id = $provider::get_instance()->ticket_add( $event_id, [
	'ticket_name'     => 'Test ticket ' . uniqid(),
	'ticket_provider' => $provider,
	'ticket_price'    => '100',
	'tribe-ticket'    => [
		'mode'           => 'global',
		'event_capacity' => '100',
		'capacity'       => ''
	],
	'ticket_description'      => 'Wine and cheese night',
	'ticket_show_description' => '1',
	'ticket_start_date'       => '',
	'ticket_start_time'       => '',
	'ticket_end_date'         => '',
	'ticket_end_time'         => '',
	'ticket_sku'              => uniqid(),
	'ticket_id'               => '',
] );


// Optionally, you can also add attendee meta when using TEC PRO
// You can use an existing template by passing the ID to an existing ticket-meta-fieldset post
$ticket_fields = get_post_meta( 10734, \Tribe__Tickets_Plus__Meta__Fieldset::META_KEY, true );

// Or you can define your own programatically
$ticket_fields = [
    [
        "type" => "text",
        "required" => "on",
        "label" => "First Name",
        "slug" => "first-name",
        "extra" => [],
    ],
    [
        "type" => "email",
        "required" => "on",
        "label" => "Email",
        "slug" => "email",
        "extra" => [],
    ],
    [
        "type" => "select",
        "required" => "on",
        "label" => "State",
        "slug" => "state",
        "extra" => [
            "options" => [
                "Alabama",
                "Alaska",
                "Arizona",
                // ...
                "Wisconsin",
                "Wyoming",
            ],
        ],
    ],
    [
        "type" => "telephone",
        "required" => "on",
        "label" => "Mobile Phone",
        "slug" => "mobile-phone",
        "extra" => [],
    ],
];

update_post_meta( $ticket_id, \Tribe__Tickets_Plus__Meta::META_KEY, $ticket_fields );
update_post_meta( $ticket_id, \Tribe__Tickets_Plus__Meta::ENABLE_META_KEY, 'yes' );

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