eventespresso / event-espresso-core

core/libraries/form_sections/base/EE_Form_Section_Proper.form.php

Doc Comments +1 added lines, -2 removed lines

@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ 
      *                                                      with construction finalize being called later
      *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names
      *                                                      might not be set yet, etc.)
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Base
+     * @return EE_Form_Section_Validatable|null
      * @throws EE_Error
      */
     public function get_subsection($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
@@ -1289,7 +1289,6 @@ 
     /**
      * Sets the submission error message (aka validation error message for this form section and all sub-sections)
      * @param string                           $form_submission_error_message
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Validatable $form_section unused
      * @throws EE_Error
      */
     public function set_submission_error_message(

Indentation +1499 added lines, -1499 removed lines

@@ -14,1504 +14,1504 @@
 class EE_Form_Section_Proper extends EE_Form_Section_Validatable
 {
 
-    const SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY = 'submitted_form_data';
-
-    /**
-     * Subsections
-     *
-     * @var EE_Form_Section_Validatable[]
-     */
-    protected $_subsections = array();
-
-    /**
-     * Strategy for laying out the form
-     *
-     * @var EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base
-     */
-    protected $_layout_strategy;
-
-    /**
-     * Whether or not this form has received and validated a form submission yet
-     *
-     * @var boolean
-     */
-    protected $_received_submission = false;
-
-    /**
-     * message displayed to users upon successful form submission
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_form_submission_success_message = '';
-
-    /**
-     * message displayed to users upon unsuccessful form submission
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_form_submission_error_message = '';
-
-    /**
-     * @var array like $_REQUEST
-     */
-    protected $cached_request_data;
-
-    /**
-     * Stores whether this form (and its sub-sections) were found to be valid or not.
-     * Starts off as null, but once the form is validated, it set to either true or false
-     * @var boolean|null
-     */
-    protected $is_valid;
-
-    /**
-     * Stores all the data that will localized for form validation
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    static protected $_js_localization = array();
-
-    /**
-     * whether or not the form's localized validation JS vars have been set
-     *
-     * @type boolean
-     */
-    static protected $_scripts_localized = false;
-
-
-    /**
-     * when constructing a proper form section, calls _construct_finalize on children
-     * so that they know who their parent is, and what name they've been given.
-     *
-     * @param array[] $options_array   {
-     * @type          $subsections     EE_Form_Section_Validatable[] where keys are the section's name
-     * @type          $include         string[] numerically-indexed where values are section names to be included,
-     *                                 and in that order. This is handy if you want
-     *                                 the subsections to be ordered differently than the default, and if you override
-     *                                 which fields are shown
-     * @type          $exclude         string[] values are subsections to be excluded. This is handy if you want
-     *                                 to remove certain default subsections (note: if you specify BOTH 'include' AND
-     *                                 'exclude', the inclusions will be applied first, and the exclusions will exclude
-     *                                 items from that list of inclusions)
-     * @type          $layout_strategy EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base strategy for laying out the form
-     *                                 } @see EE_Form_Section_Validatable::__construct()
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function __construct($options_array = array())
-    {
-        $options_array = (array) apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper___construct__options_array',
-            $options_array,
-            $this
-        );
-        //call parent first, as it may be setting the name
-        parent::__construct($options_array);
-        //if they've included subsections in the constructor, add them now
-        if (isset($options_array['include'])) {
-            //we are going to make sure we ONLY have those subsections to include
-            //AND we are going to make sure they're in that specified order
-            $reordered_subsections = array();
-            foreach ($options_array['include'] as $input_name) {
-                if (isset($this->_subsections[ $input_name ])) {
-                    $reordered_subsections[ $input_name ] = $this->_subsections[ $input_name ];
-                }
-            }
-            $this->_subsections = $reordered_subsections;
-        }
-        if (isset($options_array['exclude'])) {
-            $exclude            = $options_array['exclude'];
-            $this->_subsections = array_diff_key($this->_subsections, array_flip($exclude));
-        }
-        if (isset($options_array['layout_strategy'])) {
-            $this->_layout_strategy = $options_array['layout_strategy'];
-        }
-        if (! $this->_layout_strategy) {
-            $this->_layout_strategy = is_admin() ? new EE_Admin_Two_Column_Layout() : new EE_Two_Column_Layout();
-        }
-        $this->_layout_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-        //ok so we are definitely going to want the forms JS,
-        //so enqueue it or remember to enqueue it during wp_enqueue_scripts
-        if (did_action('wp_enqueue_scripts') || did_action('admin_enqueue_scripts')) {
-            //ok so they've constructed this object after when they should have.
-            //just enqueue the generic form scripts and initialize the form immediately in the JS
-            EE_Form_Section_Proper::wp_enqueue_scripts(true);
-        } else {
-            add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'wp_enqueue_scripts'));
-            add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'wp_enqueue_scripts'));
-        }
-        add_action('wp_footer', array($this, 'ensure_scripts_localized'), 1);
-        /**
-         * Gives other plugins a chance to hook in before construct finalize is called.
-         * The form probably doesn't yet have a parent form section.
-         * Since 4.9.32, when this action was introduced, this is the best place to add a subsection onto a form,
-         * assuming you don't care what the form section's name, HTML ID, or HTML name etc are.
-         * Also see AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper___construct_finalize__end
-         *
-         * @since 4.9.32
-         * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $this          before __construct is done, but all of its logic,
-         *                                              except maybe calling _construct_finalize has been done
-         * @param array                  $options_array options passed into the constructor
-         */
-        do_action(
-            'AHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct__before_construct_finalize_called',
-            $this,
-            $options_array
-        );
-        if (isset($options_array['name'])) {
-            $this->_construct_finalize(null, $options_array['name']);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Finishes construction given the parent form section and this form section's name
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $parent_form_section
-     * @param string                 $name
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function _construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name)
-    {
-        parent::_construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name);
-        $this->_set_default_name_if_empty();
-        $this->_set_default_html_id_if_empty();
-        foreach ($this->_subsections as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
-                $subsection->_construct_finalize($this, $subsection_name);
-            } else {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            'Subsection "%s" is not an instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base on form "%s". It is a "%s"',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        $subsection_name,
-                        get_class($this),
-                        $subsection ? get_class($subsection) : esc_html__('NULL', 'event_espresso')
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        /**
-         * Action performed just after form has been given a name (and HTML ID etc) and is fully constructed.
-         * If you have code that should modify the form and needs it and its subsections to have a name, HTML ID
-         * (or other attributes derived from the name like the HTML label id, etc), this is where it should be done.
-         * This might only happen just before displaying the form, or just before it receives form submission data.
-         * If you need to modify the form or its subsections before _construct_finalize is called on it (and we've
-         * ensured it has a name, HTML IDs, etc
-         *
-         * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper      $this
-         * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper|null $parent_form_section
-         * @param string                      $name
-         */
-        do_action(
-            'AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper___construct_finalize__end',
-            $this,
-            $parent_form_section,
-            $name
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the layout strategy for this form section
-     *
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base
-     */
-    public function get_layout_strategy()
-    {
-        return $this->_layout_strategy;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for a single input for this form section according
-     * to the layout strategy
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_html_for_input($input)
-    {
-        return $this->_layout_strategy->layout_input($input);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * was_submitted - checks if form inputs are present in request data
-     * Basically an alias for form_data_present_in() (which is used by both
-     * proper form sections and form inputs)
-     *
-     * @param null $form_data
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function was_submitted($form_data = null)
-    {
-        return $this->form_data_present_in($form_data);
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the cached request data; but if there is none, or $req_data was set with
-     * something different, refresh the cache, and then return it
-     * @param null $req_data
-     * @return array
-     */
-    protected function getCachedRequest($req_data = null)
-    {
-        if ($this->cached_request_data === null
-            || (
-                $req_data !== null &&
-                $req_data !== $this->cached_request_data
-            )
-        ) {
-            $req_data = apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__receive_form_submission__req_data',
-                $req_data,
-                $this
-            );
-            if ($req_data === null) {
-                $req_data = array_merge($_GET, $_POST);
-            }
-            $req_data = apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__receive_form_submission__request_data',
-                $req_data,
-                $this
-            );
-            $this->cached_request_data = (array)$req_data;
-        }
-        return $this->cached_request_data;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * After the form section is initially created, call this to sanitize the data in the submission
-     * which relates to this form section, validate it, and set it as properties on the form.
-     *
-     * @param array|null $req_data should usually be $_POST (the default).
-     *                             However, you CAN supply a different array.
-     *                             Consider using set_defaults() instead however.
-     *                             (If you rendered the form in the page using echo $form_x->get_html()
-     *                             the inputs will have the correct name in the request data for this function
-     *                             to find them and populate the form with them.
-     *                             If you have a flat form (with only input subsections),
-     *                             you can supply a flat array where keys
-     *                             are the form input names and values are their values)
-     * @param boolean    $validate whether or not to perform validation on this data. Default is,
-     *                             of course, to validate that data, and set errors on the invalid values.
-     *                             But if the data has already been validated
-     *                             (eg you validated the data then stored it in the DB)
-     *                             you may want to skip this step.
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function receive_form_submission($req_data = null, $validate = true)
-    {
-        $req_data = $this->getCachedRequest($req_data);
-        $this->_normalize($req_data);
-        if ($validate) {
-            $this->_validate();
-            //if it's invalid, we're going to want to re-display so remember what they submitted
-            if (! $this->is_valid()) {
-                $this->store_submitted_form_data_in_session();
-            }
-        }
-        if ($this->submission_error_message() === '' && ! $this->is_valid()) {
-            $this->set_submission_error_message();
-        }
-        do_action(
-            'AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__receive_form_submission__end',
-            $req_data,
-            $this,
-            $validate
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * caches the originally submitted input values in the session
-     * so that they can be used to repopulate the form if it failed validation
-     *
-     * @return boolean whether or not the data was successfully stored in the session
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function store_submitted_form_data_in_session()
-    {
-        return EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->set_session_data(
-            array(
-                EE_Form_Section_Proper::SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY => $this->submitted_values(true),
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * retrieves the originally submitted input values in the session
-     * so that they can be used to repopulate the form if it failed validation
-     *
-     * @return array
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    protected function get_submitted_form_data_from_session()
-    {
-        $session = EE_Registry::instance()->SSN;
-        if ($session instanceof EE_Session) {
-            return $session->get_session_data(
-                EE_Form_Section_Proper::SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY
-            );
-        }
-        return array();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * flushed the originally submitted input values from the session
-     *
-     * @return boolean whether or not the data was successfully removed from the session
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    protected function flush_submitted_form_data_from_session()
-    {
-        return EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_data(
-            array(EE_Form_Section_Proper::SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY)
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Populates this form and its subsections with data from the session.
-     * (Wrapper for EE_Form_Section_Proper::receive_form_submission, so it shows
-     * validation errors when displaying too)
-     * Returns true if the form was populated from the session, false otherwise
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function populate_from_session()
-    {
-        $form_data_in_session = $this->get_submitted_form_data_from_session();
-        if (empty($form_data_in_session)) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        $this->receive_form_submission($form_data_in_session);
-        $this->flush_submitted_form_data_from_session();
-        if ($this->form_data_present_in($form_data_in_session)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Populates the default data for the form, given an array where keys are
-     * the input names, and values are their values (preferably normalized to be their
-     * proper PHP types, not all strings... although that should be ok too).
-     * Proper subsections are sub-arrays, the key being the subsection's name, and
-     * the value being an array formatted in teh same way
-     *
-     * @param array $default_data
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function populate_defaults($default_data)
-    {
-        foreach ($this->subsections(false) as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if (isset($default_data[ $subsection_name ])) {
-                if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                    $subsection->set_default($default_data[ $subsection_name ]);
-                } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                    $subsection->populate_defaults($default_data[ $subsection_name ]);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns true if subsection exists
-     *
-     * @param string $name
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function subsection_exists($name)
-    {
-        return isset($this->_subsections[ $name ]) ? true : false;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the subsection specified by its name
-     *
-     * @param string  $name
-     * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should leave this as TRUE
-     *                                                      so that the inputs will be properly configured.
-     *                                                      However, some client code may be ok
-     *                                                      with construction finalize being called later
-     *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names
-     *                                                      might not be set yet, etc.)
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Base
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_subsection($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
-    {
-        if ($require_construction_to_be_finalized) {
-            $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        }
-        return $this->subsection_exists($name) ? $this->_subsections[ $name ] : null;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the validatable subsections of this form section
-     *
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Validatable[]
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_validatable_subsections()
-    {
-        $validatable_subsections = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $name => $obj) {
-            if ($obj instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
-                $validatable_subsections[ $name ] = $obj;
-            }
-        }
-        return $validatable_subsections;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets an input by the given name. If not found, or if its not an EE_FOrm_Input_Base child,
-     * throw an EE_Error.
-     *
-     * @param string  $name
-     * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should
-     *                                                      leave this as TRUE so that the inputs will be properly
-     *                                                      configured. However, some client code may be ok with
-     *                                                      construction finalize being called later
-     *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names might not be
-     *                                                      set yet, etc.)
-     * @return EE_Form_Input_Base
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_input($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
-    {
-        $subsection = $this->get_subsection(
-            $name,
-            $require_construction_to_be_finalized
-        );
-        if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        "Subsection '%s' is not an instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base on form '%s'. It is a '%s'",
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $name,
-                    get_class($this),
-                    $subsection ? get_class($subsection) : esc_html__('NULL', 'event_espresso')
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        return $subsection;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Like get_input(), gets the proper subsection of the form given the name,
-     * otherwise throws an EE_Error
-     *
-     * @param string  $name
-     * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should
-     *                                                      leave this as TRUE so that the inputs will be properly
-     *                                                      configured. However, some client code may be ok with
-     *                                                      construction finalize being called later
-     *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names might not be
-     *                                                      set yet, etc.)
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_proper_subsection($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
-    {
-        $subsection = $this->get_subsection(
-            $name,
-            $require_construction_to_be_finalized
-        );
-        if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        "Subsection '%'s is not an instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper on form '%s'",
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $name,
-                    get_class($this)
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        return $subsection;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the value of the specified input. Should be called after receive_form_submission()
-     * or populate_defaults() on the form, where the normalized value on the input is set.
-     *
-     * @param string $name
-     * @return mixed depending on the input's type and its normalization strategy
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_input_value($name)
-    {
-        $input = $this->get_input($name);
-        return $input->normalized_value();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if this form section itself is valid, and then checks its subsections
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function is_valid()
-    {
-        if($this->is_valid === null) {
-            if (! $this->has_received_submission()) {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            'You cannot check if a form is valid before receiving the form submission using receive_form_submission',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        )
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-            if (! parent::is_valid()) {
-                $this->is_valid = false;
-            } else {
-                // ok so no general errors to this entire form section.
-                // so let's check the subsections, but only set errors if that hasn't been done yet
-                $this->is_valid = true;
-                foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
-                    if (! $subsection->is_valid()) {
-                        $this->is_valid = false;
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return $this->is_valid;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * gets the default name of this form section if none is specified
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _set_default_name_if_empty()
-    {
-        if (! $this->_name) {
-            $classname    = get_class($this);
-            $default_name = str_replace('EE_', '', $classname);
-            $this->_name  = $default_name;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the HTML for the form, except for the form opening and closing tags
-     * (as the form section doesn't know where you necessarily want to send the information to),
-     * and except for a submit button. Enqueues JS and CSS; if called early enough we will
-     * try to enqueue them in the header, otherwise they'll be enqueued in the footer.
-     * Not doing_it_wrong because theoretically this CAN be used properly,
-     * provided its used during "wp_enqueue_scripts", or it doesn't need to enqueue
-     * any CSS.
-     *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_html_and_js()
-    {
-        $this->enqueue_js();
-        return $this->get_html();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns HTML for displaying this form section. recursively calls display_section() on all subsections
-     *
-     * @param bool $display_previously_submitted_data
-     * @return string
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_html($display_previously_submitted_data = true)
-    {
-        $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        if ($display_previously_submitted_data) {
-            $this->populate_from_session();
-        }
-        return $this->_form_html_filter
-            ? $this->_form_html_filter->filterHtml($this->_layout_strategy->layout_form(), $this)
-            : $this->_layout_strategy->layout_form();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * enqueues JS and CSS for the form.
-     * It is preferred to call this before wp_enqueue_scripts so the
-     * scripts and styles can be put in the header, but if called later
-     * they will be put in the footer (which is OK for JS, but in HTML4 CSS should
-     * only be in the header; but in HTML5 its ok in the body.
-     * See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4957446/load-external-css-file-in-body-tag.
-     * So if your form enqueues CSS, it's preferred to call this before wp_enqueue_scripts.)
-     *
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function enqueue_js()
-    {
-        $this->_enqueue_and_localize_form_js();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
-            $subsection->enqueue_js();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * adds a filter so that jquery validate gets enqueued in EE_System::wp_enqueue_scripts().
-     * This must be done BEFORE wp_enqueue_scripts() gets called, which is on
-     * the wp_enqueue_scripts hook.
-     * However, registering the form js and localizing it can happen when we
-     * actually output the form (which is preferred, seeing how teh form's fields
-     * could change until it's actually outputted)
-     *
-     * @param boolean $init_form_validation_automatically whether or not we want the form validation
-     *                                                    to be triggered automatically or not
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public static function wp_enqueue_scripts($init_form_validation_automatically = true)
-    {
-        wp_register_script(
-            'ee_form_section_validation',
-            EE_GLOBAL_ASSETS_URL . 'scripts' . DS . 'form_section_validation.js',
-            array('jquery-validate', 'jquery-ui-datepicker', 'jquery-validate-extra-methods'),
-            EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION,
-            true
-        );
-        wp_localize_script(
-            'ee_form_section_validation',
-            'ee_form_section_validation_init',
-            array('init' => $init_form_validation_automatically ? '1' : '0')
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * gets the variables used by form_section_validation.js.
-     * This needs to be called AFTER we've called $this->_enqueue_jquery_validate_script,
-     * but before the wordpress hook wp_loaded
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function _enqueue_and_localize_form_js()
-    {
-        $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        //actually, we don't want to localize just yet. There may be other forms on the page.
-        //so we need to add our form section data to a static variable accessible by all form sections
-        //and localize it just before the footer
-        $this->localize_validation_rules();
-        add_action('wp_footer', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'localize_script_for_all_forms'), 2);
-        add_action('admin_footer', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'localize_script_for_all_forms'));
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * add our form section data to a static variable accessible by all form sections
-     *
-     * @param bool $return_for_subsection
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function localize_validation_rules($return_for_subsection = false)
-    {
-        // we only want to localize vars ONCE for the entire form,
-        // so if the form section doesn't have a parent, then it must be the top dog
-        if ($return_for_subsection || ! $this->parent_section()) {
-            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['form_data'][ $this->html_id() ] = array(
-                'form_section_id'  => $this->html_id(true),
-                'validation_rules' => $this->get_jquery_validation_rules(),
-                'other_data'       => $this->get_other_js_data(),
-                'errors'           => $this->subsection_validation_errors_by_html_name(),
-            );
-            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized                                = true;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets an array of extra data that will be useful for client-side javascript.
-     * This is primarily data added by inputs and forms in addition to any
-     * scripts they might enqueue
-     *
-     * @param array $form_other_js_data
-     * @return array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data = array())
-    {
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
-            $form_other_js_data = $subsection->get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data);
-        }
-        return $form_other_js_data;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a flat array of inputs for this form section and its subsections.
-     * Keys are their form names, and values are the inputs themselves
-     *
-     * @return EE_Form_Input_Base
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function inputs_in_subsections()
-    {
-        $inputs = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection->html_name() ] = $subsection;
-            } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $inputs += $subsection->inputs_in_subsections();
-            }
-        }
-        return $inputs;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a flat array of all the validation errors.
-     * Keys are html names (because those should be unique)
-     * and values are a string of all their validation errors
-     *
-     * @return string[]
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function subsection_validation_errors_by_html_name()
-    {
-        $inputs = $this->inputs();
-        $errors = array();
-        foreach ($inputs as $form_input) {
-            if ($form_input instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base && $form_input->get_validation_errors()) {
-                $errors[ $form_input->html_name() ] = $form_input->get_validation_error_string();
-            }
-        }
-        return $errors;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * passes all the form data required by the JS to the JS, and enqueues the few required JS files.
-     * Should be setup by each form during the _enqueues_and_localize_form_js
-     *
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    public static function localize_script_for_all_forms()
-    {
-        //allow inputs and stuff to hook in their JS and stuff here
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__localize_script_for_all_forms__begin');
-        EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['localized_error_messages'] = EE_Form_Section_Proper::_get_localized_error_messages();
-        $email_validation_level = isset(EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->email_validation_level)
-            ? EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->email_validation_level
-            : 'wp_default';
-        EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['email_validation_level']   = $email_validation_level;
-        wp_enqueue_script('ee_form_section_validation');
-        wp_localize_script(
-            'ee_form_section_validation',
-            'ee_form_section_vars',
-            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * ensure_scripts_localized
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function ensure_scripts_localized()
-    {
-        if (! EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized) {
-            $this->_enqueue_and_localize_form_js();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the hard-coded validation error messages to be used in the JS. The convention
-     * is that the key here should be the same as the custom validation rule put in the JS file
-     *
-     * @return array keys are custom validation rules, and values are internationalized strings
-     */
-    private static function _get_localized_error_messages()
-    {
-        return array(
-            'validUrl' => esc_html__('This is not a valid absolute URL. Eg, http://domain.com/monkey.jpg', 'event_espresso'),
-            'regex'    => esc_html__('Please check your input', 'event_espresso'),
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public static function js_localization()
-    {
-        return self::$_js_localization;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public static function reset_js_localization()
-    {
-        self::$_js_localization = array();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the JS to put inside the jquery validation rules for subsection of this form section.
-     * See parent function for more...
-     *
-     * @return array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_jquery_validation_rules()
-    {
-        $jquery_validation_rules = array();
-        foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
-            $jquery_validation_rules = array_merge(
-                $jquery_validation_rules,
-                $subsection->get_jquery_validation_rules()
-            );
-        }
-        return $jquery_validation_rules;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sanitizes all the data and sets the sanitized value of each field
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data like $_POST
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _normalize($req_data)
-    {
-        $this->_received_submission = true;
-        $this->_validation_errors   = array();
-        foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
-            try {
-                $subsection->_normalize($req_data);
-            } catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
-                $subsection->add_validation_error($e);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Performs validation on this form section and its subsections.
-     * For each subsection,
-     * calls _validate_{subsection_name} on THIS form (if the function exists)
-     * and passes it the subsection, then calls _validate on that subsection.
-     * If you need to perform validation on the form as a whole (considering multiple)
-     * you would be best to override this _validate method,
-     * calling parent::_validate() first.
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _validate()
-    {
-        //reset the cache of whether this form is valid or not- we're re-validating it now
-        $this->is_valid = null;
-        foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if (method_exists($this, '_validate_' . $subsection_name)) {
-                call_user_func_array(array($this, '_validate_' . $subsection_name), array($subsection));
-            }
-            $subsection->_validate();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the validated inputs for the form section
-     *
-     * @return array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function valid_data()
-    {
-        $inputs = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection->valid_data();
-            } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection->normalized_value();
-            }
-        }
-        return $inputs;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the inputs on this form section
-     *
-     * @return EE_Form_Input_Base[]
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function inputs()
-    {
-        $inputs = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection;
-            }
-        }
-        return $inputs;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the subsections which are a proper form
-     *
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper[]
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function subforms()
-    {
-        $form_sections = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $name => $obj) {
-            if ($obj instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $form_sections[ $name ] = $obj;
-            }
-        }
-        return $form_sections;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the subsections (inputs, proper subsections, or html-only sections).
-     * Consider using inputs() or subforms()
-     * if you only want form inputs or proper form sections.
-     *
-     * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should
-     *                                                      leave this as TRUE so that the inputs will be properly
-     *                                                      configured. However, some client code may be ok with
-     *                                                      construction finalize being called later
-     *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names might not be
-     *                                                      set yet, etc.)
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper[]
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function subsections($require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
-    {
-        if ($require_construction_to_be_finalized) {
-            $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        }
-        return $this->_subsections;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns whether this form has any subforms or inputs
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function hasSubsections()
-    {
-        return ! empty($this->_subsections);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a simple array where keys are input names, and values are their normalized
-     * values. (Similar to calling get_input_value on inputs)
-     *
-     * @param boolean $include_subform_inputs Whether to include inputs from subforms,
-     *                                        or just this forms' direct children inputs
-     * @param boolean $flatten                Whether to force the results into 1-dimensional array,
-     *                                        or allow multidimensional array
-     * @return array if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array
-     *                                        with array keys being input names
-     *                                        (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
-     *                                        and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
-     *                                        where keys are always subsection names and values are either
-     *                                        the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function input_values($include_subform_inputs = false, $flatten = false)
-    {
-        return $this->_input_values(false, $include_subform_inputs, $flatten);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Similar to EE_Form_Section_Proper::input_values(), except this returns the 'display_value'
-     * of each input. On some inputs (especially radio boxes or checkboxes), the value stored
-     * is not necessarily the value we want to display to users. This creates an array
-     * where keys are the input names, and values are their display values
-     *
-     * @param boolean $include_subform_inputs Whether to include inputs from subforms,
-     *                                        or just this forms' direct children inputs
-     * @param boolean $flatten                Whether to force the results into 1-dimensional array,
-     *                                        or allow multidimensional array
-     * @return array if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array
-     *                                        with array keys being input names
-     *                                        (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
-     *                                        and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
-     *                                        where keys are always subsection names and values are either
-     *                                        the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function input_pretty_values($include_subform_inputs = false, $flatten = false)
-    {
-        return $this->_input_values(true, $include_subform_inputs, $flatten);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the input values from the form
-     *
-     * @param boolean $pretty                 Whether to retrieve the pretty value,
-     *                                        or just the normalized value
-     * @param boolean $include_subform_inputs Whether to include inputs from subforms,
-     *                                        or just this forms' direct children inputs
-     * @param boolean $flatten                Whether to force the results into 1-dimensional array,
-     *                                        or allow multidimensional array
-     * @return array if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array with array keys being
-     *                                        input names (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
-     *                                        and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
-     *                                        where keys are always subsection names and values are either
-     *                                        the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function _input_values($pretty = false, $include_subform_inputs = false, $flatten = false)
-    {
-        $input_values = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $input_values[ $subsection_name ] = $pretty
-                    ? $subsection->pretty_value()
-                    : $subsection->normalized_value();
-            } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper && $include_subform_inputs) {
-                $subform_input_values = $subsection->_input_values(
-                    $pretty,
-                    $include_subform_inputs,
-                    $flatten
-                );
-                if ($flatten) {
-                    $input_values = array_merge($input_values, $subform_input_values);
-                } else {
-                    $input_values[ $subsection_name ] = $subform_input_values;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return $input_values;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the originally submitted input values from the form
-     *
-     * @param boolean $include_subforms  Whether to include inputs from subforms,
-     *                                   or just this forms' direct children inputs
-     * @return array                     if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array
-     *                                   with array keys being input names
-     *                                   (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
-     *                                   and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
-     *                                   where keys are always subsection names and values are either
-     *                                   the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function submitted_values($include_subforms = false)
-    {
-        $submitted_values = array();
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                // is this input part of an array of inputs?
-                if (strpos($subsection->html_name(), '[') !== false) {
-                    $full_input_name  = EEH_Array::convert_array_values_to_keys(
-                        explode(
-                            '[',
-                            str_replace(']', '', $subsection->html_name())
-                        ),
-                        $subsection->raw_value()
-                    );
-                    $submitted_values = array_replace_recursive($submitted_values, $full_input_name);
-                } else {
-                    $submitted_values[ $subsection->html_name() ] = $subsection->raw_value();
-                }
-            } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper && $include_subforms) {
-                $subform_input_values = $subsection->submitted_values($include_subforms);
-                $submitted_values     = array_replace_recursive($submitted_values, $subform_input_values);
-            }
-        }
-        return $submitted_values;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Indicates whether or not this form has received a submission yet
-     * (ie, had receive_form_submission called on it yet)
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function has_received_submission()
-    {
-        $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        return $this->_received_submission;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Equivalent to passing 'exclude' in the constructor's options array.
-     * Removes the listed inputs from the form
-     *
-     * @param array $inputs_to_exclude values are the input names
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function exclude(array $inputs_to_exclude = array())
-    {
-        foreach ($inputs_to_exclude as $input_to_exclude_name) {
-            unset($this->_subsections[ $input_to_exclude_name ]);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param array $inputs_to_hide
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function hide(array $inputs_to_hide = array())
-    {
-        foreach ($inputs_to_hide as $input_to_hide) {
-            $input = $this->get_input($input_to_hide);
-            $input->set_display_strategy(new EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy());
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * add_subsections
-     * Adds the listed subsections to the form section.
-     * If $subsection_name_to_target is provided,
-     * then new subsections are added before or after that subsection,
-     * otherwise to the start or end of the entire subsections array.
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Base[] $new_subsections           array of new form subsections
-     *                                                          where keys are their names
-     * @param string                 $subsection_name_to_target an existing for section that $new_subsections
-     *                                                          should be added before or after
-     *                                                          IF $subsection_name_to_target is null,
-     *                                                          then $new_subsections will be added to
-     *                                                          the beginning or end of the entire subsections array
-     * @param boolean                $add_before                whether to add $new_subsections, before or after
-     *                                                          $subsection_name_to_target,
-     *                                                          or if $subsection_name_to_target is null,
-     *                                                          before or after entire subsections array
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function add_subsections($new_subsections, $subsection_name_to_target = null, $add_before = true)
-    {
-        foreach ($new_subsections as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
-                EE_Error::add_error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            "Trying to add a %s as a subsection (it was named '%s') to the form section '%s'. It was removed.",
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        get_class($subsection),
-                        $subsection_name,
-                        $this->name()
-                    )
-                );
-                unset($new_subsections[ $subsection_name ]);
-            }
-        }
-        $this->_subsections = EEH_Array::insert_into_array(
-            $this->_subsections,
-            $new_subsections,
-            $subsection_name_to_target,
-            $add_before
-        );
-        if ($this->_construction_finalized) {
-            foreach ($this->_subsections as $name => $subsection) {
-                $subsection->_construct_finalize($this, $name);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Just gets all validatable subsections to clean their sensitive data
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function clean_sensitive_data()
-    {
-        foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
-            $subsection->clean_sensitive_data();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the submission error message (aka validation error message for this form section and all sub-sections)
-     * @param string                           $form_submission_error_message
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Validatable $form_section unused
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function set_submission_error_message(
-        $form_submission_error_message = ''
-    ) {
-        $this->_form_submission_error_message = ! empty($form_submission_error_message)
-            ? $form_submission_error_message
-            : $this->getValidationErrorsAccumulatedString();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the cached error message. A default value is set for this during _validate(),
-     * (called during receive_form_submission) but it can be explicitly set using
-     * set_submission_error_message
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function submission_error_message()
-    {
-        return $this->_form_submission_error_message;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets a message to display if the data submitted to the form was valid.
-     * @param string $form_submission_success_message
-     */
-    public function set_submission_success_message($form_submission_success_message = '')
-    {
-        $this->_form_submission_success_message = ! empty($form_submission_success_message)
-            ? $form_submission_success_message
-            : esc_html__('Form submitted successfully', 'event_espresso');
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a message appropriate for display when the form is correctly submitted
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function submission_success_message()
-    {
-        return $this->_form_submission_success_message;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the prefix that should be used on child of this form section for
-     * their html names. If this form section itself has a parent, prepends ITS
-     * prefix onto this form section's prefix. Used primarily by
-     * EE_Form_Input_Base::_set_default_html_name_if_empty
-     *
-     * @return string
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function html_name_prefix()
-    {
-        if ($this->parent_section() instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            return $this->parent_section()->html_name_prefix() . '[' . $this->name() . ']';
-        }
-        return $this->name();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the name, but first checks _construct_finalize has been called. If not,
-     * calls it (assumes there is no parent and that we want the name to be whatever
-     * was set, which is probably nothing, or the classname)
-     *
-     * @return string
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function name()
-    {
-        $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        return parent::name();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function parent_section()
-    {
-        $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        return parent::parent_section();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * make sure construction finalized was called, otherwise children might not be ready
-     *
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function ensure_construct_finalized_called()
-    {
-        if (! $this->_construction_finalized) {
-            $this->_construct_finalize($this->_parent_section, $this->_name);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if any of this form section's inputs, or any of its children's inputs,
-     * are in teh form data. If any are found, returns true. Else false
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function form_data_present_in($req_data = null)
-    {
-        $req_data = $this->getCachedRequest($req_data);
-        foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                if ($subsection->form_data_present_in($req_data)) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                if ($subsection->form_data_present_in($req_data)) {
-                    return true;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets validation errors for this form section and subsections
-     * Similar to EE_Form_Section_Validatable::get_validation_errors() except this
-     * gets the validation errors for ALL subsection
-     *
-     * @return EE_Validation_Error[]
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_validation_errors_accumulated()
-    {
-        $validation_errors = $this->get_validation_errors();
-        foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $validation_errors_on_this_subsection = $subsection->get_validation_errors_accumulated();
-            } else {
-                $validation_errors_on_this_subsection = $subsection->get_validation_errors();
-            }
-            if ($validation_errors_on_this_subsection) {
-                $validation_errors = array_merge($validation_errors, $validation_errors_on_this_subsection);
-            }
-        }
-        return $validation_errors;
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Fetch validation errors from children and grandchildren and puts them in a single string.
-     * This traverses the form section tree to generate this, but you probably want to instead use
-     * get_form_submission_error_message() which is usually this message cached (or a custom validation error message)
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected function getValidationErrorsAccumulatedString()
-    {
-        $submission_error_messages = array();
-        // bad, bad, bad registrant
-        foreach ($this->get_validation_errors_accumulated() as $validation_error) {
-            if ($validation_error instanceof EE_Validation_Error) {
-                $form_section = $validation_error->get_form_section();
-                if ($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                   $label = $validation_error->get_form_section()->html_label_text();
-                } elseif($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
-                    $label = $validation_error->get_form_section()->name();
-                } else {
-                    $label = esc_html__('Unknown', 'event_espresso');
-                }
-                $submission_error_messages[] = sprintf(
-                    __('%s : %s', 'event_espresso'),
-                    $label,
-                    $validation_error->getMessage()
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        return implode('<br', $submission_error_messages);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This isn't just the name of an input, it's a path pointing to an input. The
-     * path is similar to a folder path: slash (/) means to descend into a subsection,
-     * dot-dot-slash (../) means to ascend into the parent section.
-     * After a series of slashes and dot-dot-slashes, there should be the name of an input,
-     * which will be returned.
-     * Eg, if you want the related input to be conditional on a sibling input name 'foobar'
-     * just use 'foobar'. If you want it to be conditional on an aunt/uncle input name
-     * 'baz', use '../baz'. If you want it to be conditional on a cousin input,
-     * the child of 'baz_section' named 'baz_child', use '../baz_section/baz_child'.
-     * Etc
-     *
-     * @param string|false $form_section_path we accept false also because substr( '../', '../' ) = false
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Base
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function find_section_from_path($form_section_path)
-    {
-        //check if we can find the input from purely going straight up the tree
-        $input = parent::find_section_from_path($form_section_path);
-        if ($input instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
-            return $input;
-        }
-        $next_slash_pos = strpos($form_section_path, '/');
-        if ($next_slash_pos !== false) {
-            $child_section_name = substr($form_section_path, 0, $next_slash_pos);
-            $subpath            = substr($form_section_path, $next_slash_pos + 1);
-        } else {
-            $child_section_name = $form_section_path;
-            $subpath            = '';
-        }
-        $child_section = $this->get_subsection($child_section_name);
-        if ($child_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
-            return $child_section->find_section_from_path($subpath);
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
+	const SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY = 'submitted_form_data';
+
+	/**
+	 * Subsections
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Form_Section_Validatable[]
+	 */
+	protected $_subsections = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Strategy for laying out the form
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base
+	 */
+	protected $_layout_strategy;
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether or not this form has received and validated a form submission yet
+	 *
+	 * @var boolean
+	 */
+	protected $_received_submission = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * message displayed to users upon successful form submission
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_form_submission_success_message = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * message displayed to users upon unsuccessful form submission
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_form_submission_error_message = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * @var array like $_REQUEST
+	 */
+	protected $cached_request_data;
+
+	/**
+	 * Stores whether this form (and its sub-sections) were found to be valid or not.
+	 * Starts off as null, but once the form is validated, it set to either true or false
+	 * @var boolean|null
+	 */
+	protected $is_valid;
+
+	/**
+	 * Stores all the data that will localized for form validation
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	static protected $_js_localization = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * whether or not the form's localized validation JS vars have been set
+	 *
+	 * @type boolean
+	 */
+	static protected $_scripts_localized = false;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * when constructing a proper form section, calls _construct_finalize on children
+	 * so that they know who their parent is, and what name they've been given.
+	 *
+	 * @param array[] $options_array   {
+	 * @type          $subsections     EE_Form_Section_Validatable[] where keys are the section's name
+	 * @type          $include         string[] numerically-indexed where values are section names to be included,
+	 *                                 and in that order. This is handy if you want
+	 *                                 the subsections to be ordered differently than the default, and if you override
+	 *                                 which fields are shown
+	 * @type          $exclude         string[] values are subsections to be excluded. This is handy if you want
+	 *                                 to remove certain default subsections (note: if you specify BOTH 'include' AND
+	 *                                 'exclude', the inclusions will be applied first, and the exclusions will exclude
+	 *                                 items from that list of inclusions)
+	 * @type          $layout_strategy EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base strategy for laying out the form
+	 *                                 } @see EE_Form_Section_Validatable::__construct()
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function __construct($options_array = array())
+	{
+		$options_array = (array) apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper___construct__options_array',
+			$options_array,
+			$this
+		);
+		//call parent first, as it may be setting the name
+		parent::__construct($options_array);
+		//if they've included subsections in the constructor, add them now
+		if (isset($options_array['include'])) {
+			//we are going to make sure we ONLY have those subsections to include
+			//AND we are going to make sure they're in that specified order
+			$reordered_subsections = array();
+			foreach ($options_array['include'] as $input_name) {
+				if (isset($this->_subsections[ $input_name ])) {
+					$reordered_subsections[ $input_name ] = $this->_subsections[ $input_name ];
+				}
+			}
+			$this->_subsections = $reordered_subsections;
+		}
+		if (isset($options_array['exclude'])) {
+			$exclude            = $options_array['exclude'];
+			$this->_subsections = array_diff_key($this->_subsections, array_flip($exclude));
+		}
+		if (isset($options_array['layout_strategy'])) {
+			$this->_layout_strategy = $options_array['layout_strategy'];
+		}
+		if (! $this->_layout_strategy) {
+			$this->_layout_strategy = is_admin() ? new EE_Admin_Two_Column_Layout() : new EE_Two_Column_Layout();
+		}
+		$this->_layout_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+		//ok so we are definitely going to want the forms JS,
+		//so enqueue it or remember to enqueue it during wp_enqueue_scripts
+		if (did_action('wp_enqueue_scripts') || did_action('admin_enqueue_scripts')) {
+			//ok so they've constructed this object after when they should have.
+			//just enqueue the generic form scripts and initialize the form immediately in the JS
+			EE_Form_Section_Proper::wp_enqueue_scripts(true);
+		} else {
+			add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'wp_enqueue_scripts'));
+			add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'wp_enqueue_scripts'));
+		}
+		add_action('wp_footer', array($this, 'ensure_scripts_localized'), 1);
+		/**
+		 * Gives other plugins a chance to hook in before construct finalize is called.
+		 * The form probably doesn't yet have a parent form section.
+		 * Since 4.9.32, when this action was introduced, this is the best place to add a subsection onto a form,
+		 * assuming you don't care what the form section's name, HTML ID, or HTML name etc are.
+		 * Also see AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper___construct_finalize__end
+		 *
+		 * @since 4.9.32
+		 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $this          before __construct is done, but all of its logic,
+		 *                                              except maybe calling _construct_finalize has been done
+		 * @param array                  $options_array options passed into the constructor
+		 */
+		do_action(
+			'AHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct__before_construct_finalize_called',
+			$this,
+			$options_array
+		);
+		if (isset($options_array['name'])) {
+			$this->_construct_finalize(null, $options_array['name']);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Finishes construction given the parent form section and this form section's name
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $parent_form_section
+	 * @param string                 $name
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function _construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name)
+	{
+		parent::_construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name);
+		$this->_set_default_name_if_empty();
+		$this->_set_default_html_id_if_empty();
+		foreach ($this->_subsections as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
+				$subsection->_construct_finalize($this, $subsection_name);
+			} else {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							'Subsection "%s" is not an instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base on form "%s". It is a "%s"',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						$subsection_name,
+						get_class($this),
+						$subsection ? get_class($subsection) : esc_html__('NULL', 'event_espresso')
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Action performed just after form has been given a name (and HTML ID etc) and is fully constructed.
+		 * If you have code that should modify the form and needs it and its subsections to have a name, HTML ID
+		 * (or other attributes derived from the name like the HTML label id, etc), this is where it should be done.
+		 * This might only happen just before displaying the form, or just before it receives form submission data.
+		 * If you need to modify the form or its subsections before _construct_finalize is called on it (and we've
+		 * ensured it has a name, HTML IDs, etc
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper      $this
+		 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper|null $parent_form_section
+		 * @param string                      $name
+		 */
+		do_action(
+			'AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper___construct_finalize__end',
+			$this,
+			$parent_form_section,
+			$name
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the layout strategy for this form section
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base
+	 */
+	public function get_layout_strategy()
+	{
+		return $this->_layout_strategy;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for a single input for this form section according
+	 * to the layout strategy
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_html_for_input($input)
+	{
+		return $this->_layout_strategy->layout_input($input);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * was_submitted - checks if form inputs are present in request data
+	 * Basically an alias for form_data_present_in() (which is used by both
+	 * proper form sections and form inputs)
+	 *
+	 * @param null $form_data
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function was_submitted($form_data = null)
+	{
+		return $this->form_data_present_in($form_data);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the cached request data; but if there is none, or $req_data was set with
+	 * something different, refresh the cache, and then return it
+	 * @param null $req_data
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	protected function getCachedRequest($req_data = null)
+	{
+		if ($this->cached_request_data === null
+			|| (
+				$req_data !== null &&
+				$req_data !== $this->cached_request_data
+			)
+		) {
+			$req_data = apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__receive_form_submission__req_data',
+				$req_data,
+				$this
+			);
+			if ($req_data === null) {
+				$req_data = array_merge($_GET, $_POST);
+			}
+			$req_data = apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__receive_form_submission__request_data',
+				$req_data,
+				$this
+			);
+			$this->cached_request_data = (array)$req_data;
+		}
+		return $this->cached_request_data;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * After the form section is initially created, call this to sanitize the data in the submission
+	 * which relates to this form section, validate it, and set it as properties on the form.
+	 *
+	 * @param array|null $req_data should usually be $_POST (the default).
+	 *                             However, you CAN supply a different array.
+	 *                             Consider using set_defaults() instead however.
+	 *                             (If you rendered the form in the page using echo $form_x->get_html()
+	 *                             the inputs will have the correct name in the request data for this function
+	 *                             to find them and populate the form with them.
+	 *                             If you have a flat form (with only input subsections),
+	 *                             you can supply a flat array where keys
+	 *                             are the form input names and values are their values)
+	 * @param boolean    $validate whether or not to perform validation on this data. Default is,
+	 *                             of course, to validate that data, and set errors on the invalid values.
+	 *                             But if the data has already been validated
+	 *                             (eg you validated the data then stored it in the DB)
+	 *                             you may want to skip this step.
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function receive_form_submission($req_data = null, $validate = true)
+	{
+		$req_data = $this->getCachedRequest($req_data);
+		$this->_normalize($req_data);
+		if ($validate) {
+			$this->_validate();
+			//if it's invalid, we're going to want to re-display so remember what they submitted
+			if (! $this->is_valid()) {
+				$this->store_submitted_form_data_in_session();
+			}
+		}
+		if ($this->submission_error_message() === '' && ! $this->is_valid()) {
+			$this->set_submission_error_message();
+		}
+		do_action(
+			'AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__receive_form_submission__end',
+			$req_data,
+			$this,
+			$validate
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * caches the originally submitted input values in the session
+	 * so that they can be used to repopulate the form if it failed validation
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean whether or not the data was successfully stored in the session
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function store_submitted_form_data_in_session()
+	{
+		return EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->set_session_data(
+			array(
+				EE_Form_Section_Proper::SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY => $this->submitted_values(true),
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * retrieves the originally submitted input values in the session
+	 * so that they can be used to repopulate the form if it failed validation
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	protected function get_submitted_form_data_from_session()
+	{
+		$session = EE_Registry::instance()->SSN;
+		if ($session instanceof EE_Session) {
+			return $session->get_session_data(
+				EE_Form_Section_Proper::SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY
+			);
+		}
+		return array();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * flushed the originally submitted input values from the session
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean whether or not the data was successfully removed from the session
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	protected function flush_submitted_form_data_from_session()
+	{
+		return EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_data(
+			array(EE_Form_Section_Proper::SUBMITTED_FORM_DATA_SSN_KEY)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Populates this form and its subsections with data from the session.
+	 * (Wrapper for EE_Form_Section_Proper::receive_form_submission, so it shows
+	 * validation errors when displaying too)
+	 * Returns true if the form was populated from the session, false otherwise
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function populate_from_session()
+	{
+		$form_data_in_session = $this->get_submitted_form_data_from_session();
+		if (empty($form_data_in_session)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		$this->receive_form_submission($form_data_in_session);
+		$this->flush_submitted_form_data_from_session();
+		if ($this->form_data_present_in($form_data_in_session)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Populates the default data for the form, given an array where keys are
+	 * the input names, and values are their values (preferably normalized to be their
+	 * proper PHP types, not all strings... although that should be ok too).
+	 * Proper subsections are sub-arrays, the key being the subsection's name, and
+	 * the value being an array formatted in teh same way
+	 *
+	 * @param array $default_data
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function populate_defaults($default_data)
+	{
+		foreach ($this->subsections(false) as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if (isset($default_data[ $subsection_name ])) {
+				if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+					$subsection->set_default($default_data[ $subsection_name ]);
+				} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+					$subsection->populate_defaults($default_data[ $subsection_name ]);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns true if subsection exists
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function subsection_exists($name)
+	{
+		return isset($this->_subsections[ $name ]) ? true : false;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the subsection specified by its name
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $name
+	 * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should leave this as TRUE
+	 *                                                      so that the inputs will be properly configured.
+	 *                                                      However, some client code may be ok
+	 *                                                      with construction finalize being called later
+	 *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names
+	 *                                                      might not be set yet, etc.)
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Base
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_subsection($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
+	{
+		if ($require_construction_to_be_finalized) {
+			$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		}
+		return $this->subsection_exists($name) ? $this->_subsections[ $name ] : null;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the validatable subsections of this form section
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Validatable[]
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_validatable_subsections()
+	{
+		$validatable_subsections = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $name => $obj) {
+			if ($obj instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
+				$validatable_subsections[ $name ] = $obj;
+			}
+		}
+		return $validatable_subsections;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets an input by the given name. If not found, or if its not an EE_FOrm_Input_Base child,
+	 * throw an EE_Error.
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $name
+	 * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should
+	 *                                                      leave this as TRUE so that the inputs will be properly
+	 *                                                      configured. However, some client code may be ok with
+	 *                                                      construction finalize being called later
+	 *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names might not be
+	 *                                                      set yet, etc.)
+	 * @return EE_Form_Input_Base
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_input($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
+	{
+		$subsection = $this->get_subsection(
+			$name,
+			$require_construction_to_be_finalized
+		);
+		if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						"Subsection '%s' is not an instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base on form '%s'. It is a '%s'",
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$name,
+					get_class($this),
+					$subsection ? get_class($subsection) : esc_html__('NULL', 'event_espresso')
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		return $subsection;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Like get_input(), gets the proper subsection of the form given the name,
+	 * otherwise throws an EE_Error
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $name
+	 * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should
+	 *                                                      leave this as TRUE so that the inputs will be properly
+	 *                                                      configured. However, some client code may be ok with
+	 *                                                      construction finalize being called later
+	 *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names might not be
+	 *                                                      set yet, etc.)
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_proper_subsection($name, $require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
+	{
+		$subsection = $this->get_subsection(
+			$name,
+			$require_construction_to_be_finalized
+		);
+		if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						"Subsection '%'s is not an instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper on form '%s'",
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$name,
+					get_class($this)
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		return $subsection;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the specified input. Should be called after receive_form_submission()
+	 * or populate_defaults() on the form, where the normalized value on the input is set.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $name
+	 * @return mixed depending on the input's type and its normalization strategy
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_input_value($name)
+	{
+		$input = $this->get_input($name);
+		return $input->normalized_value();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if this form section itself is valid, and then checks its subsections
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function is_valid()
+	{
+		if($this->is_valid === null) {
+			if (! $this->has_received_submission()) {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							'You cannot check if a form is valid before receiving the form submission using receive_form_submission',
+							'event_espresso'
+						)
+					)
+				);
+			}
+			if (! parent::is_valid()) {
+				$this->is_valid = false;
+			} else {
+				// ok so no general errors to this entire form section.
+				// so let's check the subsections, but only set errors if that hasn't been done yet
+				$this->is_valid = true;
+				foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
+					if (! $subsection->is_valid()) {
+						$this->is_valid = false;
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return $this->is_valid;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * gets the default name of this form section if none is specified
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _set_default_name_if_empty()
+	{
+		if (! $this->_name) {
+			$classname    = get_class($this);
+			$default_name = str_replace('EE_', '', $classname);
+			$this->_name  = $default_name;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the HTML for the form, except for the form opening and closing tags
+	 * (as the form section doesn't know where you necessarily want to send the information to),
+	 * and except for a submit button. Enqueues JS and CSS; if called early enough we will
+	 * try to enqueue them in the header, otherwise they'll be enqueued in the footer.
+	 * Not doing_it_wrong because theoretically this CAN be used properly,
+	 * provided its used during "wp_enqueue_scripts", or it doesn't need to enqueue
+	 * any CSS.
+	 *
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_html_and_js()
+	{
+		$this->enqueue_js();
+		return $this->get_html();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns HTML for displaying this form section. recursively calls display_section() on all subsections
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $display_previously_submitted_data
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_html($display_previously_submitted_data = true)
+	{
+		$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		if ($display_previously_submitted_data) {
+			$this->populate_from_session();
+		}
+		return $this->_form_html_filter
+			? $this->_form_html_filter->filterHtml($this->_layout_strategy->layout_form(), $this)
+			: $this->_layout_strategy->layout_form();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * enqueues JS and CSS for the form.
+	 * It is preferred to call this before wp_enqueue_scripts so the
+	 * scripts and styles can be put in the header, but if called later
+	 * they will be put in the footer (which is OK for JS, but in HTML4 CSS should
+	 * only be in the header; but in HTML5 its ok in the body.
+	 * See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4957446/load-external-css-file-in-body-tag.
+	 * So if your form enqueues CSS, it's preferred to call this before wp_enqueue_scripts.)
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function enqueue_js()
+	{
+		$this->_enqueue_and_localize_form_js();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
+			$subsection->enqueue_js();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * adds a filter so that jquery validate gets enqueued in EE_System::wp_enqueue_scripts().
+	 * This must be done BEFORE wp_enqueue_scripts() gets called, which is on
+	 * the wp_enqueue_scripts hook.
+	 * However, registering the form js and localizing it can happen when we
+	 * actually output the form (which is preferred, seeing how teh form's fields
+	 * could change until it's actually outputted)
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $init_form_validation_automatically whether or not we want the form validation
+	 *                                                    to be triggered automatically or not
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function wp_enqueue_scripts($init_form_validation_automatically = true)
+	{
+		wp_register_script(
+			'ee_form_section_validation',
+			EE_GLOBAL_ASSETS_URL . 'scripts' . DS . 'form_section_validation.js',
+			array('jquery-validate', 'jquery-ui-datepicker', 'jquery-validate-extra-methods'),
+			EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION,
+			true
+		);
+		wp_localize_script(
+			'ee_form_section_validation',
+			'ee_form_section_validation_init',
+			array('init' => $init_form_validation_automatically ? '1' : '0')
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * gets the variables used by form_section_validation.js.
+	 * This needs to be called AFTER we've called $this->_enqueue_jquery_validate_script,
+	 * but before the wordpress hook wp_loaded
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function _enqueue_and_localize_form_js()
+	{
+		$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		//actually, we don't want to localize just yet. There may be other forms on the page.
+		//so we need to add our form section data to a static variable accessible by all form sections
+		//and localize it just before the footer
+		$this->localize_validation_rules();
+		add_action('wp_footer', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'localize_script_for_all_forms'), 2);
+		add_action('admin_footer', array('EE_Form_Section_Proper', 'localize_script_for_all_forms'));
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * add our form section data to a static variable accessible by all form sections
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $return_for_subsection
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function localize_validation_rules($return_for_subsection = false)
+	{
+		// we only want to localize vars ONCE for the entire form,
+		// so if the form section doesn't have a parent, then it must be the top dog
+		if ($return_for_subsection || ! $this->parent_section()) {
+			EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['form_data'][ $this->html_id() ] = array(
+				'form_section_id'  => $this->html_id(true),
+				'validation_rules' => $this->get_jquery_validation_rules(),
+				'other_data'       => $this->get_other_js_data(),
+				'errors'           => $this->subsection_validation_errors_by_html_name(),
+			);
+			EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized                                = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets an array of extra data that will be useful for client-side javascript.
+	 * This is primarily data added by inputs and forms in addition to any
+	 * scripts they might enqueue
+	 *
+	 * @param array $form_other_js_data
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data = array())
+	{
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
+			$form_other_js_data = $subsection->get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data);
+		}
+		return $form_other_js_data;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a flat array of inputs for this form section and its subsections.
+	 * Keys are their form names, and values are the inputs themselves
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Form_Input_Base
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function inputs_in_subsections()
+	{
+		$inputs = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				$inputs[ $subsection->html_name() ] = $subsection;
+			} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+				$inputs += $subsection->inputs_in_subsections();
+			}
+		}
+		return $inputs;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a flat array of all the validation errors.
+	 * Keys are html names (because those should be unique)
+	 * and values are a string of all their validation errors
+	 *
+	 * @return string[]
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function subsection_validation_errors_by_html_name()
+	{
+		$inputs = $this->inputs();
+		$errors = array();
+		foreach ($inputs as $form_input) {
+			if ($form_input instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base && $form_input->get_validation_errors()) {
+				$errors[ $form_input->html_name() ] = $form_input->get_validation_error_string();
+			}
+		}
+		return $errors;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * passes all the form data required by the JS to the JS, and enqueues the few required JS files.
+	 * Should be setup by each form during the _enqueues_and_localize_form_js
+	 *
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	public static function localize_script_for_all_forms()
+	{
+		//allow inputs and stuff to hook in their JS and stuff here
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Form_Section_Proper__localize_script_for_all_forms__begin');
+		EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['localized_error_messages'] = EE_Form_Section_Proper::_get_localized_error_messages();
+		$email_validation_level = isset(EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->email_validation_level)
+			? EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->email_validation_level
+			: 'wp_default';
+		EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['email_validation_level']   = $email_validation_level;
+		wp_enqueue_script('ee_form_section_validation');
+		wp_localize_script(
+			'ee_form_section_validation',
+			'ee_form_section_vars',
+			EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * ensure_scripts_localized
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function ensure_scripts_localized()
+	{
+		if (! EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized) {
+			$this->_enqueue_and_localize_form_js();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the hard-coded validation error messages to be used in the JS. The convention
+	 * is that the key here should be the same as the custom validation rule put in the JS file
+	 *
+	 * @return array keys are custom validation rules, and values are internationalized strings
+	 */
+	private static function _get_localized_error_messages()
+	{
+		return array(
+			'validUrl' => esc_html__('This is not a valid absolute URL. Eg, http://domain.com/monkey.jpg', 'event_espresso'),
+			'regex'    => esc_html__('Please check your input', 'event_espresso'),
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public static function js_localization()
+	{
+		return self::$_js_localization;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public static function reset_js_localization()
+	{
+		self::$_js_localization = array();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the JS to put inside the jquery validation rules for subsection of this form section.
+	 * See parent function for more...
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_jquery_validation_rules()
+	{
+		$jquery_validation_rules = array();
+		foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
+			$jquery_validation_rules = array_merge(
+				$jquery_validation_rules,
+				$subsection->get_jquery_validation_rules()
+			);
+		}
+		return $jquery_validation_rules;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sanitizes all the data and sets the sanitized value of each field
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data like $_POST
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _normalize($req_data)
+	{
+		$this->_received_submission = true;
+		$this->_validation_errors   = array();
+		foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
+			try {
+				$subsection->_normalize($req_data);
+			} catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
+				$subsection->add_validation_error($e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Performs validation on this form section and its subsections.
+	 * For each subsection,
+	 * calls _validate_{subsection_name} on THIS form (if the function exists)
+	 * and passes it the subsection, then calls _validate on that subsection.
+	 * If you need to perform validation on the form as a whole (considering multiple)
+	 * you would be best to override this _validate method,
+	 * calling parent::_validate() first.
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _validate()
+	{
+		//reset the cache of whether this form is valid or not- we're re-validating it now
+		$this->is_valid = null;
+		foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if (method_exists($this, '_validate_' . $subsection_name)) {
+				call_user_func_array(array($this, '_validate_' . $subsection_name), array($subsection));
+			}
+			$subsection->_validate();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the validated inputs for the form section
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function valid_data()
+	{
+		$inputs = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+				$inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection->valid_data();
+			} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				$inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection->normalized_value();
+			}
+		}
+		return $inputs;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the inputs on this form section
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Form_Input_Base[]
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function inputs()
+	{
+		$inputs = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				$inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection;
+			}
+		}
+		return $inputs;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the subsections which are a proper form
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper[]
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function subforms()
+	{
+		$form_sections = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $name => $obj) {
+			if ($obj instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+				$form_sections[ $name ] = $obj;
+			}
+		}
+		return $form_sections;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the subsections (inputs, proper subsections, or html-only sections).
+	 * Consider using inputs() or subforms()
+	 * if you only want form inputs or proper form sections.
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $require_construction_to_be_finalized most client code should
+	 *                                                      leave this as TRUE so that the inputs will be properly
+	 *                                                      configured. However, some client code may be ok with
+	 *                                                      construction finalize being called later
+	 *                                                      (realizing that the subsections' html names might not be
+	 *                                                      set yet, etc.)
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper[]
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function subsections($require_construction_to_be_finalized = true)
+	{
+		if ($require_construction_to_be_finalized) {
+			$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		}
+		return $this->_subsections;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether this form has any subforms or inputs
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function hasSubsections()
+	{
+		return ! empty($this->_subsections);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a simple array where keys are input names, and values are their normalized
+	 * values. (Similar to calling get_input_value on inputs)
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $include_subform_inputs Whether to include inputs from subforms,
+	 *                                        or just this forms' direct children inputs
+	 * @param boolean $flatten                Whether to force the results into 1-dimensional array,
+	 *                                        or allow multidimensional array
+	 * @return array if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array
+	 *                                        with array keys being input names
+	 *                                        (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
+	 *                                        and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
+	 *                                        where keys are always subsection names and values are either
+	 *                                        the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function input_values($include_subform_inputs = false, $flatten = false)
+	{
+		return $this->_input_values(false, $include_subform_inputs, $flatten);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Similar to EE_Form_Section_Proper::input_values(), except this returns the 'display_value'
+	 * of each input. On some inputs (especially radio boxes or checkboxes), the value stored
+	 * is not necessarily the value we want to display to users. This creates an array
+	 * where keys are the input names, and values are their display values
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $include_subform_inputs Whether to include inputs from subforms,
+	 *                                        or just this forms' direct children inputs
+	 * @param boolean $flatten                Whether to force the results into 1-dimensional array,
+	 *                                        or allow multidimensional array
+	 * @return array if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array
+	 *                                        with array keys being input names
+	 *                                        (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
+	 *                                        and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
+	 *                                        where keys are always subsection names and values are either
+	 *                                        the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function input_pretty_values($include_subform_inputs = false, $flatten = false)
+	{
+		return $this->_input_values(true, $include_subform_inputs, $flatten);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the input values from the form
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $pretty                 Whether to retrieve the pretty value,
+	 *                                        or just the normalized value
+	 * @param boolean $include_subform_inputs Whether to include inputs from subforms,
+	 *                                        or just this forms' direct children inputs
+	 * @param boolean $flatten                Whether to force the results into 1-dimensional array,
+	 *                                        or allow multidimensional array
+	 * @return array if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array with array keys being
+	 *                                        input names (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
+	 *                                        and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
+	 *                                        where keys are always subsection names and values are either
+	 *                                        the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function _input_values($pretty = false, $include_subform_inputs = false, $flatten = false)
+	{
+		$input_values = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				$input_values[ $subsection_name ] = $pretty
+					? $subsection->pretty_value()
+					: $subsection->normalized_value();
+			} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper && $include_subform_inputs) {
+				$subform_input_values = $subsection->_input_values(
+					$pretty,
+					$include_subform_inputs,
+					$flatten
+				);
+				if ($flatten) {
+					$input_values = array_merge($input_values, $subform_input_values);
+				} else {
+					$input_values[ $subsection_name ] = $subform_input_values;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return $input_values;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the originally submitted input values from the form
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $include_subforms  Whether to include inputs from subforms,
+	 *                                   or just this forms' direct children inputs
+	 * @return array                     if $flatten is TRUE it will always be a 1-dimensional array
+	 *                                   with array keys being input names
+	 *                                   (regardless of whether they are from a subsection or not),
+	 *                                   and if $flatten is FALSE it can be a multidimensional array
+	 *                                   where keys are always subsection names and values are either
+	 *                                   the input's normalized value, or an array like the top-level array
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function submitted_values($include_subforms = false)
+	{
+		$submitted_values = array();
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				// is this input part of an array of inputs?
+				if (strpos($subsection->html_name(), '[') !== false) {
+					$full_input_name  = EEH_Array::convert_array_values_to_keys(
+						explode(
+							'[',
+							str_replace(']', '', $subsection->html_name())
+						),
+						$subsection->raw_value()
+					);
+					$submitted_values = array_replace_recursive($submitted_values, $full_input_name);
+				} else {
+					$submitted_values[ $subsection->html_name() ] = $subsection->raw_value();
+				}
+			} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper && $include_subforms) {
+				$subform_input_values = $subsection->submitted_values($include_subforms);
+				$submitted_values     = array_replace_recursive($submitted_values, $subform_input_values);
+			}
+		}
+		return $submitted_values;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Indicates whether or not this form has received a submission yet
+	 * (ie, had receive_form_submission called on it yet)
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function has_received_submission()
+	{
+		$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		return $this->_received_submission;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Equivalent to passing 'exclude' in the constructor's options array.
+	 * Removes the listed inputs from the form
+	 *
+	 * @param array $inputs_to_exclude values are the input names
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function exclude(array $inputs_to_exclude = array())
+	{
+		foreach ($inputs_to_exclude as $input_to_exclude_name) {
+			unset($this->_subsections[ $input_to_exclude_name ]);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $inputs_to_hide
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function hide(array $inputs_to_hide = array())
+	{
+		foreach ($inputs_to_hide as $input_to_hide) {
+			$input = $this->get_input($input_to_hide);
+			$input->set_display_strategy(new EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy());
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * add_subsections
+	 * Adds the listed subsections to the form section.
+	 * If $subsection_name_to_target is provided,
+	 * then new subsections are added before or after that subsection,
+	 * otherwise to the start or end of the entire subsections array.
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Base[] $new_subsections           array of new form subsections
+	 *                                                          where keys are their names
+	 * @param string                 $subsection_name_to_target an existing for section that $new_subsections
+	 *                                                          should be added before or after
+	 *                                                          IF $subsection_name_to_target is null,
+	 *                                                          then $new_subsections will be added to
+	 *                                                          the beginning or end of the entire subsections array
+	 * @param boolean                $add_before                whether to add $new_subsections, before or after
+	 *                                                          $subsection_name_to_target,
+	 *                                                          or if $subsection_name_to_target is null,
+	 *                                                          before or after entire subsections array
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function add_subsections($new_subsections, $subsection_name_to_target = null, $add_before = true)
+	{
+		foreach ($new_subsections as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
+			if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
+				EE_Error::add_error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							"Trying to add a %s as a subsection (it was named '%s') to the form section '%s'. It was removed.",
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						get_class($subsection),
+						$subsection_name,
+						$this->name()
+					)
+				);
+				unset($new_subsections[ $subsection_name ]);
+			}
+		}
+		$this->_subsections = EEH_Array::insert_into_array(
+			$this->_subsections,
+			$new_subsections,
+			$subsection_name_to_target,
+			$add_before
+		);
+		if ($this->_construction_finalized) {
+			foreach ($this->_subsections as $name => $subsection) {
+				$subsection->_construct_finalize($this, $name);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Just gets all validatable subsections to clean their sensitive data
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function clean_sensitive_data()
+	{
+		foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
+			$subsection->clean_sensitive_data();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the submission error message (aka validation error message for this form section and all sub-sections)
+	 * @param string                           $form_submission_error_message
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Validatable $form_section unused
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function set_submission_error_message(
+		$form_submission_error_message = ''
+	) {
+		$this->_form_submission_error_message = ! empty($form_submission_error_message)
+			? $form_submission_error_message
+			: $this->getValidationErrorsAccumulatedString();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the cached error message. A default value is set for this during _validate(),
+	 * (called during receive_form_submission) but it can be explicitly set using
+	 * set_submission_error_message
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function submission_error_message()
+	{
+		return $this->_form_submission_error_message;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets a message to display if the data submitted to the form was valid.
+	 * @param string $form_submission_success_message
+	 */
+	public function set_submission_success_message($form_submission_success_message = '')
+	{
+		$this->_form_submission_success_message = ! empty($form_submission_success_message)
+			? $form_submission_success_message
+			: esc_html__('Form submitted successfully', 'event_espresso');
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a message appropriate for display when the form is correctly submitted
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function submission_success_message()
+	{
+		return $this->_form_submission_success_message;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the prefix that should be used on child of this form section for
+	 * their html names. If this form section itself has a parent, prepends ITS
+	 * prefix onto this form section's prefix. Used primarily by
+	 * EE_Form_Input_Base::_set_default_html_name_if_empty
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function html_name_prefix()
+	{
+		if ($this->parent_section() instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+			return $this->parent_section()->html_name_prefix() . '[' . $this->name() . ']';
+		}
+		return $this->name();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the name, but first checks _construct_finalize has been called. If not,
+	 * calls it (assumes there is no parent and that we want the name to be whatever
+	 * was set, which is probably nothing, or the classname)
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function name()
+	{
+		$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		return parent::name();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function parent_section()
+	{
+		$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		return parent::parent_section();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * make sure construction finalized was called, otherwise children might not be ready
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function ensure_construct_finalized_called()
+	{
+		if (! $this->_construction_finalized) {
+			$this->_construct_finalize($this->_parent_section, $this->_name);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if any of this form section's inputs, or any of its children's inputs,
+	 * are in teh form data. If any are found, returns true. Else false
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function form_data_present_in($req_data = null)
+	{
+		$req_data = $this->getCachedRequest($req_data);
+		foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				if ($subsection->form_data_present_in($req_data)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+				if ($subsection->form_data_present_in($req_data)) {
+					return true;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets validation errors for this form section and subsections
+	 * Similar to EE_Form_Section_Validatable::get_validation_errors() except this
+	 * gets the validation errors for ALL subsection
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Validation_Error[]
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_validation_errors_accumulated()
+	{
+		$validation_errors = $this->get_validation_errors();
+		foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+				$validation_errors_on_this_subsection = $subsection->get_validation_errors_accumulated();
+			} else {
+				$validation_errors_on_this_subsection = $subsection->get_validation_errors();
+			}
+			if ($validation_errors_on_this_subsection) {
+				$validation_errors = array_merge($validation_errors, $validation_errors_on_this_subsection);
+			}
+		}
+		return $validation_errors;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetch validation errors from children and grandchildren and puts them in a single string.
+	 * This traverses the form section tree to generate this, but you probably want to instead use
+	 * get_form_submission_error_message() which is usually this message cached (or a custom validation error message)
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected function getValidationErrorsAccumulatedString()
+	{
+		$submission_error_messages = array();
+		// bad, bad, bad registrant
+		foreach ($this->get_validation_errors_accumulated() as $validation_error) {
+			if ($validation_error instanceof EE_Validation_Error) {
+				$form_section = $validation_error->get_form_section();
+				if ($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				   $label = $validation_error->get_form_section()->html_label_text();
+				} elseif($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
+					$label = $validation_error->get_form_section()->name();
+				} else {
+					$label = esc_html__('Unknown', 'event_espresso');
+				}
+				$submission_error_messages[] = sprintf(
+					__('%s : %s', 'event_espresso'),
+					$label,
+					$validation_error->getMessage()
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		return implode('<br', $submission_error_messages);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This isn't just the name of an input, it's a path pointing to an input. The
+	 * path is similar to a folder path: slash (/) means to descend into a subsection,
+	 * dot-dot-slash (../) means to ascend into the parent section.
+	 * After a series of slashes and dot-dot-slashes, there should be the name of an input,
+	 * which will be returned.
+	 * Eg, if you want the related input to be conditional on a sibling input name 'foobar'
+	 * just use 'foobar'. If you want it to be conditional on an aunt/uncle input name
+	 * 'baz', use '../baz'. If you want it to be conditional on a cousin input,
+	 * the child of 'baz_section' named 'baz_child', use '../baz_section/baz_child'.
+	 * Etc
+	 *
+	 * @param string|false $form_section_path we accept false also because substr( '../', '../' ) = false
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Base
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function find_section_from_path($form_section_path)
+	{
+		//check if we can find the input from purely going straight up the tree
+		$input = parent::find_section_from_path($form_section_path);
+		if ($input instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
+			return $input;
+		}
+		$next_slash_pos = strpos($form_section_path, '/');
+		if ($next_slash_pos !== false) {
+			$child_section_name = substr($form_section_path, 0, $next_slash_pos);
+			$subpath            = substr($form_section_path, $next_slash_pos + 1);
+		} else {
+			$child_section_name = $form_section_path;
+			$subpath            = '';
+		}
+		$child_section = $this->get_subsection($child_section_name);
+		if ($child_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
+			return $child_section->find_section_from_path($subpath);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
 }
 

Spacing +41 added lines, -41 removed lines

@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ 
             //AND we are going to make sure they're in that specified order
             $reordered_subsections = array();
             foreach ($options_array['include'] as $input_name) {
-                if (isset($this->_subsections[ $input_name ])) {
-                    $reordered_subsections[ $input_name ] = $this->_subsections[ $input_name ];
+                if (isset($this->_subsections[$input_name])) {
+                    $reordered_subsections[$input_name] = $this->_subsections[$input_name];
                 }
             }
             $this->_subsections = $reordered_subsections;
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ 
         if (isset($options_array['layout_strategy'])) {
             $this->_layout_strategy = $options_array['layout_strategy'];
         }
-        if (! $this->_layout_strategy) {
+        if ( ! $this->_layout_strategy) {
             $this->_layout_strategy = is_admin() ? new EE_Admin_Two_Column_Layout() : new EE_Two_Column_Layout();
         }
         $this->_layout_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ 
                 $req_data,
                 $this
             );
-            $this->cached_request_data = (array)$req_data;
+            $this->cached_request_data = (array) $req_data;
         }
         return $this->cached_request_data;
     }
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ 
         if ($validate) {
             $this->_validate();
             //if it's invalid, we're going to want to re-display so remember what they submitted
-            if (! $this->is_valid()) {
+            if ( ! $this->is_valid()) {
                 $this->store_submitted_form_data_in_session();
             }
         }
@@ -426,11 +426,11 @@ 
     public function populate_defaults($default_data)
     {
         foreach ($this->subsections(false) as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if (isset($default_data[ $subsection_name ])) {
+            if (isset($default_data[$subsection_name])) {
                 if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                    $subsection->set_default($default_data[ $subsection_name ]);
+                    $subsection->set_default($default_data[$subsection_name]);
                 } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                    $subsection->populate_defaults($default_data[ $subsection_name ]);
+                    $subsection->populate_defaults($default_data[$subsection_name]);
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ 
      */
     public function subsection_exists($name)
     {
-        return isset($this->_subsections[ $name ]) ? true : false;
+        return isset($this->_subsections[$name]) ? true : false;
     }
 
 
@@ -467,7 +467,7 @@ 
         if ($require_construction_to_be_finalized) {
             $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
         }
-        return $this->subsection_exists($name) ? $this->_subsections[ $name ] : null;
+        return $this->subsection_exists($name) ? $this->_subsections[$name] : null;
     }
 
 
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ 
         $validatable_subsections = array();
         foreach ($this->subsections() as $name => $obj) {
             if ($obj instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
-                $validatable_subsections[ $name ] = $obj;
+                $validatable_subsections[$name] = $obj;
             }
         }
         return $validatable_subsections;
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ 
             $name,
             $require_construction_to_be_finalized
         );
-        if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+        if ( ! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__(
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ 
             $name,
             $require_construction_to_be_finalized
         );
-        if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+        if ( ! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__(
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ 
      */
     public function is_valid()
     {
-        if($this->is_valid === null) {
-            if (! $this->has_received_submission()) {
+        if ($this->is_valid === null) {
+            if ( ! $this->has_received_submission()) {
                 throw new EE_Error(
                     sprintf(
                         esc_html__(
@@ -596,14 +596,14 @@ 
                     )
                 );
             }
-            if (! parent::is_valid()) {
+            if ( ! parent::is_valid()) {
                 $this->is_valid = false;
             } else {
                 // ok so no general errors to this entire form section.
                 // so let's check the subsections, but only set errors if that hasn't been done yet
                 $this->is_valid = true;
                 foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection) {
-                    if (! $subsection->is_valid()) {
+                    if ( ! $subsection->is_valid()) {
                         $this->is_valid = false;
                     }
                 }
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ 
      */
     protected function _set_default_name_if_empty()
     {
-        if (! $this->_name) {
+        if ( ! $this->_name) {
             $classname    = get_class($this);
             $default_name = str_replace('EE_', '', $classname);
             $this->_name  = $default_name;
@@ -710,7 +710,7 @@ 
     {
         wp_register_script(
             'ee_form_section_validation',
-            EE_GLOBAL_ASSETS_URL . 'scripts' . DS . 'form_section_validation.js',
+            EE_GLOBAL_ASSETS_URL.'scripts'.DS.'form_section_validation.js',
             array('jquery-validate', 'jquery-ui-datepicker', 'jquery-validate-extra-methods'),
             EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION,
             true
@@ -754,13 +754,13 @@ 
         // we only want to localize vars ONCE for the entire form,
         // so if the form section doesn't have a parent, then it must be the top dog
         if ($return_for_subsection || ! $this->parent_section()) {
-            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['form_data'][ $this->html_id() ] = array(
+            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['form_data'][$this->html_id()] = array(
                 'form_section_id'  => $this->html_id(true),
                 'validation_rules' => $this->get_jquery_validation_rules(),
                 'other_data'       => $this->get_other_js_data(),
                 'errors'           => $this->subsection_validation_errors_by_html_name(),
             );
-            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized                                = true;
+            EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized = true;
         }
     }
 
@@ -795,7 +795,7 @@ 
         $inputs = array();
         foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection) {
             if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection->html_name() ] = $subsection;
+                $inputs[$subsection->html_name()] = $subsection;
             } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
                 $inputs += $subsection->inputs_in_subsections();
             }
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ 
         $errors = array();
         foreach ($inputs as $form_input) {
             if ($form_input instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base && $form_input->get_validation_errors()) {
-                $errors[ $form_input->html_name() ] = $form_input->get_validation_error_string();
+                $errors[$form_input->html_name()] = $form_input->get_validation_error_string();
             }
         }
         return $errors;
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ 
         $email_validation_level = isset(EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->email_validation_level)
             ? EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->email_validation_level
             : 'wp_default';
-        EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['email_validation_level']   = $email_validation_level;
+        EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_js_localization['email_validation_level'] = $email_validation_level;
         wp_enqueue_script('ee_form_section_validation');
         wp_localize_script(
             'ee_form_section_validation',
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ 
      */
     public function ensure_scripts_localized()
     {
-        if (! EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized) {
+        if ( ! EE_Form_Section_Proper::$_scripts_localized) {
             $this->_enqueue_and_localize_form_js();
         }
     }
@@ -954,8 +954,8 @@ 
         //reset the cache of whether this form is valid or not- we're re-validating it now
         $this->is_valid = null;
         foreach ($this->get_validatable_subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if (method_exists($this, '_validate_' . $subsection_name)) {
-                call_user_func_array(array($this, '_validate_' . $subsection_name), array($subsection));
+            if (method_exists($this, '_validate_'.$subsection_name)) {
+                call_user_func_array(array($this, '_validate_'.$subsection_name), array($subsection));
             }
             $subsection->_validate();
         }
@@ -973,9 +973,9 @@ 
         $inputs = array();
         foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
             if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection->valid_data();
+                $inputs[$subsection_name] = $subsection->valid_data();
             } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection->normalized_value();
+                $inputs[$subsection_name] = $subsection->normalized_value();
             }
         }
         return $inputs;
@@ -993,7 +993,7 @@ 
         $inputs = array();
         foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
             if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $inputs[ $subsection_name ] = $subsection;
+                $inputs[$subsection_name] = $subsection;
             }
         }
         return $inputs;
@@ -1011,7 +1011,7 @@ 
         $form_sections = array();
         foreach ($this->subsections() as $name => $obj) {
             if ($obj instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $form_sections[ $name ] = $obj;
+                $form_sections[$name] = $obj;
             }
         }
         return $form_sections;
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ 
         $input_values = array();
         foreach ($this->subsections() as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
             if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $input_values[ $subsection_name ] = $pretty
+                $input_values[$subsection_name] = $pretty
                     ? $subsection->pretty_value()
                     : $subsection->normalized_value();
             } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper && $include_subform_inputs) {
@@ -1130,7 +1130,7 @@ 
                 if ($flatten) {
                     $input_values = array_merge($input_values, $subform_input_values);
                 } else {
-                    $input_values[ $subsection_name ] = $subform_input_values;
+                    $input_values[$subsection_name] = $subform_input_values;
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ 
             if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
                 // is this input part of an array of inputs?
                 if (strpos($subsection->html_name(), '[') !== false) {
-                    $full_input_name  = EEH_Array::convert_array_values_to_keys(
+                    $full_input_name = EEH_Array::convert_array_values_to_keys(
                         explode(
                             '[',
                             str_replace(']', '', $subsection->html_name())
@@ -1167,7 +1167,7 @@ 
                     );
                     $submitted_values = array_replace_recursive($submitted_values, $full_input_name);
                 } else {
-                    $submitted_values[ $subsection->html_name() ] = $subsection->raw_value();
+                    $submitted_values[$subsection->html_name()] = $subsection->raw_value();
                 }
             } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper && $include_subforms) {
                 $subform_input_values = $subsection->submitted_values($include_subforms);
@@ -1202,7 +1202,7 @@ 
     public function exclude(array $inputs_to_exclude = array())
     {
         foreach ($inputs_to_exclude as $input_to_exclude_name) {
-            unset($this->_subsections[ $input_to_exclude_name ]);
+            unset($this->_subsections[$input_to_exclude_name]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -1244,7 +1244,7 @@ 
     public function add_subsections($new_subsections, $subsection_name_to_target = null, $add_before = true)
     {
         foreach ($new_subsections as $subsection_name => $subsection) {
-            if (! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
+            if ( ! $subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
                 EE_Error::add_error(
                     sprintf(
                         esc_html__(
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ 
                         $this->name()
                     )
                 );
-                unset($new_subsections[ $subsection_name ]);
+                unset($new_subsections[$subsection_name]);
             }
         }
         $this->_subsections = EEH_Array::insert_into_array(
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ 
     public function html_name_prefix()
     {
         if ($this->parent_section() instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            return $this->parent_section()->html_name_prefix() . '[' . $this->name() . ']';
+            return $this->parent_section()->html_name_prefix().'['.$this->name().']';
         }
         return $this->name();
     }
@@ -1388,7 +1388,7 @@ 
      */
     public function ensure_construct_finalized_called()
     {
-        if (! $this->_construction_finalized) {
+        if ( ! $this->_construction_finalized) {
             $this->_construct_finalize($this->_parent_section, $this->_name);
         }
     }
@@ -1460,7 +1460,7 @@ 
                 $form_section = $validation_error->get_form_section();
                 if ($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
                    $label = $validation_error->get_form_section()->html_label_text();
-                } elseif($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
+                } elseif ($form_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Validatable) {
                     $label = $validation_error->get_form_section()->name();
                 } else {
                     $label = esc_html__('Unknown', 'event_espresso');

modules/single_page_checkout/EED_Single_Page_Checkout.module.php

Indentation +1845 added lines, -1845 removed lines

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ 
 use EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidEntityException;
 
 if ( ! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
-    exit('No direct script access allowed');
+	exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
 
@@ -20,1850 +20,1850 @@ 
 class EED_Single_Page_Checkout extends EED_Module
 {
 
-    /**
-     * $_initialized - has the SPCO controller already been initialized ?
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @var bool $_initialized
-     */
-    private static $_initialized = false;
-
-
-    /**
-     * $_checkout_verified - is the EE_Checkout verified as correct for this request ?
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @var bool $_valid_checkout
-     */
-    private static $_checkout_verified = true;
-
-    /**
-     *    $_reg_steps_array - holds initial array of reg steps
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @var array $_reg_steps_array
-     */
-    private static $_reg_steps_array = array();
-
-    /**
-     *    $checkout - EE_Checkout object for handling the properties of the current checkout process
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @var EE_Checkout $checkout
-     */
-    public $checkout;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return EED_Module|EED_Single_Page_Checkout
-     */
-    public static function instance()
-    {
-        add_filter('EED_Single_Page_Checkout__SPCO_active', '__return_true');
-        return parent::get_instance(__CLASS__);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return EE_CART
-     */
-    public function cart()
-    {
-        return $this->checkout->cart;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return EE_Transaction
-     */
-    public function transaction()
-    {
-        return $this->checkout->transaction;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    set_hooks - for hooking into EE Core, other modules, etc
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function set_hooks()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::set_definitions();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    set_hooks_admin - for hooking into EE Admin Core, other modules, etc
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function set_hooks_admin()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::set_definitions();
-        if ( ! (defined('DOING_AJAX') && DOING_AJAX)) {
-            return;
-        }
-        // going to start an output buffer in case anything gets accidentally output
-        // that might disrupt our JSON response
-        ob_start();
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_reg_steps();
-        // set ajax hooks
-        add_action('wp_ajax_process_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'process_reg_step'));
-        add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_process_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'process_reg_step'));
-        add_action('wp_ajax_display_spco_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'display_reg_step'));
-        add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_display_spco_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'display_reg_step'));
-        add_action('wp_ajax_update_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'update_reg_step'));
-        add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_update_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'update_reg_step'));
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    process ajax request
-     *
-     * @param string $ajax_action
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function process_ajax_request($ajax_action)
-    {
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('action', $ajax_action);
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_initialize();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    ajax display registration step
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function display_reg_step()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('display_spco_reg_step');
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    ajax process registration step
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function process_reg_step()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('process_reg_step');
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    ajax process registration step
-     *
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function update_reg_step()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('update_reg_step');
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *   update_checkout
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function update_checkout()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('update_checkout');
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    load_request_handler
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    void
-     */
-    public static function load_request_handler()
-    {
-        // load core Request_Handler class
-        if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ !== null) {
-            EE_Registry::instance()->load_core('Request_Handler');
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    set_definitions
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function set_definitions()
-    {
-        if(defined('SPCO_BASE_PATH')) {
-            return;
-        }
-        define(
-            'SPCO_BASE_PATH',
-            rtrim(str_replace(array('\\', '/'), DS, plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)), DS) . DS
-        );
-        define('SPCO_CSS_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'css' . DS);
-        define('SPCO_IMG_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'img' . DS);
-        define('SPCO_JS_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'js' . DS);
-        define('SPCO_INC_PATH', SPCO_BASE_PATH . 'inc' . DS);
-        define('SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH', SPCO_BASE_PATH . 'reg_steps' . DS);
-        define('SPCO_TEMPLATES_PATH', SPCO_BASE_PATH . 'templates' . DS);
-        EEH_Autoloader::register_autoloaders_for_each_file_in_folder(SPCO_BASE_PATH, true);
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['registration_expiration_notice'] = sprintf(
-            __('%1$sWe\'re sorry, but you\'re registration time has expired.%2$s%4$sIf you still wish to complete your registration, please return to the %5$sEvent List%6$sEvent List%7$s and reselect your tickets if available. Please except our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.%8$s',
-                'event_espresso'),
-            '<h4 class="important-notice">',
-            '</h4>',
-            '<br />',
-            '<p>',
-            '<a href="' . get_post_type_archive_link('espresso_events') . '" title="',
-            '">',
-            '</a>',
-            '</p>'
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * load_reg_steps
-     * loads and instantiates each reg step based on the EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_steps array
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function load_reg_steps()
-    {
-        static $reg_steps_loaded = false;
-        if ($reg_steps_loaded) {
-            return;
-        }
-        // filter list of reg_steps
-        $reg_steps_to_load = (array)apply_filters(
-            'AHEE__SPCO__load_reg_steps__reg_steps_to_load',
-            EED_Single_Page_Checkout::get_reg_steps()
-        );
-        // sort by key (order)
-        ksort($reg_steps_to_load);
-        // loop through folders
-        foreach ($reg_steps_to_load as $order => $reg_step) {
-            // we need a
-            if (isset($reg_step['file_path'], $reg_step['class_name'], $reg_step['slug'])) {
-                // copy over to the reg_steps_array
-                EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_reg_steps_array[$order] = $reg_step;
-                // register custom key route for each reg step
-                // ie: step=>"slug" - this is the entire reason we load the reg steps array now
-                EE_Config::register_route(
-                    $reg_step['slug'],
-                    'EED_Single_Page_Checkout',
-                    'run',
-                    'step'
-                );
-                // add AJAX or other hooks
-                if (isset($reg_step['has_hooks']) && $reg_step['has_hooks']) {
-                    // setup autoloaders if necessary
-                    if ( ! class_exists($reg_step['class_name'])) {
-                        EEH_Autoloader::register_autoloaders_for_each_file_in_folder(
-                            $reg_step['file_path'],
-                            true
-                        );
-                    }
-                    if (is_callable($reg_step['class_name'], 'set_hooks')) {
-                        call_user_func(array($reg_step['class_name'], 'set_hooks'));
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        $reg_steps_loaded = true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    get_reg_steps
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    array
-     */
-    public static function get_reg_steps()
-    {
-        $reg_steps = EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_steps;
-        if (empty($reg_steps)) {
-            $reg_steps = array(
-                10  => array(
-                    'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'attendee_information',
-                    'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Attendee_Information',
-                    'slug'       => 'attendee_information',
-                    'has_hooks'  => false,
-                ),
-                20  => array(
-                    'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'registration_confirmation',
-                    'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Registration_Confirmation',
-                    'slug'       => 'registration_confirmation',
-                    'has_hooks'  => false,
-                ),
-                30  => array(
-                    'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'payment_options',
-                    'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Payment_Options',
-                    'slug'       => 'payment_options',
-                    'has_hooks'  => true,
-                ),
-                999 => array(
-                    'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'finalize_registration',
-                    'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Finalize_Registration',
-                    'slug'       => 'finalize_registration',
-                    'has_hooks'  => false,
-                ),
-            );
-        }
-        return $reg_steps;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    registration_checkout_for_admin
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    string
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function registration_checkout_for_admin()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('step', 'attendee_information');
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('action', 'display_spco_reg_step');
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('process_form_submission', false);
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_initialize();
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_display_spco_reg_form();
-        return EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get_output();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * process_registration_from_admin
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return \EE_Transaction
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function process_registration_from_admin()
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('step', 'attendee_information');
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('action', 'process_reg_step');
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('process_form_submission', true);
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_initialize();
-        if (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->current_step->completed()) {
-            $final_reg_step = end(EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->reg_steps);
-            if ($final_reg_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Finalize_Registration) {
-                EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->set_reg_step_initiated($final_reg_step);
-                if ($final_reg_step->process_reg_step()) {
-                    $final_reg_step->set_completed();
-                    EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->update_txn_reg_steps_array();
-                    return EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->transaction;
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    run
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @param WP_Query $WP_Query
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function run($WP_Query)
-    {
-        if (
-            $WP_Query instanceof WP_Query
-            && $WP_Query->is_main_query()
-            && apply_filters('FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__run', true)
-            && $this->_is_reg_checkout()
-        ) {
-            $this->_initialize();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * determines whether current url matches reg page url
-     *
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    protected function _is_reg_checkout()
-    {
-        // get current permalink for reg page without any extra query args
-        $reg_page_url = \get_permalink(EE_Config::instance()->core->reg_page_id);
-        // get request URI for current request, but without the scheme or host
-        $current_request_uri = \EEH_URL::filter_input_server_url('REQUEST_URI');
-        $current_request_uri = html_entity_decode($current_request_uri);
-        // get array of query args from the current request URI
-        $query_args = \EEH_URL::get_query_string($current_request_uri);
-        // grab page id if it is set
-        $page_id = isset($query_args['page_id']) ? absint($query_args['page_id']) : 0;
-        // and remove the page id from the query args (we will re-add it later)
-        unset($query_args['page_id']);
-        // now strip all query args from current request URI
-        $current_request_uri = remove_query_arg(array_keys($query_args), $current_request_uri);
-        // and re-add the page id if it was set
-        if ($page_id) {
-            $current_request_uri = add_query_arg('page_id', $page_id, $current_request_uri);
-        }
-        // remove slashes and ?
-        $current_request_uri = trim($current_request_uri, '?/');
-        // is current request URI part of the known full reg page URL ?
-        return ! empty($current_request_uri) && strpos($reg_page_url, $current_request_uri) !== false;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param WP_Query $wp_query
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public static function init($wp_query)
-    {
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->run($wp_query);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _initialize - initial module setup
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return    void
-     */
-    private function _initialize()
-    {
-        // ensure SPCO doesn't run twice
-        if (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized) {
-            return;
-        }
-        try {
-            EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_reg_steps();
-            $this->_verify_session();
-            // setup the EE_Checkout object
-            $this->checkout = $this->_initialize_checkout();
-            // filter checkout
-            $this->checkout = apply_filters('FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___initialize__checkout', $this->checkout);
-            // get the $_GET
-            $this->_get_request_vars();
-            if ($this->_block_bots()) {
-                return;
-            }
-            // filter continue_reg
-            $this->checkout->continue_reg = apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__init___continue_reg',
-                true,
-                $this->checkout
-            );
-            // load the reg steps array
-            if ( ! $this->_load_and_instantiate_reg_steps()) {
-                EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
-                return;
-            }
-            // set the current step
-            $this->checkout->set_current_step($this->checkout->step);
-            // and the next step
-            $this->checkout->set_next_step();
-            // verify that everything has been setup correctly
-            if ( ! ($this->_verify_transaction_and_get_registrations() && $this->_final_verifications())) {
-                EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
-                return;
-            }
-            // lock the transaction
-            $this->checkout->transaction->lock();
-            // make sure all of our cached objects are added to their respective model entity mappers
-            $this->checkout->refresh_all_entities();
-            // set amount owing
-            $this->checkout->amount_owing = $this->checkout->transaction->remaining();
-            // initialize each reg step, which gives them the chance to potentially alter the process
-            $this->_initialize_reg_steps();
-            // DEBUG LOG
-            //$this->checkout->log( __CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__ );
-            // get reg form
-            if( ! $this->_check_form_submission()) {
-                EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
-                return;
-            }
-            // checkout the action!!!
-            $this->_process_form_action();
-            // add some style and make it dance
-            $this->add_styles_and_scripts();
-            // kk... SPCO has successfully run
-            EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
-            // set no cache headers and constants
-            EE_System::do_not_cache();
-            // add anchor
-            add_action('loop_start', array($this, 'set_checkout_anchor'), 1);
-            // remove transaction lock
-            add_action('shutdown', array($this, 'unlock_transaction'), 1);
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            EE_Error::add_error($e->getMessage(), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _verify_session
-     * checks that the session is valid and not expired
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _verify_session()
-    {
-        if ( ! EE_Registry::instance()->SSN instanceof EE_Session) {
-            throw new EE_Error(__('The EE_Session class could not be loaded.', 'event_espresso'));
-        }
-        $clear_session_requested = filter_var(
-            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('clear_session', false),
-            FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
-        );
-        // is session still valid ?
-        if ($clear_session_requested
-            || ( EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expired()
-              && EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('e_reg_url_link', '') === ''
-            )
-        ) {
-            $this->checkout = new EE_Checkout();
-            EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->clear_session(__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__);
-            // EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_cart();
-            // EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_checkout();
-            // EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_transaction();
-            if (! $clear_session_requested) {
-                EE_Error::add_attention(
-                    EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['registration_expiration_notice'],
-                    __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-                );
-            }
-            // EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_expired();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _initialize_checkout
-     * loads and instantiates EE_Checkout
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return EE_Checkout
-     */
-    private function _initialize_checkout()
-    {
-        // look in session for existing checkout
-        /** @type EE_Checkout $checkout */
-        $checkout = EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->checkout();
-        // verify
-        if ( ! $checkout instanceof EE_Checkout) {
-            // instantiate EE_Checkout object for handling the properties of the current checkout process
-            $checkout = EE_Registry::instance()->load_file(
-                SPCO_INC_PATH,
-                'EE_Checkout',
-                'class', array(),
-                false
-            );
-        } else {
-            if ($checkout->current_step->is_final_step() && $checkout->exit_spco() === true) {
-                $this->unlock_transaction();
-                wp_safe_redirect($checkout->redirect_url);
-                exit();
-            }
-        }
-        $checkout = apply_filters('FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_checkout__checkout', $checkout);
-        // verify again
-        if ( ! $checkout instanceof EE_Checkout) {
-            throw new EE_Error(__('The EE_Checkout class could not be loaded.', 'event_espresso'));
-        }
-        // reset anything that needs a clean slate for each request
-        $checkout->reset_for_current_request();
-        return $checkout;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _get_request_vars
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _get_request_vars()
-    {
-        // load classes
-        EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
-        //make sure this request is marked as belonging to EE
-        EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set_espresso_page(true);
-        // which step is being requested ?
-        $this->checkout->step = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('step', $this->_get_first_step());
-        // which step is being edited ?
-        $this->checkout->edit_step = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('edit_step', '');
-        // and what we're doing on the current step
-        $this->checkout->action = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('action', 'display_spco_reg_step');
-        // timestamp
-        $this->checkout->uts = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('uts', 0);
-        // returning to edit ?
-        $this->checkout->reg_url_link = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('e_reg_url_link', '');
-        // add reg url link to registration query params
-        if ($this->checkout->reg_url_link && strpos($this->checkout->reg_url_link, '1-') !== 0) {
-            $this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params[0]['REG_url_link'] = $this->checkout->reg_url_link;
-        }
-        // or some other kind of revisit ?
-        $this->checkout->revisit = filter_var(
-            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('revisit', false),
-            FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
-        );
-        // and whether or not to generate a reg form for this request
-        $this->checkout->generate_reg_form = filter_var(
-            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('generate_reg_form', true),
-            FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
-        );
-        // and whether or not to process a reg form submission for this request
-        $this->checkout->process_form_submission = filter_var(
-            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get(
-                'process_form_submission',
-                $this->checkout->action === 'process_reg_step'
-            ),
-            FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
-        );
-        $this->checkout->process_form_submission = filter_var(
-            $this->checkout->action !== 'display_spco_reg_step'
-                ? $this->checkout->process_form_submission
-                : false,
-            FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
-        );
-        // $this->_display_request_vars();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *  _display_request_vars
-     *
-     * @access    protected
-     * @return    void
-     */
-    protected function _display_request_vars()
-    {
-        if ( ! WP_DEBUG) {
-            return;
-        }
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($_REQUEST, '$_REQUEST', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->step, '$this->checkout->step', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->edit_step, '$this->checkout->edit_step', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->action, '$this->checkout->action', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->reg_url_link, '$this->checkout->reg_url_link', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->revisit, '$this->checkout->revisit', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->generate_reg_form, '$this->checkout->generate_reg_form', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-        EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->process_form_submission, '$this->checkout->process_form_submission', __FILE__, __LINE__);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * _block_bots
-     * checks that the incoming request has either of the following set:
-     *  a uts (unix timestamp) which indicates that the request was redirected from the Ticket Selector
-     *  a REG URL Link, which indicates that the request is a return visit to SPCO for a valid TXN
-     * so if you're not coming from the Ticket Selector nor returning for a valid IP...
-     * then where you coming from man?
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    private function _block_bots()
-    {
-        $invalid_checkout_access = EED_Invalid_Checkout_Access::getInvalidCheckoutAccess();
-        if ($invalid_checkout_access->checkoutAccessIsInvalid($this->checkout)) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _get_first_step
-     *  gets slug for first step in $_reg_steps_array
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return    string
-     */
-    private function _get_first_step()
-    {
-        $first_step = reset(EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_reg_steps_array);
-        return isset($first_step['slug']) ? $first_step['slug'] : 'attendee_information';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _load_and_instantiate_reg_steps
-     *  instantiates each reg step based on the loaded reg_steps array
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return    bool
-     */
-    private function _load_and_instantiate_reg_steps()
-    {
-        do_action('AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___load_and_instantiate_reg_steps__start', $this->checkout);
-        // have reg_steps already been instantiated ?
-        if (
-            empty($this->checkout->reg_steps)
-            || apply_filters('FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__load_reg_steps__reload_reg_steps', false, $this->checkout)
-        ) {
-            // if not, then loop through raw reg steps array
-            foreach (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_reg_steps_array as $order => $reg_step) {
-                if ( ! $this->_load_and_instantiate_reg_step($reg_step, $order)) {
-                    return false;
-                }
-            }
-            EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->skip_reg_confirmation = true;
-            EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_confirmation_last = true;
-            // skip the registration_confirmation page ?
-            if (EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->skip_reg_confirmation) {
-                // just remove it from the reg steps array
-                $this->checkout->remove_reg_step('registration_confirmation', false);
-            } else if (
-                isset($this->checkout->reg_steps['registration_confirmation'])
-                && EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_confirmation_last
-            ) {
-                // set the order to something big like 100
-                $this->checkout->set_reg_step_order('registration_confirmation', 100);
-            }
-            // filter the array for good luck
-            $this->checkout->reg_steps = apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__load_reg_steps__reg_steps',
-                $this->checkout->reg_steps
-            );
-            // finally re-sort based on the reg step class order properties
-            $this->checkout->sort_reg_steps();
-        } else {
-            foreach ($this->checkout->reg_steps as $reg_step) {
-                // set all current step stati to FALSE
-                $reg_step->set_is_current_step(false);
-            }
-        }
-        if (empty($this->checkout->reg_steps)) {
-            EE_Error::add_error(
-                __('No Reg Steps were loaded..', 'event_espresso'),
-                __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-            );
-            return false;
-        }
-        // make reg step details available to JS
-        $this->checkout->set_reg_step_JSON_info();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *     _load_and_instantiate_reg_step
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @param array $reg_step
-     * @param int   $order
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    private function _load_and_instantiate_reg_step($reg_step = array(), $order = 0)
-    {
-        // we need a file_path, class_name, and slug to add a reg step
-        if (isset($reg_step['file_path'], $reg_step['class_name'], $reg_step['slug'])) {
-            // if editing a specific step, but this is NOT that step... (and it's not the 'finalize_registration' step)
-            if (
-                $this->checkout->reg_url_link
-                && $this->checkout->step !== $reg_step['slug']
-                && $reg_step['slug'] !== 'finalize_registration'
-                // normally at this point we would NOT load the reg step, but this filter can change that
-                && apply_filters(
-                    'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___load_and_instantiate_reg_step__bypass_reg_step',
-                    true,
-                    $reg_step,
-                    $this->checkout
-                )
-            ) {
-                return true;
-            }
-            // instantiate step class using file path and class name
-            $reg_step_obj = EE_Registry::instance()->load_file(
-                $reg_step['file_path'],
-                $reg_step['class_name'],
-                'class',
-                $this->checkout,
-                false
-            );
-            // did we gets the goods ?
-            if ($reg_step_obj instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step) {
-                // set reg step order based on config
-                $reg_step_obj->set_order($order);
-                // add instantiated reg step object to the master reg steps array
-                $this->checkout->add_reg_step($reg_step_obj);
-            } else {
-                EE_Error::add_error(
-                    __('The current step could not be set.', 'event_espresso'),
-                    __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-                );
-                return false;
-            }
-        } else {
-            if (WP_DEBUG) {
-                EE_Error::add_error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        __(
-                            'A registration step could not be loaded. One or more of the following data points is invalid:%4$s%5$sFile Path: %1$s%6$s%5$sClass Name: %2$s%6$s%5$sSlug: %3$s%6$s%7$s',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        isset($reg_step['file_path']) ? $reg_step['file_path'] : '',
-                        isset($reg_step['class_name']) ? $reg_step['class_name'] : '',
-                        isset($reg_step['slug']) ? $reg_step['slug'] : '',
-                        '<ul>',
-                        '<li>',
-                        '</li>',
-                        '</ul>'
-                    ),
-                    __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-                );
-            }
-            return false;
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * _verify_transaction_and_get_registrations
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @return bool
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws InvalidEntityException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _verify_transaction_and_get_registrations()
-    {
-        // was there already a valid transaction in the checkout from the session ?
-        if ( ! $this->checkout->transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
-            // get transaction from db or session
-            $this->checkout->transaction = $this->checkout->reg_url_link && ! is_admin()
-                ? $this->_get_transaction_and_cart_for_previous_visit()
-                : $this->_get_cart_for_current_session_and_setup_new_transaction();
-            if ( ! $this->checkout->transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
-                EE_Error::add_error(
-                    __('Your Registration and Transaction information could not be retrieved from the db.',
-                        'event_espresso'),
-                    __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-                );
-                $this->checkout->transaction = EE_Transaction::new_instance();
-                // add some style and make it dance
-                $this->add_styles_and_scripts();
-                EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
-                return false;
-            }
-            // and the registrations for the transaction
-            $this->_get_registrations($this->checkout->transaction);
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * _get_transaction_and_cart_for_previous_visit
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @return mixed EE_Transaction|NULL
-     */
-    private function _get_transaction_and_cart_for_previous_visit()
-    {
-        /** @var $TXN_model EEM_Transaction */
-        $TXN_model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model('Transaction');
-        // because the reg_url_link is present in the request,
-        // this is a return visit to SPCO, so we'll get the transaction data from the db
-        $transaction = $TXN_model->get_transaction_from_reg_url_link($this->checkout->reg_url_link);
-        // verify transaction
-        if ($transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
-            // and get the cart that was used for that transaction
-            $this->checkout->cart = $this->_get_cart_for_transaction($transaction);
-            return $transaction;
-        }
-        EE_Error::add_error(
-            __('Your Registration and Transaction information could not be retrieved from the db.', 'event_espresso'),
-            __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-        );
-        return null;
-
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * _get_cart_for_transaction
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
-     * @return EE_Cart
-     */
-    private function _get_cart_for_transaction($transaction)
-    {
-        return $this->checkout->get_cart_for_transaction($transaction);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * get_cart_for_transaction
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
-     * @return EE_Cart
-     */
-    public function get_cart_for_transaction(EE_Transaction $transaction)
-    {
-        return $this->checkout->get_cart_for_transaction($transaction);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * _get_transaction_and_cart_for_current_session
-     *    generates a new EE_Transaction object and adds it to the $_transaction property.
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @return EE_Transaction
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _get_cart_for_current_session_and_setup_new_transaction()
-    {
-        //  if there's no transaction, then this is the FIRST visit to SPCO
-        // so load up the cart ( passing nothing for the TXN because it doesn't exist yet )
-        $this->checkout->cart = $this->_get_cart_for_transaction(null);
-        // and then create a new transaction
-        $transaction = $this->_initialize_transaction();
-        // verify transaction
-        if ($transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
-            // save it so that we have an ID for other objects to use
-            $transaction->save();
-            // and save TXN data to the cart
-            $this->checkout->cart->get_grand_total()->save_this_and_descendants_to_txn($transaction->ID());
-        } else {
-            EE_Error::add_error(
-                __('A Valid Transaction could not be initialized.', 'event_espresso'),
-                __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-            );
-        }
-        return $transaction;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    generates a new EE_Transaction object and adds it to the $_transaction property.
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @return mixed EE_Transaction|NULL
-     */
-    private function _initialize_transaction()
-    {
-        try {
-            // ensure cart totals have been calculated
-            $this->checkout->cart->get_grand_total()->recalculate_total_including_taxes();
-            // grab the cart grand total
-            $cart_total = $this->checkout->cart->get_cart_grand_total();
-            // create new TXN
-            $transaction = EE_Transaction::new_instance(
-                array(
-                    'TXN_reg_steps' => $this->checkout->initialize_txn_reg_steps_array(),
-                    'TXN_total'     => $cart_total > 0 ? $cart_total : 0,
-                    'TXN_paid'      => 0,
-                    'STS_ID'        => EEM_Transaction::failed_status_code,
-                )
-            );
-            // save it so that we have an ID for other objects to use
-            $transaction->save();
-            // set cron job for following up on TXNs after their session has expired
-            EE_Cron_Tasks::schedule_expired_transaction_check(
-                EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expiration() + 1,
-                $transaction->ID()
-            );
-            return $transaction;
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            EE_Error::add_error($e->getMessage(), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * _get_registrations
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
-     * @return void
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws InvalidEntityException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _get_registrations(EE_Transaction $transaction)
-    {
-        // first step: grab the registrants  { : o
-        $registrations = $transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params, false);
-        $this->checkout->total_ticket_count = count($registrations);
-        // verify registrations have been set
-        if (empty($registrations)) {
-            // if no cached registrations, then check the db
-            $registrations = $transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params, false);
-            // still nothing ? well as long as this isn't a revisit
-            if (empty($registrations) && ! $this->checkout->revisit) {
-                // generate new registrations from scratch
-                $registrations = $this->_initialize_registrations($transaction);
-            }
-        }
-        // sort by their original registration order
-        usort($registrations, array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'sort_registrations_by_REG_count'));
-        // then loop thru the array
-        foreach ($registrations as $registration) {
-            // verify each registration
-            if ($registration instanceof EE_Registration) {
-                // we display all attendee info for the primary registrant
-                if ($this->checkout->reg_url_link === $registration->reg_url_link()
-                    && $registration->is_primary_registrant()
-                ) {
-                    $this->checkout->primary_revisit = true;
-                    break;
-                }
-                if ($this->checkout->revisit && $this->checkout->reg_url_link !== $registration->reg_url_link()) {
-                    // but hide info if it doesn't belong to you
-                    $transaction->clear_cache('Registration', $registration->ID());
-                    $this->checkout->total_ticket_count--;
-                }
-                $this->checkout->set_reg_status_updated($registration->ID(), false);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     *    adds related EE_Registration objects for each ticket in the cart to the current EE_Transaction object
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
-     * @return    array
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws InvalidEntityException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _initialize_registrations(EE_Transaction $transaction)
-    {
-        $att_nmbr = 0;
-        $registrations = array();
-        if ($transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
-            /** @type EE_Registration_Processor $registration_processor */
-            $registration_processor = EE_Registry::instance()->load_class('Registration_Processor');
-            $this->checkout->total_ticket_count = $this->checkout->cart->all_ticket_quantity_count();
-            // now let's add the cart items to the $transaction
-            foreach ($this->checkout->cart->get_tickets() as $line_item) {
-                //do the following for each ticket of this type they selected
-                for ($x = 1; $x <= $line_item->quantity(); $x++) {
-                    $att_nmbr++;
-                    /** @var EventEspresso\core\services\commands\registration\CreateRegistrationCommand $CreateRegistrationCommand */
-                    $CreateRegistrationCommand = EE_Registry::instance()->create(
-                        'EventEspresso\core\services\commands\registration\CreateRegistrationCommand',
-                        array(
-                            $transaction,
-                            $line_item,
-                            $att_nmbr,
-                            $this->checkout->total_ticket_count,
-                        )
-                    );
-                    // override capabilities for frontend registrations
-                    if ( ! is_admin()) {
-                        $CreateRegistrationCommand->setCapCheck(
-                            new PublicCapabilities('', 'create_new_registration')
-                        );
-                    }
-                    $registration = EE_Registry::instance()->BUS->execute($CreateRegistrationCommand);
-                    if ( ! $registration instanceof EE_Registration) {
-                        throw new InvalidEntityException($registration, 'EE_Registration');
-                    }
-                    $registrations[ $registration->ID() ] = $registration;
-                }
-            }
-            $registration_processor->fix_reg_final_price_rounding_issue($transaction);
-        }
-        return $registrations;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * sorts registrations by REG_count
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @param EE_Registration $reg_A
-     * @param EE_Registration $reg_B
-     * @return int
-     */
-    public static function sort_registrations_by_REG_count(EE_Registration $reg_A, EE_Registration $reg_B)
-    {
-        // this shouldn't ever happen within the same TXN, but oh well
-        if ($reg_A->count() === $reg_B->count()) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        return ($reg_A->count() > $reg_B->count()) ? 1 : -1;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _final_verifications
-     * just makes sure that everything is set up correctly before proceeding
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @return    bool
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _final_verifications()
-    {
-        // filter checkout
-        $this->checkout = apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___final_verifications__checkout',
-            $this->checkout
-        );
-        //verify that current step is still set correctly
-        if ( ! $this->checkout->current_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step) {
-            EE_Error::add_error(
-                __('We\'re sorry but the registration process can not proceed because one or more registration steps were not setup correctly. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.', 'event_espresso'),
-                __FILE__,
-                __FUNCTION__,
-                __LINE__
-            );
-            return false;
-        }
-        // if returning to SPCO, then verify that primary registrant is set
-        if ( ! empty($this->checkout->reg_url_link)) {
-            $valid_registrant = $this->checkout->transaction->primary_registration();
-            if ( ! $valid_registrant instanceof EE_Registration) {
-                EE_Error::add_error(
-                    __('We\'re sorry but there appears to be an error with the "reg_url_link" or the primary registrant for this transaction. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.', 'event_espresso'),
-                    __FILE__,
-                    __FUNCTION__,
-                    __LINE__
-                );
-                return false;
-            }
-            $valid_registrant = null;
-            foreach (
-                $this->checkout->transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params) as $registration
-            ) {
-                if (
-                    $registration instanceof EE_Registration
-                    && $registration->reg_url_link() === $this->checkout->reg_url_link
-                ) {
-                    $valid_registrant = $registration;
-                }
-            }
-            if ( ! $valid_registrant instanceof EE_Registration) {
-                // hmmm... maybe we have the wrong session because the user is opening multiple tabs ?
-                if (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_checkout_verified) {
-                    // clear the session, mark the checkout as unverified, and try again
-                    EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->clear_session(__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__);
-                    EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = false;
-                    EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_checkout_verified = false;
-                    $this->_initialize();
-                    EE_Error::reset_notices();
-                    return false;
-                }
-                EE_Error::add_error(
-                    __(
-                        'We\'re sorry but there appears to be an error with the "reg_url_link" or the transaction itself. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    __FILE__,
-                    __FUNCTION__,
-                    __LINE__
-                );
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        // now that things have been kinda sufficiently verified,
-        // let's add the checkout to the session so that it's available to other systems
-        EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->set_checkout($this->checkout);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    _initialize_reg_steps
-     * first makes sure that EE_Transaction_Processor::set_reg_step_initiated() is called as required
-     * then loops thru all of the active reg steps and calls the initialize_reg_step() method
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @param bool $reinitializing
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _initialize_reg_steps($reinitializing = false)
-    {
-        $this->checkout->set_reg_step_initiated($this->checkout->current_step);
-        // loop thru all steps to call their individual "initialize" methods and set i18n strings for JS
-        foreach ($this->checkout->reg_steps as $reg_step) {
-            if ( ! $reg_step->initialize_reg_step()) {
-                // if not initialized then maybe this step is being removed...
-                if ( ! $reinitializing && $reg_step->is_current_step()) {
-                    // if it was the current step, then we need to start over here
-                    $this->_initialize_reg_steps(true);
-                    return;
-                }
-                continue;
-            }
-            // add css and JS for current step
-            $reg_step->enqueue_styles_and_scripts();
-            // i18n
-            $reg_step->translate_js_strings();
-            if ($reg_step->is_current_step()) {
-                // the text that appears on the reg step form submit button
-                $reg_step->set_submit_button_text();
-            }
-        }
-        // dynamically creates hook point like: AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_reg_step__attendee_information
-        do_action(
-            "AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_reg_step__{$this->checkout->current_step->slug()}",
-            $this->checkout->current_step
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * _check_form_submission
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    private function _check_form_submission()
-    {
-        //does this request require the reg form to be generated ?
-        if ($this->checkout->generate_reg_form) {
-            // ever heard that song by Blue Rodeo ?
-            try {
-                $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form = $this->checkout->current_step->generate_reg_form();
-                // if not displaying a form, then check for form submission
-                if (
-                    $this->checkout->process_form_submission
-                    && $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->was_submitted()
-                ) {
-                    // clear out any old data in case this step is being run again
-                    $this->checkout->current_step->set_valid_data(array());
-                    // capture submitted form data
-                    $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->receive_form_submission(
-                        apply_filters(
-                            'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___check_form_submission__request_params',
-                            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->params(),
-                            $this->checkout
-                        )
-                    );
-                    // validate submitted form data
-                    if ( ! $this->checkout->continue_reg || ! $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->is_valid()) {
-                        // thou shall not pass !!!
-                        $this->checkout->continue_reg = false;
-                        // any form validation errors?
-                        if ($this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->submission_error_message() !== '') {
-                            EE_Error::add_error(
-                                $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->submission_error_message(),
-                                __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
-                            );
-                        }
-                        // well not really... what will happen is
-                        // we'll just get redirected back to redo the current step
-                        $this->go_to_next_step();
-                        return false;
-                    }
-                }
-            } catch (EE_Error $e) {
-                $e->get_error();
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * _process_action
-     *
-     * @access private
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _process_form_action()
-    {
-        // what cha wanna do?
-        switch ($this->checkout->action) {
-            // AJAX next step reg form
-            case 'display_spco_reg_step' :
-                $this->checkout->redirect = false;
-                if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->ajax) {
-                    $this->checkout->json_response->set_reg_step_html(
-                        $this->checkout->current_step->display_reg_form()
-                    );
-                }
-                break;
-            default :
-                // meh... do one of those other steps first
-                if (
-                    ! empty($this->checkout->action)
-                    && is_callable(array($this->checkout->current_step, $this->checkout->action))
-                ) {
-                    // dynamically creates hook point like:
-                    //   AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__before_attendee_information__process_reg_step
-                    do_action(
-                        "AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__before_{$this->checkout->current_step->slug()}__{$this->checkout->action}",
-                        $this->checkout->current_step
-                    );
-                    // call action on current step
-                    if (call_user_func(array($this->checkout->current_step, $this->checkout->action))) {
-                        // good registrant, you get to proceed
-                        if (
-                            $this->checkout->current_step->success_message() !== ''
-                            && apply_filters(
-                                'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___process_form_action__display_success',
-                                false
-                            )
-                        ) {
-                            EE_Error::add_success(
-                                $this->checkout->current_step->success_message()
-                                . '<br />' . $this->checkout->next_step->_instructions()
-                            );
-                        }
-                        // pack it up, pack it in...
-                        $this->_setup_redirect();
-                    }
-                    // dynamically creates hook point like:
-                    //  AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__after_payment_options__process_reg_step
-                    do_action(
-                        "AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__after_{$this->checkout->current_step->slug()}__{$this->checkout->action}",
-                        $this->checkout->current_step
-                    );
-                } else {
-                    EE_Error::add_error(
-                        sprintf(
-                            __(
-                                'The requested form action "%s" does not exist for the current "%s" registration step.',
-                                'event_espresso'
-                            ),
-                            $this->checkout->action,
-                            $this->checkout->current_step->name()
-                        ),
-                        __FILE__,
-                        __FUNCTION__,
-                        __LINE__
-                    );
-                }
-            // end default
-        }
-        // store our progress so far
-        $this->checkout->stash_transaction_and_checkout();
-        // advance to the next step! If you pass GO, collect $200
-        $this->go_to_next_step();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *        add_styles_and_scripts
-     *
-     * @access        public
-     * @return        void
-     */
-    public function add_styles_and_scripts()
-    {
-        // i18n
-        $this->translate_js_strings();
-        if ($this->checkout->admin_request) {
-            add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'enqueue_styles_and_scripts'), 10);
-        } else {
-            add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'enqueue_styles_and_scripts'), 10);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *        translate_js_strings
-     *
-     * @access        public
-     * @return        void
-     */
-    public function translate_js_strings()
-    {
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['revisit'] = $this->checkout->revisit;
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['e_reg_url_link'] = $this->checkout->reg_url_link;
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['server_error'] = __(
-            'An unknown error occurred on the server while attempting to process your request. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
-            'event_espresso'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['invalid_json_response'] = __(
-            'An invalid response was returned from the server while attempting to process your request. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
-            'event_espresso'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['validation_error'] = __(
-            'There appears to be a problem with the form validation configuration! Please check the admin settings or contact support.',
-            'event_espresso'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['invalid_payment_method'] = __(
-            'There appears to be a problem with the payment method configuration! Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
-            'event_espresso'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['reg_step_error'] = __(
-            'This registration step could not be completed. Please refresh the page and try again.',
-            'event_espresso'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['invalid_coupon'] = __(
-            'We\'re sorry but that coupon code does not appear to be valid. If this is incorrect, please contact the site administrator.',
-            'event_espresso'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['process_registration'] = sprintf(
-            __(
-                'Please wait while we process your registration.%sDo not refresh the page or navigate away while this is happening.%sThank you for your patience.',
-                'event_espresso'
-            ),
-            '<br/>',
-            '<br/>'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['language'] = get_bloginfo('language');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['EESID'] = EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->id();
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['currency'] = EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->currency;
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['datepicker_yearRange'] = '-150:+20';
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_years'] = __('years', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_months'] = __('months', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_weeks'] = __('weeks', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_days'] = __('days', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_hours'] = __('hours', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_minutes'] = __('minutes', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_seconds'] = __('seconds', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_year'] = __('year', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_month'] = __('month', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_week'] = __('week', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_day'] = __('day', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_hour'] = __('hour', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_minute'] = __('minute', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_second'] = __('second', 'event_espresso');
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['registration_expiration_notice'] = sprintf(
-            __(
-                '%1$sWe\'re sorry, but your registration time has expired.%2$s%3$s%4$sIf you still wish to complete your registration, please return to the %5$sEvent List%6$sEvent List%7$s and reselect your tickets if available. Please except our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.%8$s',
-                'event_espresso'
-            ),
-            '<h4 class="important-notice">',
-            '</h4>',
-            '<br />',
-            '<p>',
-            '<a href="' . get_post_type_archive_link('espresso_events') . '" title="',
-            '">',
-            '</a>',
-            '</p>'
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['ajax_submit'] = apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__translate_js_strings__ajax_submit',
-            true
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['session_extension'] = absint(
-            apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Session__extend_expiration__seconds_added', 10 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS)
-        );
-        EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['session_expiration'] = gmdate(
-            'M d, Y H:i:s',
-            EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expiration() + (get_option('gmt_offset') * HOUR_IN_SECONDS)
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    enqueue_styles_and_scripts
-     *
-     * @access        public
-     * @return        void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function enqueue_styles_and_scripts()
-    {
-        // load css
-        wp_register_style(
-            'single_page_checkout',
-            SPCO_CSS_URL . 'single_page_checkout.css',
-            array('espresso_default'),
-            EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION
-        );
-        wp_enqueue_style('single_page_checkout');
-        // load JS
-        wp_register_script(
-            'jquery_plugin',
-            EE_THIRD_PARTY_URL . 'jquery	.plugin.min.js',
-            array('jquery'),
-            '1.0.1',
-            true
-        );
-        wp_register_script(
-            'jquery_countdown',
-            EE_THIRD_PARTY_URL . 'jquery	.countdown.min.js',
-            array('jquery_plugin'),
-            '2.0.2',
-            true
-        );
-        wp_register_script(
-            'single_page_checkout',
-            SPCO_JS_URL . 'single_page_checkout.js',
-            array('espresso_core', 'underscore', 'ee_form_section_validation', 'jquery_countdown'),
-            EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION,
-            true
-        );
-        if ($this->checkout->registration_form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            $this->checkout->registration_form->enqueue_js();
-        }
-        if ($this->checkout->current_step->reg_form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->enqueue_js();
-        }
-        wp_enqueue_script('single_page_checkout');
-        /**
-         * global action hook for enqueueing styles and scripts with
-         * spco calls.
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__enqueue_styles_and_scripts', $this);
-        /**
-         * dynamic action hook for enqueueing styles and scripts with spco calls.
-         * The hook will end up being something like:
-         *      AHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__enqueue_styles_and_scripts__attendee_information
-         */
-        do_action(
-            'AHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__enqueue_styles_and_scripts__' . $this->checkout->current_step->slug(),
-            $this
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    display the Registration Single Page Checkout Form
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    private function _display_spco_reg_form()
-    {
-        // if registering via the admin, just display the reg form for the current step
-        if ($this->checkout->admin_request) {
-            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->add_output($this->checkout->current_step->display_reg_form());
-        } else {
-            // add powered by EE msg
-            add_action('AHEE__SPCO__reg_form_footer', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'display_registration_footer'));
-            $empty_cart = count(
-                $this->checkout->transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params)
-            ) < 1;
-            EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['empty_cart'] = $empty_cart;
-            $cookies_not_set_msg = '';
-            if ($empty_cart) {
-                $cookies_not_set_msg = apply_filters(
-                    'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__display_spco_reg_form__cookies_not_set_msg',
-                    sprintf(
-                        __(
-                            '%1$s%3$sIt appears your browser is not currently set to accept Cookies%4$s%5$sIn order to register for events, you need to enable cookies.%7$sIf you require assistance, then click the following link to learn how to %8$senable cookies%9$s%6$s%2$s',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        '<div class="ee-attention hidden" id="ee-cookies-not-set-msg">',
-                        '</div>',
-                        '<h6 class="important-notice">',
-                        '</h6>',
-                        '<p>',
-                        '</p>',
-                        '<br />',
-                        '<a href="http://www.whatarecookies.com/enable.asp" target="_blank">',
-                        '</a>'
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-            $this->checkout->registration_form = new EE_Form_Section_Proper(
-                array(
-                    'name'            => 'single-page-checkout',
-                    'html_id'         => 'ee-single-page-checkout-dv',
-                    'layout_strategy' =>
-                        new EE_Template_Layout(
-                            array(
-                                'layout_template_file' => SPCO_TEMPLATES_PATH . 'registration_page_wrapper.template.php',
-                                'template_args'        => array(
-                                    'empty_cart'              => $empty_cart,
-                                    'revisit'                 => $this->checkout->revisit,
-                                    'reg_steps'               => $this->checkout->reg_steps,
-                                    'next_step'               => $this->checkout->next_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step
-                                        ? $this->checkout->next_step->slug()
-                                        : '',
-                                    'empty_msg'               => apply_filters(
-                                        'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__display_spco_reg_form__empty_msg',
-                                        sprintf(
-                                            __(
-                                                'You need to %1$sReturn to Events list%2$sselect at least one event%3$s before you can proceed with the registration process.',
-                                                'event_espresso'
-                                            ),
-                                            '<a href="'
-                                            . get_post_type_archive_link('espresso_events')
-                                            . '" title="',
-                                            '">',
-                                            '</a>'
-                                        )
-                                    ),
-                                    'cookies_not_set_msg'     => $cookies_not_set_msg,
-                                    'registration_time_limit' => $this->checkout->get_registration_time_limit(),
-                                    'session_expiration'      => gmdate(
-                                        'M d, Y H:i:s',
-                                        EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expiration()
-                                        + (get_option('gmt_offset') * HOUR_IN_SECONDS)
-                                    ),
-                                ),
-                            )
-                        ),
-                )
-            );
-            // load template and add to output sent that gets filtered into the_content()
-            EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->add_output($this->checkout->registration_form->get_html());
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    add_extra_finalize_registration_inputs
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @param $next_step
-     * @internal  param string $label
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function add_extra_finalize_registration_inputs($next_step)
-    {
-        if ($next_step === 'finalize_registration') {
-            echo '<div id="spco-extra-finalize_registration-inputs-dv"></div>';
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    display_registration_footer
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    string
-     */
-    public static function display_registration_footer()
-    {
-        if (
-        apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Front__Controller__show_reg_footer',
-            EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->admin->show_reg_footer
-        )
-        ) {
-            add_filter(
-                'FHEE__EEH_Template__powered_by_event_espresso__url',
-                function ($url) {
-                    return apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Front_Controller__registration_footer__url', $url);
-                }
-            );
-            echo apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__EE_Front_Controller__display_registration_footer',
-                \EEH_Template::powered_by_event_espresso(
-                    '',
-                    'espresso-registration-footer-dv',
-                    array('utm_content' => 'registration_checkout')
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        return '';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *    unlock_transaction
-     *
-     * @access    public
-     * @return    void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function unlock_transaction()
-    {
-        if ($this->checkout->transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
-            $this->checkout->transaction->unlock();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *        _setup_redirect
-     *
-     * @access    private
-     * @return void
-     */
-    private function _setup_redirect()
-    {
-        if ($this->checkout->continue_reg && $this->checkout->next_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step) {
-            $this->checkout->redirect = true;
-            if (empty($this->checkout->redirect_url)) {
-                $this->checkout->redirect_url = $this->checkout->next_step->reg_step_url();
-            }
-            $this->checkout->redirect_url = apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___setup_redirect__checkout_redirect_url',
-                $this->checkout->redirect_url,
-                $this->checkout
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *   handle ajax message responses and redirects
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function go_to_next_step()
-    {
-        if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->ajax) {
-            // capture contents of output buffer we started earlier in the request, and insert into JSON response
-            $this->checkout->json_response->set_unexpected_errors(ob_get_clean());
-        }
-        $this->unlock_transaction();
-        // just return for these conditions
-        if (
-            $this->checkout->admin_request
-            || $this->checkout->action === 'redirect_form'
-            || $this->checkout->action === 'update_checkout'
-        ) {
-            return;
-        }
-        // AJAX response
-        $this->_handle_json_response();
-        // redirect to next step or the Thank You page
-        $this->_handle_html_redirects();
-        // hmmm... must be something wrong, so let's just display the form again !
-        $this->_display_spco_reg_form();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *   _handle_json_response
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _handle_json_response()
-    {
-        // if this is an ajax request
-        if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->ajax) {
-            // DEBUG LOG
-            //$this->checkout->log(
-            //	__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
-            //	array(
-            //		'json_response_redirect_url' => $this->checkout->json_response->redirect_url(),
-            //		'redirect'                   => $this->checkout->redirect,
-            //		'continue_reg'               => $this->checkout->continue_reg,
-            //	)
-            //);
-            $this->checkout->json_response->set_registration_time_limit(
-                $this->checkout->get_registration_time_limit()
-            );
-            $this->checkout->json_response->set_payment_amount($this->checkout->amount_owing);
-            // just send the ajax (
-            $json_response = apply_filters(
-                'FHEE__EE_Single_Page_Checkout__JSON_response',
-                $this->checkout->json_response
-            );
-            echo $json_response;
-            exit();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *   _handle_redirects
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _handle_html_redirects()
-    {
-        // going somewhere ?
-        if ($this->checkout->redirect && ! empty($this->checkout->redirect_url)) {
-            // store notices in a transient
-            EE_Error::get_notices(false, true, true);
-            // DEBUG LOG
-            //$this->checkout->log(
-            //	__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
-            //	array(
-            //		'headers_sent' => headers_sent(),
-            //		'redirect_url'     => $this->checkout->redirect_url,
-            //		'headers_list'    => headers_list(),
-            //	)
-            //);
-            wp_safe_redirect($this->checkout->redirect_url);
-            exit();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *   set_checkout_anchor
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function set_checkout_anchor()
-    {
-        echo '<a id="checkout" style="float: left; margin-left: -999em;"></a>';
-    }
+	/**
+	 * $_initialized - has the SPCO controller already been initialized ?
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var bool $_initialized
+	 */
+	private static $_initialized = false;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * $_checkout_verified - is the EE_Checkout verified as correct for this request ?
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var bool $_valid_checkout
+	 */
+	private static $_checkout_verified = true;
+
+	/**
+	 *    $_reg_steps_array - holds initial array of reg steps
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @var array $_reg_steps_array
+	 */
+	private static $_reg_steps_array = array();
+
+	/**
+	 *    $checkout - EE_Checkout object for handling the properties of the current checkout process
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @var EE_Checkout $checkout
+	 */
+	public $checkout;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return EED_Module|EED_Single_Page_Checkout
+	 */
+	public static function instance()
+	{
+		add_filter('EED_Single_Page_Checkout__SPCO_active', '__return_true');
+		return parent::get_instance(__CLASS__);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return EE_CART
+	 */
+	public function cart()
+	{
+		return $this->checkout->cart;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return EE_Transaction
+	 */
+	public function transaction()
+	{
+		return $this->checkout->transaction;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    set_hooks - for hooking into EE Core, other modules, etc
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function set_hooks()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::set_definitions();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    set_hooks_admin - for hooking into EE Admin Core, other modules, etc
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function set_hooks_admin()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::set_definitions();
+		if ( ! (defined('DOING_AJAX') && DOING_AJAX)) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// going to start an output buffer in case anything gets accidentally output
+		// that might disrupt our JSON response
+		ob_start();
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_reg_steps();
+		// set ajax hooks
+		add_action('wp_ajax_process_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'process_reg_step'));
+		add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_process_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'process_reg_step'));
+		add_action('wp_ajax_display_spco_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'display_reg_step'));
+		add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_display_spco_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'display_reg_step'));
+		add_action('wp_ajax_update_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'update_reg_step'));
+		add_action('wp_ajax_nopriv_update_reg_step', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'update_reg_step'));
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    process ajax request
+	 *
+	 * @param string $ajax_action
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function process_ajax_request($ajax_action)
+	{
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('action', $ajax_action);
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_initialize();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    ajax display registration step
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function display_reg_step()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('display_spco_reg_step');
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    ajax process registration step
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function process_reg_step()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('process_reg_step');
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    ajax process registration step
+	 *
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function update_reg_step()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('update_reg_step');
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *   update_checkout
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function update_checkout()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::process_ajax_request('update_checkout');
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    load_request_handler
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    void
+	 */
+	public static function load_request_handler()
+	{
+		// load core Request_Handler class
+		if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ !== null) {
+			EE_Registry::instance()->load_core('Request_Handler');
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    set_definitions
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function set_definitions()
+	{
+		if(defined('SPCO_BASE_PATH')) {
+			return;
+		}
+		define(
+			'SPCO_BASE_PATH',
+			rtrim(str_replace(array('\\', '/'), DS, plugin_dir_path(__FILE__)), DS) . DS
+		);
+		define('SPCO_CSS_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'css' . DS);
+		define('SPCO_IMG_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'img' . DS);
+		define('SPCO_JS_URL', plugin_dir_url(__FILE__) . 'js' . DS);
+		define('SPCO_INC_PATH', SPCO_BASE_PATH . 'inc' . DS);
+		define('SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH', SPCO_BASE_PATH . 'reg_steps' . DS);
+		define('SPCO_TEMPLATES_PATH', SPCO_BASE_PATH . 'templates' . DS);
+		EEH_Autoloader::register_autoloaders_for_each_file_in_folder(SPCO_BASE_PATH, true);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['registration_expiration_notice'] = sprintf(
+			__('%1$sWe\'re sorry, but you\'re registration time has expired.%2$s%4$sIf you still wish to complete your registration, please return to the %5$sEvent List%6$sEvent List%7$s and reselect your tickets if available. Please except our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.%8$s',
+				'event_espresso'),
+			'<h4 class="important-notice">',
+			'</h4>',
+			'<br />',
+			'<p>',
+			'<a href="' . get_post_type_archive_link('espresso_events') . '" title="',
+			'">',
+			'</a>',
+			'</p>'
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * load_reg_steps
+	 * loads and instantiates each reg step based on the EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_steps array
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function load_reg_steps()
+	{
+		static $reg_steps_loaded = false;
+		if ($reg_steps_loaded) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// filter list of reg_steps
+		$reg_steps_to_load = (array)apply_filters(
+			'AHEE__SPCO__load_reg_steps__reg_steps_to_load',
+			EED_Single_Page_Checkout::get_reg_steps()
+		);
+		// sort by key (order)
+		ksort($reg_steps_to_load);
+		// loop through folders
+		foreach ($reg_steps_to_load as $order => $reg_step) {
+			// we need a
+			if (isset($reg_step['file_path'], $reg_step['class_name'], $reg_step['slug'])) {
+				// copy over to the reg_steps_array
+				EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_reg_steps_array[$order] = $reg_step;
+				// register custom key route for each reg step
+				// ie: step=>"slug" - this is the entire reason we load the reg steps array now
+				EE_Config::register_route(
+					$reg_step['slug'],
+					'EED_Single_Page_Checkout',
+					'run',
+					'step'
+				);
+				// add AJAX or other hooks
+				if (isset($reg_step['has_hooks']) && $reg_step['has_hooks']) {
+					// setup autoloaders if necessary
+					if ( ! class_exists($reg_step['class_name'])) {
+						EEH_Autoloader::register_autoloaders_for_each_file_in_folder(
+							$reg_step['file_path'],
+							true
+						);
+					}
+					if (is_callable($reg_step['class_name'], 'set_hooks')) {
+						call_user_func(array($reg_step['class_name'], 'set_hooks'));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$reg_steps_loaded = true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    get_reg_steps
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    array
+	 */
+	public static function get_reg_steps()
+	{
+		$reg_steps = EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_steps;
+		if (empty($reg_steps)) {
+			$reg_steps = array(
+				10  => array(
+					'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'attendee_information',
+					'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Attendee_Information',
+					'slug'       => 'attendee_information',
+					'has_hooks'  => false,
+				),
+				20  => array(
+					'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'registration_confirmation',
+					'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Registration_Confirmation',
+					'slug'       => 'registration_confirmation',
+					'has_hooks'  => false,
+				),
+				30  => array(
+					'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'payment_options',
+					'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Payment_Options',
+					'slug'       => 'payment_options',
+					'has_hooks'  => true,
+				),
+				999 => array(
+					'file_path'  => SPCO_REG_STEPS_PATH . 'finalize_registration',
+					'class_name' => 'EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Finalize_Registration',
+					'slug'       => 'finalize_registration',
+					'has_hooks'  => false,
+				),
+			);
+		}
+		return $reg_steps;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    registration_checkout_for_admin
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    string
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function registration_checkout_for_admin()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('step', 'attendee_information');
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('action', 'display_spco_reg_step');
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('process_form_submission', false);
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_initialize();
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_display_spco_reg_form();
+		return EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get_output();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * process_registration_from_admin
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return \EE_Transaction
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function process_registration_from_admin()
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('step', 'attendee_information');
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('action', 'process_reg_step');
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set('process_form_submission', true);
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->_initialize();
+		if (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->current_step->completed()) {
+			$final_reg_step = end(EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->reg_steps);
+			if ($final_reg_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step_Finalize_Registration) {
+				EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->set_reg_step_initiated($final_reg_step);
+				if ($final_reg_step->process_reg_step()) {
+					$final_reg_step->set_completed();
+					EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->update_txn_reg_steps_array();
+					return EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->checkout->transaction;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    run
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @param WP_Query $WP_Query
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function run($WP_Query)
+	{
+		if (
+			$WP_Query instanceof WP_Query
+			&& $WP_Query->is_main_query()
+			&& apply_filters('FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__run', true)
+			&& $this->_is_reg_checkout()
+		) {
+			$this->_initialize();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * determines whether current url matches reg page url
+	 *
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function _is_reg_checkout()
+	{
+		// get current permalink for reg page without any extra query args
+		$reg_page_url = \get_permalink(EE_Config::instance()->core->reg_page_id);
+		// get request URI for current request, but without the scheme or host
+		$current_request_uri = \EEH_URL::filter_input_server_url('REQUEST_URI');
+		$current_request_uri = html_entity_decode($current_request_uri);
+		// get array of query args from the current request URI
+		$query_args = \EEH_URL::get_query_string($current_request_uri);
+		// grab page id if it is set
+		$page_id = isset($query_args['page_id']) ? absint($query_args['page_id']) : 0;
+		// and remove the page id from the query args (we will re-add it later)
+		unset($query_args['page_id']);
+		// now strip all query args from current request URI
+		$current_request_uri = remove_query_arg(array_keys($query_args), $current_request_uri);
+		// and re-add the page id if it was set
+		if ($page_id) {
+			$current_request_uri = add_query_arg('page_id', $page_id, $current_request_uri);
+		}
+		// remove slashes and ?
+		$current_request_uri = trim($current_request_uri, '?/');
+		// is current request URI part of the known full reg page URL ?
+		return ! empty($current_request_uri) && strpos($reg_page_url, $current_request_uri) !== false;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param WP_Query $wp_query
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public static function init($wp_query)
+	{
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::instance()->run($wp_query);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _initialize - initial module setup
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return    void
+	 */
+	private function _initialize()
+	{
+		// ensure SPCO doesn't run twice
+		if (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized) {
+			return;
+		}
+		try {
+			EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_reg_steps();
+			$this->_verify_session();
+			// setup the EE_Checkout object
+			$this->checkout = $this->_initialize_checkout();
+			// filter checkout
+			$this->checkout = apply_filters('FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___initialize__checkout', $this->checkout);
+			// get the $_GET
+			$this->_get_request_vars();
+			if ($this->_block_bots()) {
+				return;
+			}
+			// filter continue_reg
+			$this->checkout->continue_reg = apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__init___continue_reg',
+				true,
+				$this->checkout
+			);
+			// load the reg steps array
+			if ( ! $this->_load_and_instantiate_reg_steps()) {
+				EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
+				return;
+			}
+			// set the current step
+			$this->checkout->set_current_step($this->checkout->step);
+			// and the next step
+			$this->checkout->set_next_step();
+			// verify that everything has been setup correctly
+			if ( ! ($this->_verify_transaction_and_get_registrations() && $this->_final_verifications())) {
+				EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
+				return;
+			}
+			// lock the transaction
+			$this->checkout->transaction->lock();
+			// make sure all of our cached objects are added to their respective model entity mappers
+			$this->checkout->refresh_all_entities();
+			// set amount owing
+			$this->checkout->amount_owing = $this->checkout->transaction->remaining();
+			// initialize each reg step, which gives them the chance to potentially alter the process
+			$this->_initialize_reg_steps();
+			// DEBUG LOG
+			//$this->checkout->log( __CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__ );
+			// get reg form
+			if( ! $this->_check_form_submission()) {
+				EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
+				return;
+			}
+			// checkout the action!!!
+			$this->_process_form_action();
+			// add some style and make it dance
+			$this->add_styles_and_scripts();
+			// kk... SPCO has successfully run
+			EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
+			// set no cache headers and constants
+			EE_System::do_not_cache();
+			// add anchor
+			add_action('loop_start', array($this, 'set_checkout_anchor'), 1);
+			// remove transaction lock
+			add_action('shutdown', array($this, 'unlock_transaction'), 1);
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			EE_Error::add_error($e->getMessage(), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _verify_session
+	 * checks that the session is valid and not expired
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _verify_session()
+	{
+		if ( ! EE_Registry::instance()->SSN instanceof EE_Session) {
+			throw new EE_Error(__('The EE_Session class could not be loaded.', 'event_espresso'));
+		}
+		$clear_session_requested = filter_var(
+			EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('clear_session', false),
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
+		);
+		// is session still valid ?
+		if ($clear_session_requested
+			|| ( EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expired()
+			  && EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('e_reg_url_link', '') === ''
+			)
+		) {
+			$this->checkout = new EE_Checkout();
+			EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->clear_session(__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__);
+			// EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_cart();
+			// EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_checkout();
+			// EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_transaction();
+			if (! $clear_session_requested) {
+				EE_Error::add_attention(
+					EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['registration_expiration_notice'],
+					__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+				);
+			}
+			// EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->reset_expired();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _initialize_checkout
+	 * loads and instantiates EE_Checkout
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return EE_Checkout
+	 */
+	private function _initialize_checkout()
+	{
+		// look in session for existing checkout
+		/** @type EE_Checkout $checkout */
+		$checkout = EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->checkout();
+		// verify
+		if ( ! $checkout instanceof EE_Checkout) {
+			// instantiate EE_Checkout object for handling the properties of the current checkout process
+			$checkout = EE_Registry::instance()->load_file(
+				SPCO_INC_PATH,
+				'EE_Checkout',
+				'class', array(),
+				false
+			);
+		} else {
+			if ($checkout->current_step->is_final_step() && $checkout->exit_spco() === true) {
+				$this->unlock_transaction();
+				wp_safe_redirect($checkout->redirect_url);
+				exit();
+			}
+		}
+		$checkout = apply_filters('FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_checkout__checkout', $checkout);
+		// verify again
+		if ( ! $checkout instanceof EE_Checkout) {
+			throw new EE_Error(__('The EE_Checkout class could not be loaded.', 'event_espresso'));
+		}
+		// reset anything that needs a clean slate for each request
+		$checkout->reset_for_current_request();
+		return $checkout;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _get_request_vars
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _get_request_vars()
+	{
+		// load classes
+		EED_Single_Page_Checkout::load_request_handler();
+		//make sure this request is marked as belonging to EE
+		EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->set_espresso_page(true);
+		// which step is being requested ?
+		$this->checkout->step = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('step', $this->_get_first_step());
+		// which step is being edited ?
+		$this->checkout->edit_step = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('edit_step', '');
+		// and what we're doing on the current step
+		$this->checkout->action = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('action', 'display_spco_reg_step');
+		// timestamp
+		$this->checkout->uts = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('uts', 0);
+		// returning to edit ?
+		$this->checkout->reg_url_link = EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('e_reg_url_link', '');
+		// add reg url link to registration query params
+		if ($this->checkout->reg_url_link && strpos($this->checkout->reg_url_link, '1-') !== 0) {
+			$this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params[0]['REG_url_link'] = $this->checkout->reg_url_link;
+		}
+		// or some other kind of revisit ?
+		$this->checkout->revisit = filter_var(
+			EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('revisit', false),
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
+		);
+		// and whether or not to generate a reg form for this request
+		$this->checkout->generate_reg_form = filter_var(
+			EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get('generate_reg_form', true),
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
+		);
+		// and whether or not to process a reg form submission for this request
+		$this->checkout->process_form_submission = filter_var(
+			EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->get(
+				'process_form_submission',
+				$this->checkout->action === 'process_reg_step'
+			),
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
+		);
+		$this->checkout->process_form_submission = filter_var(
+			$this->checkout->action !== 'display_spco_reg_step'
+				? $this->checkout->process_form_submission
+				: false,
+			FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN
+		);
+		// $this->_display_request_vars();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  _display_request_vars
+	 *
+	 * @access    protected
+	 * @return    void
+	 */
+	protected function _display_request_vars()
+	{
+		if ( ! WP_DEBUG) {
+			return;
+		}
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($_REQUEST, '$_REQUEST', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->step, '$this->checkout->step', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->edit_step, '$this->checkout->edit_step', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->action, '$this->checkout->action', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->reg_url_link, '$this->checkout->reg_url_link', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->revisit, '$this->checkout->revisit', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->generate_reg_form, '$this->checkout->generate_reg_form', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+		EEH_Debug_Tools::printr($this->checkout->process_form_submission, '$this->checkout->process_form_submission', __FILE__, __LINE__);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _block_bots
+	 * checks that the incoming request has either of the following set:
+	 *  a uts (unix timestamp) which indicates that the request was redirected from the Ticket Selector
+	 *  a REG URL Link, which indicates that the request is a return visit to SPCO for a valid TXN
+	 * so if you're not coming from the Ticket Selector nor returning for a valid IP...
+	 * then where you coming from man?
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	private function _block_bots()
+	{
+		$invalid_checkout_access = EED_Invalid_Checkout_Access::getInvalidCheckoutAccess();
+		if ($invalid_checkout_access->checkoutAccessIsInvalid($this->checkout)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _get_first_step
+	 *  gets slug for first step in $_reg_steps_array
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return    string
+	 */
+	private function _get_first_step()
+	{
+		$first_step = reset(EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_reg_steps_array);
+		return isset($first_step['slug']) ? $first_step['slug'] : 'attendee_information';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _load_and_instantiate_reg_steps
+	 *  instantiates each reg step based on the loaded reg_steps array
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return    bool
+	 */
+	private function _load_and_instantiate_reg_steps()
+	{
+		do_action('AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___load_and_instantiate_reg_steps__start', $this->checkout);
+		// have reg_steps already been instantiated ?
+		if (
+			empty($this->checkout->reg_steps)
+			|| apply_filters('FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__load_reg_steps__reload_reg_steps', false, $this->checkout)
+		) {
+			// if not, then loop through raw reg steps array
+			foreach (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_reg_steps_array as $order => $reg_step) {
+				if ( ! $this->_load_and_instantiate_reg_step($reg_step, $order)) {
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+			EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->skip_reg_confirmation = true;
+			EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_confirmation_last = true;
+			// skip the registration_confirmation page ?
+			if (EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->skip_reg_confirmation) {
+				// just remove it from the reg steps array
+				$this->checkout->remove_reg_step('registration_confirmation', false);
+			} else if (
+				isset($this->checkout->reg_steps['registration_confirmation'])
+				&& EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->registration->reg_confirmation_last
+			) {
+				// set the order to something big like 100
+				$this->checkout->set_reg_step_order('registration_confirmation', 100);
+			}
+			// filter the array for good luck
+			$this->checkout->reg_steps = apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__load_reg_steps__reg_steps',
+				$this->checkout->reg_steps
+			);
+			// finally re-sort based on the reg step class order properties
+			$this->checkout->sort_reg_steps();
+		} else {
+			foreach ($this->checkout->reg_steps as $reg_step) {
+				// set all current step stati to FALSE
+				$reg_step->set_is_current_step(false);
+			}
+		}
+		if (empty($this->checkout->reg_steps)) {
+			EE_Error::add_error(
+				__('No Reg Steps were loaded..', 'event_espresso'),
+				__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+			);
+			return false;
+		}
+		// make reg step details available to JS
+		$this->checkout->set_reg_step_JSON_info();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *     _load_and_instantiate_reg_step
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @param array $reg_step
+	 * @param int   $order
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	private function _load_and_instantiate_reg_step($reg_step = array(), $order = 0)
+	{
+		// we need a file_path, class_name, and slug to add a reg step
+		if (isset($reg_step['file_path'], $reg_step['class_name'], $reg_step['slug'])) {
+			// if editing a specific step, but this is NOT that step... (and it's not the 'finalize_registration' step)
+			if (
+				$this->checkout->reg_url_link
+				&& $this->checkout->step !== $reg_step['slug']
+				&& $reg_step['slug'] !== 'finalize_registration'
+				// normally at this point we would NOT load the reg step, but this filter can change that
+				&& apply_filters(
+					'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___load_and_instantiate_reg_step__bypass_reg_step',
+					true,
+					$reg_step,
+					$this->checkout
+				)
+			) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			// instantiate step class using file path and class name
+			$reg_step_obj = EE_Registry::instance()->load_file(
+				$reg_step['file_path'],
+				$reg_step['class_name'],
+				'class',
+				$this->checkout,
+				false
+			);
+			// did we gets the goods ?
+			if ($reg_step_obj instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step) {
+				// set reg step order based on config
+				$reg_step_obj->set_order($order);
+				// add instantiated reg step object to the master reg steps array
+				$this->checkout->add_reg_step($reg_step_obj);
+			} else {
+				EE_Error::add_error(
+					__('The current step could not be set.', 'event_espresso'),
+					__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+				);
+				return false;
+			}
+		} else {
+			if (WP_DEBUG) {
+				EE_Error::add_error(
+					sprintf(
+						__(
+							'A registration step could not be loaded. One or more of the following data points is invalid:%4$s%5$sFile Path: %1$s%6$s%5$sClass Name: %2$s%6$s%5$sSlug: %3$s%6$s%7$s',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						isset($reg_step['file_path']) ? $reg_step['file_path'] : '',
+						isset($reg_step['class_name']) ? $reg_step['class_name'] : '',
+						isset($reg_step['slug']) ? $reg_step['slug'] : '',
+						'<ul>',
+						'<li>',
+						'</li>',
+						'</ul>'
+					),
+					__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+				);
+			}
+			return false;
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _verify_transaction_and_get_registrations
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws InvalidEntityException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _verify_transaction_and_get_registrations()
+	{
+		// was there already a valid transaction in the checkout from the session ?
+		if ( ! $this->checkout->transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
+			// get transaction from db or session
+			$this->checkout->transaction = $this->checkout->reg_url_link && ! is_admin()
+				? $this->_get_transaction_and_cart_for_previous_visit()
+				: $this->_get_cart_for_current_session_and_setup_new_transaction();
+			if ( ! $this->checkout->transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
+				EE_Error::add_error(
+					__('Your Registration and Transaction information could not be retrieved from the db.',
+						'event_espresso'),
+					__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+				);
+				$this->checkout->transaction = EE_Transaction::new_instance();
+				// add some style and make it dance
+				$this->add_styles_and_scripts();
+				EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = true;
+				return false;
+			}
+			// and the registrations for the transaction
+			$this->_get_registrations($this->checkout->transaction);
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _get_transaction_and_cart_for_previous_visit
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @return mixed EE_Transaction|NULL
+	 */
+	private function _get_transaction_and_cart_for_previous_visit()
+	{
+		/** @var $TXN_model EEM_Transaction */
+		$TXN_model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model('Transaction');
+		// because the reg_url_link is present in the request,
+		// this is a return visit to SPCO, so we'll get the transaction data from the db
+		$transaction = $TXN_model->get_transaction_from_reg_url_link($this->checkout->reg_url_link);
+		// verify transaction
+		if ($transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
+			// and get the cart that was used for that transaction
+			$this->checkout->cart = $this->_get_cart_for_transaction($transaction);
+			return $transaction;
+		}
+		EE_Error::add_error(
+			__('Your Registration and Transaction information could not be retrieved from the db.', 'event_espresso'),
+			__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+		);
+		return null;
+
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _get_cart_for_transaction
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
+	 * @return EE_Cart
+	 */
+	private function _get_cart_for_transaction($transaction)
+	{
+		return $this->checkout->get_cart_for_transaction($transaction);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * get_cart_for_transaction
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
+	 * @return EE_Cart
+	 */
+	public function get_cart_for_transaction(EE_Transaction $transaction)
+	{
+		return $this->checkout->get_cart_for_transaction($transaction);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _get_transaction_and_cart_for_current_session
+	 *    generates a new EE_Transaction object and adds it to the $_transaction property.
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @return EE_Transaction
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _get_cart_for_current_session_and_setup_new_transaction()
+	{
+		//  if there's no transaction, then this is the FIRST visit to SPCO
+		// so load up the cart ( passing nothing for the TXN because it doesn't exist yet )
+		$this->checkout->cart = $this->_get_cart_for_transaction(null);
+		// and then create a new transaction
+		$transaction = $this->_initialize_transaction();
+		// verify transaction
+		if ($transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
+			// save it so that we have an ID for other objects to use
+			$transaction->save();
+			// and save TXN data to the cart
+			$this->checkout->cart->get_grand_total()->save_this_and_descendants_to_txn($transaction->ID());
+		} else {
+			EE_Error::add_error(
+				__('A Valid Transaction could not be initialized.', 'event_espresso'),
+				__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+			);
+		}
+		return $transaction;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    generates a new EE_Transaction object and adds it to the $_transaction property.
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @return mixed EE_Transaction|NULL
+	 */
+	private function _initialize_transaction()
+	{
+		try {
+			// ensure cart totals have been calculated
+			$this->checkout->cart->get_grand_total()->recalculate_total_including_taxes();
+			// grab the cart grand total
+			$cart_total = $this->checkout->cart->get_cart_grand_total();
+			// create new TXN
+			$transaction = EE_Transaction::new_instance(
+				array(
+					'TXN_reg_steps' => $this->checkout->initialize_txn_reg_steps_array(),
+					'TXN_total'     => $cart_total > 0 ? $cart_total : 0,
+					'TXN_paid'      => 0,
+					'STS_ID'        => EEM_Transaction::failed_status_code,
+				)
+			);
+			// save it so that we have an ID for other objects to use
+			$transaction->save();
+			// set cron job for following up on TXNs after their session has expired
+			EE_Cron_Tasks::schedule_expired_transaction_check(
+				EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expiration() + 1,
+				$transaction->ID()
+			);
+			return $transaction;
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			EE_Error::add_error($e->getMessage(), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _get_registrations
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws InvalidEntityException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _get_registrations(EE_Transaction $transaction)
+	{
+		// first step: grab the registrants  { : o
+		$registrations = $transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params, false);
+		$this->checkout->total_ticket_count = count($registrations);
+		// verify registrations have been set
+		if (empty($registrations)) {
+			// if no cached registrations, then check the db
+			$registrations = $transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params, false);
+			// still nothing ? well as long as this isn't a revisit
+			if (empty($registrations) && ! $this->checkout->revisit) {
+				// generate new registrations from scratch
+				$registrations = $this->_initialize_registrations($transaction);
+			}
+		}
+		// sort by their original registration order
+		usort($registrations, array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'sort_registrations_by_REG_count'));
+		// then loop thru the array
+		foreach ($registrations as $registration) {
+			// verify each registration
+			if ($registration instanceof EE_Registration) {
+				// we display all attendee info for the primary registrant
+				if ($this->checkout->reg_url_link === $registration->reg_url_link()
+					&& $registration->is_primary_registrant()
+				) {
+					$this->checkout->primary_revisit = true;
+					break;
+				}
+				if ($this->checkout->revisit && $this->checkout->reg_url_link !== $registration->reg_url_link()) {
+					// but hide info if it doesn't belong to you
+					$transaction->clear_cache('Registration', $registration->ID());
+					$this->checkout->total_ticket_count--;
+				}
+				$this->checkout->set_reg_status_updated($registration->ID(), false);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    adds related EE_Registration objects for each ticket in the cart to the current EE_Transaction object
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @param EE_Transaction $transaction
+	 * @return    array
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws InvalidEntityException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _initialize_registrations(EE_Transaction $transaction)
+	{
+		$att_nmbr = 0;
+		$registrations = array();
+		if ($transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
+			/** @type EE_Registration_Processor $registration_processor */
+			$registration_processor = EE_Registry::instance()->load_class('Registration_Processor');
+			$this->checkout->total_ticket_count = $this->checkout->cart->all_ticket_quantity_count();
+			// now let's add the cart items to the $transaction
+			foreach ($this->checkout->cart->get_tickets() as $line_item) {
+				//do the following for each ticket of this type they selected
+				for ($x = 1; $x <= $line_item->quantity(); $x++) {
+					$att_nmbr++;
+					/** @var EventEspresso\core\services\commands\registration\CreateRegistrationCommand $CreateRegistrationCommand */
+					$CreateRegistrationCommand = EE_Registry::instance()->create(
+						'EventEspresso\core\services\commands\registration\CreateRegistrationCommand',
+						array(
+							$transaction,
+							$line_item,
+							$att_nmbr,
+							$this->checkout->total_ticket_count,
+						)
+					);
+					// override capabilities for frontend registrations
+					if ( ! is_admin()) {
+						$CreateRegistrationCommand->setCapCheck(
+							new PublicCapabilities('', 'create_new_registration')
+						);
+					}
+					$registration = EE_Registry::instance()->BUS->execute($CreateRegistrationCommand);
+					if ( ! $registration instanceof EE_Registration) {
+						throw new InvalidEntityException($registration, 'EE_Registration');
+					}
+					$registrations[ $registration->ID() ] = $registration;
+				}
+			}
+			$registration_processor->fix_reg_final_price_rounding_issue($transaction);
+		}
+		return $registrations;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * sorts registrations by REG_count
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param EE_Registration $reg_A
+	 * @param EE_Registration $reg_B
+	 * @return int
+	 */
+	public static function sort_registrations_by_REG_count(EE_Registration $reg_A, EE_Registration $reg_B)
+	{
+		// this shouldn't ever happen within the same TXN, but oh well
+		if ($reg_A->count() === $reg_B->count()) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		return ($reg_A->count() > $reg_B->count()) ? 1 : -1;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _final_verifications
+	 * just makes sure that everything is set up correctly before proceeding
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @return    bool
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _final_verifications()
+	{
+		// filter checkout
+		$this->checkout = apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___final_verifications__checkout',
+			$this->checkout
+		);
+		//verify that current step is still set correctly
+		if ( ! $this->checkout->current_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step) {
+			EE_Error::add_error(
+				__('We\'re sorry but the registration process can not proceed because one or more registration steps were not setup correctly. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.', 'event_espresso'),
+				__FILE__,
+				__FUNCTION__,
+				__LINE__
+			);
+			return false;
+		}
+		// if returning to SPCO, then verify that primary registrant is set
+		if ( ! empty($this->checkout->reg_url_link)) {
+			$valid_registrant = $this->checkout->transaction->primary_registration();
+			if ( ! $valid_registrant instanceof EE_Registration) {
+				EE_Error::add_error(
+					__('We\'re sorry but there appears to be an error with the "reg_url_link" or the primary registrant for this transaction. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.', 'event_espresso'),
+					__FILE__,
+					__FUNCTION__,
+					__LINE__
+				);
+				return false;
+			}
+			$valid_registrant = null;
+			foreach (
+				$this->checkout->transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params) as $registration
+			) {
+				if (
+					$registration instanceof EE_Registration
+					&& $registration->reg_url_link() === $this->checkout->reg_url_link
+				) {
+					$valid_registrant = $registration;
+				}
+			}
+			if ( ! $valid_registrant instanceof EE_Registration) {
+				// hmmm... maybe we have the wrong session because the user is opening multiple tabs ?
+				if (EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_checkout_verified) {
+					// clear the session, mark the checkout as unverified, and try again
+					EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->clear_session(__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__);
+					EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_initialized = false;
+					EED_Single_Page_Checkout::$_checkout_verified = false;
+					$this->_initialize();
+					EE_Error::reset_notices();
+					return false;
+				}
+				EE_Error::add_error(
+					__(
+						'We\'re sorry but there appears to be an error with the "reg_url_link" or the transaction itself. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					__FILE__,
+					__FUNCTION__,
+					__LINE__
+				);
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		// now that things have been kinda sufficiently verified,
+		// let's add the checkout to the session so that it's available to other systems
+		EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->set_checkout($this->checkout);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    _initialize_reg_steps
+	 * first makes sure that EE_Transaction_Processor::set_reg_step_initiated() is called as required
+	 * then loops thru all of the active reg steps and calls the initialize_reg_step() method
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @param bool $reinitializing
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _initialize_reg_steps($reinitializing = false)
+	{
+		$this->checkout->set_reg_step_initiated($this->checkout->current_step);
+		// loop thru all steps to call their individual "initialize" methods and set i18n strings for JS
+		foreach ($this->checkout->reg_steps as $reg_step) {
+			if ( ! $reg_step->initialize_reg_step()) {
+				// if not initialized then maybe this step is being removed...
+				if ( ! $reinitializing && $reg_step->is_current_step()) {
+					// if it was the current step, then we need to start over here
+					$this->_initialize_reg_steps(true);
+					return;
+				}
+				continue;
+			}
+			// add css and JS for current step
+			$reg_step->enqueue_styles_and_scripts();
+			// i18n
+			$reg_step->translate_js_strings();
+			if ($reg_step->is_current_step()) {
+				// the text that appears on the reg step form submit button
+				$reg_step->set_submit_button_text();
+			}
+		}
+		// dynamically creates hook point like: AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_reg_step__attendee_information
+		do_action(
+			"AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___initialize_reg_step__{$this->checkout->current_step->slug()}",
+			$this->checkout->current_step
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _check_form_submission
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	private function _check_form_submission()
+	{
+		//does this request require the reg form to be generated ?
+		if ($this->checkout->generate_reg_form) {
+			// ever heard that song by Blue Rodeo ?
+			try {
+				$this->checkout->current_step->reg_form = $this->checkout->current_step->generate_reg_form();
+				// if not displaying a form, then check for form submission
+				if (
+					$this->checkout->process_form_submission
+					&& $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->was_submitted()
+				) {
+					// clear out any old data in case this step is being run again
+					$this->checkout->current_step->set_valid_data(array());
+					// capture submitted form data
+					$this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->receive_form_submission(
+						apply_filters(
+							'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___check_form_submission__request_params',
+							EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->params(),
+							$this->checkout
+						)
+					);
+					// validate submitted form data
+					if ( ! $this->checkout->continue_reg || ! $this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->is_valid()) {
+						// thou shall not pass !!!
+						$this->checkout->continue_reg = false;
+						// any form validation errors?
+						if ($this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->submission_error_message() !== '') {
+							EE_Error::add_error(
+								$this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->submission_error_message(),
+								__FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__
+							);
+						}
+						// well not really... what will happen is
+						// we'll just get redirected back to redo the current step
+						$this->go_to_next_step();
+						return false;
+					}
+				}
+			} catch (EE_Error $e) {
+				$e->get_error();
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _process_action
+	 *
+	 * @access private
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _process_form_action()
+	{
+		// what cha wanna do?
+		switch ($this->checkout->action) {
+			// AJAX next step reg form
+			case 'display_spco_reg_step' :
+				$this->checkout->redirect = false;
+				if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->ajax) {
+					$this->checkout->json_response->set_reg_step_html(
+						$this->checkout->current_step->display_reg_form()
+					);
+				}
+				break;
+			default :
+				// meh... do one of those other steps first
+				if (
+					! empty($this->checkout->action)
+					&& is_callable(array($this->checkout->current_step, $this->checkout->action))
+				) {
+					// dynamically creates hook point like:
+					//   AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__before_attendee_information__process_reg_step
+					do_action(
+						"AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__before_{$this->checkout->current_step->slug()}__{$this->checkout->action}",
+						$this->checkout->current_step
+					);
+					// call action on current step
+					if (call_user_func(array($this->checkout->current_step, $this->checkout->action))) {
+						// good registrant, you get to proceed
+						if (
+							$this->checkout->current_step->success_message() !== ''
+							&& apply_filters(
+								'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout___process_form_action__display_success',
+								false
+							)
+						) {
+							EE_Error::add_success(
+								$this->checkout->current_step->success_message()
+								. '<br />' . $this->checkout->next_step->_instructions()
+							);
+						}
+						// pack it up, pack it in...
+						$this->_setup_redirect();
+					}
+					// dynamically creates hook point like:
+					//  AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__after_payment_options__process_reg_step
+					do_action(
+						"AHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__after_{$this->checkout->current_step->slug()}__{$this->checkout->action}",
+						$this->checkout->current_step
+					);
+				} else {
+					EE_Error::add_error(
+						sprintf(
+							__(
+								'The requested form action "%s" does not exist for the current "%s" registration step.',
+								'event_espresso'
+							),
+							$this->checkout->action,
+							$this->checkout->current_step->name()
+						),
+						__FILE__,
+						__FUNCTION__,
+						__LINE__
+					);
+				}
+			// end default
+		}
+		// store our progress so far
+		$this->checkout->stash_transaction_and_checkout();
+		// advance to the next step! If you pass GO, collect $200
+		$this->go_to_next_step();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *        add_styles_and_scripts
+	 *
+	 * @access        public
+	 * @return        void
+	 */
+	public function add_styles_and_scripts()
+	{
+		// i18n
+		$this->translate_js_strings();
+		if ($this->checkout->admin_request) {
+			add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'enqueue_styles_and_scripts'), 10);
+		} else {
+			add_action('wp_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'enqueue_styles_and_scripts'), 10);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *        translate_js_strings
+	 *
+	 * @access        public
+	 * @return        void
+	 */
+	public function translate_js_strings()
+	{
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['revisit'] = $this->checkout->revisit;
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['e_reg_url_link'] = $this->checkout->reg_url_link;
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['server_error'] = __(
+			'An unknown error occurred on the server while attempting to process your request. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
+			'event_espresso'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['invalid_json_response'] = __(
+			'An invalid response was returned from the server while attempting to process your request. Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
+			'event_espresso'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['validation_error'] = __(
+			'There appears to be a problem with the form validation configuration! Please check the admin settings or contact support.',
+			'event_espresso'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['invalid_payment_method'] = __(
+			'There appears to be a problem with the payment method configuration! Please refresh the page and try again or contact support.',
+			'event_espresso'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['reg_step_error'] = __(
+			'This registration step could not be completed. Please refresh the page and try again.',
+			'event_espresso'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['invalid_coupon'] = __(
+			'We\'re sorry but that coupon code does not appear to be valid. If this is incorrect, please contact the site administrator.',
+			'event_espresso'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['process_registration'] = sprintf(
+			__(
+				'Please wait while we process your registration.%sDo not refresh the page or navigate away while this is happening.%sThank you for your patience.',
+				'event_espresso'
+			),
+			'<br/>',
+			'<br/>'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['language'] = get_bloginfo('language');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['EESID'] = EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->id();
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['currency'] = EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->currency;
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['datepicker_yearRange'] = '-150:+20';
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_years'] = __('years', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_months'] = __('months', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_weeks'] = __('weeks', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_days'] = __('days', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_hours'] = __('hours', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_minutes'] = __('minutes', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_seconds'] = __('seconds', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_year'] = __('year', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_month'] = __('month', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_week'] = __('week', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_day'] = __('day', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_hour'] = __('hour', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_minute'] = __('minute', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['timer_second'] = __('second', 'event_espresso');
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['registration_expiration_notice'] = sprintf(
+			__(
+				'%1$sWe\'re sorry, but your registration time has expired.%2$s%3$s%4$sIf you still wish to complete your registration, please return to the %5$sEvent List%6$sEvent List%7$s and reselect your tickets if available. Please except our apologies for any inconvenience this may have caused.%8$s',
+				'event_espresso'
+			),
+			'<h4 class="important-notice">',
+			'</h4>',
+			'<br />',
+			'<p>',
+			'<a href="' . get_post_type_archive_link('espresso_events') . '" title="',
+			'">',
+			'</a>',
+			'</p>'
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['ajax_submit'] = apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__translate_js_strings__ajax_submit',
+			true
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['session_extension'] = absint(
+			apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Session__extend_expiration__seconds_added', 10 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS)
+		);
+		EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['session_expiration'] = gmdate(
+			'M d, Y H:i:s',
+			EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expiration() + (get_option('gmt_offset') * HOUR_IN_SECONDS)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    enqueue_styles_and_scripts
+	 *
+	 * @access        public
+	 * @return        void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function enqueue_styles_and_scripts()
+	{
+		// load css
+		wp_register_style(
+			'single_page_checkout',
+			SPCO_CSS_URL . 'single_page_checkout.css',
+			array('espresso_default'),
+			EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION
+		);
+		wp_enqueue_style('single_page_checkout');
+		// load JS
+		wp_register_script(
+			'jquery_plugin',
+			EE_THIRD_PARTY_URL . 'jquery	.plugin.min.js',
+			array('jquery'),
+			'1.0.1',
+			true
+		);
+		wp_register_script(
+			'jquery_countdown',
+			EE_THIRD_PARTY_URL . 'jquery	.countdown.min.js',
+			array('jquery_plugin'),
+			'2.0.2',
+			true
+		);
+		wp_register_script(
+			'single_page_checkout',
+			SPCO_JS_URL . 'single_page_checkout.js',
+			array('espresso_core', 'underscore', 'ee_form_section_validation', 'jquery_countdown'),
+			EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION,
+			true
+		);
+		if ($this->checkout->registration_form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+			$this->checkout->registration_form->enqueue_js();
+		}
+		if ($this->checkout->current_step->reg_form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+			$this->checkout->current_step->reg_form->enqueue_js();
+		}
+		wp_enqueue_script('single_page_checkout');
+		/**
+		 * global action hook for enqueueing styles and scripts with
+		 * spco calls.
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__enqueue_styles_and_scripts', $this);
+		/**
+		 * dynamic action hook for enqueueing styles and scripts with spco calls.
+		 * The hook will end up being something like:
+		 *      AHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__enqueue_styles_and_scripts__attendee_information
+		 */
+		do_action(
+			'AHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout__enqueue_styles_and_scripts__' . $this->checkout->current_step->slug(),
+			$this
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    display the Registration Single Page Checkout Form
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	private function _display_spco_reg_form()
+	{
+		// if registering via the admin, just display the reg form for the current step
+		if ($this->checkout->admin_request) {
+			EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->add_output($this->checkout->current_step->display_reg_form());
+		} else {
+			// add powered by EE msg
+			add_action('AHEE__SPCO__reg_form_footer', array('EED_Single_Page_Checkout', 'display_registration_footer'));
+			$empty_cart = count(
+				$this->checkout->transaction->registrations($this->checkout->reg_cache_where_params)
+			) < 1;
+			EE_Registry::$i18n_js_strings['empty_cart'] = $empty_cart;
+			$cookies_not_set_msg = '';
+			if ($empty_cart) {
+				$cookies_not_set_msg = apply_filters(
+					'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__display_spco_reg_form__cookies_not_set_msg',
+					sprintf(
+						__(
+							'%1$s%3$sIt appears your browser is not currently set to accept Cookies%4$s%5$sIn order to register for events, you need to enable cookies.%7$sIf you require assistance, then click the following link to learn how to %8$senable cookies%9$s%6$s%2$s',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						'<div class="ee-attention hidden" id="ee-cookies-not-set-msg">',
+						'</div>',
+						'<h6 class="important-notice">',
+						'</h6>',
+						'<p>',
+						'</p>',
+						'<br />',
+						'<a href="http://www.whatarecookies.com/enable.asp" target="_blank">',
+						'</a>'
+					)
+				);
+			}
+			$this->checkout->registration_form = new EE_Form_Section_Proper(
+				array(
+					'name'            => 'single-page-checkout',
+					'html_id'         => 'ee-single-page-checkout-dv',
+					'layout_strategy' =>
+						new EE_Template_Layout(
+							array(
+								'layout_template_file' => SPCO_TEMPLATES_PATH . 'registration_page_wrapper.template.php',
+								'template_args'        => array(
+									'empty_cart'              => $empty_cart,
+									'revisit'                 => $this->checkout->revisit,
+									'reg_steps'               => $this->checkout->reg_steps,
+									'next_step'               => $this->checkout->next_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step
+										? $this->checkout->next_step->slug()
+										: '',
+									'empty_msg'               => apply_filters(
+										'FHEE__Single_Page_Checkout__display_spco_reg_form__empty_msg',
+										sprintf(
+											__(
+												'You need to %1$sReturn to Events list%2$sselect at least one event%3$s before you can proceed with the registration process.',
+												'event_espresso'
+											),
+											'<a href="'
+											. get_post_type_archive_link('espresso_events')
+											. '" title="',
+											'">',
+											'</a>'
+										)
+									),
+									'cookies_not_set_msg'     => $cookies_not_set_msg,
+									'registration_time_limit' => $this->checkout->get_registration_time_limit(),
+									'session_expiration'      => gmdate(
+										'M d, Y H:i:s',
+										EE_Registry::instance()->SSN->expiration()
+										+ (get_option('gmt_offset') * HOUR_IN_SECONDS)
+									),
+								),
+							)
+						),
+				)
+			);
+			// load template and add to output sent that gets filtered into the_content()
+			EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->add_output($this->checkout->registration_form->get_html());
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    add_extra_finalize_registration_inputs
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @param $next_step
+	 * @internal  param string $label
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function add_extra_finalize_registration_inputs($next_step)
+	{
+		if ($next_step === 'finalize_registration') {
+			echo '<div id="spco-extra-finalize_registration-inputs-dv"></div>';
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    display_registration_footer
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    string
+	 */
+	public static function display_registration_footer()
+	{
+		if (
+		apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Front__Controller__show_reg_footer',
+			EE_Registry::instance()->CFG->admin->show_reg_footer
+		)
+		) {
+			add_filter(
+				'FHEE__EEH_Template__powered_by_event_espresso__url',
+				function ($url) {
+					return apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Front_Controller__registration_footer__url', $url);
+				}
+			);
+			echo apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__EE_Front_Controller__display_registration_footer',
+				\EEH_Template::powered_by_event_espresso(
+					'',
+					'espresso-registration-footer-dv',
+					array('utm_content' => 'registration_checkout')
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		return '';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *    unlock_transaction
+	 *
+	 * @access    public
+	 * @return    void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function unlock_transaction()
+	{
+		if ($this->checkout->transaction instanceof EE_Transaction) {
+			$this->checkout->transaction->unlock();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *        _setup_redirect
+	 *
+	 * @access    private
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	private function _setup_redirect()
+	{
+		if ($this->checkout->continue_reg && $this->checkout->next_step instanceof EE_SPCO_Reg_Step) {
+			$this->checkout->redirect = true;
+			if (empty($this->checkout->redirect_url)) {
+				$this->checkout->redirect_url = $this->checkout->next_step->reg_step_url();
+			}
+			$this->checkout->redirect_url = apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__EED_Single_Page_Checkout___setup_redirect__checkout_redirect_url',
+				$this->checkout->redirect_url,
+				$this->checkout
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *   handle ajax message responses and redirects
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function go_to_next_step()
+	{
+		if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->ajax) {
+			// capture contents of output buffer we started earlier in the request, and insert into JSON response
+			$this->checkout->json_response->set_unexpected_errors(ob_get_clean());
+		}
+		$this->unlock_transaction();
+		// just return for these conditions
+		if (
+			$this->checkout->admin_request
+			|| $this->checkout->action === 'redirect_form'
+			|| $this->checkout->action === 'update_checkout'
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
+		// AJAX response
+		$this->_handle_json_response();
+		// redirect to next step or the Thank You page
+		$this->_handle_html_redirects();
+		// hmmm... must be something wrong, so let's just display the form again !
+		$this->_display_spco_reg_form();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *   _handle_json_response
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _handle_json_response()
+	{
+		// if this is an ajax request
+		if (EE_Registry::instance()->REQ->ajax) {
+			// DEBUG LOG
+			//$this->checkout->log(
+			//	__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
+			//	array(
+			//		'json_response_redirect_url' => $this->checkout->json_response->redirect_url(),
+			//		'redirect'                   => $this->checkout->redirect,
+			//		'continue_reg'               => $this->checkout->continue_reg,
+			//	)
+			//);
+			$this->checkout->json_response->set_registration_time_limit(
+				$this->checkout->get_registration_time_limit()
+			);
+			$this->checkout->json_response->set_payment_amount($this->checkout->amount_owing);
+			// just send the ajax (
+			$json_response = apply_filters(
+				'FHEE__EE_Single_Page_Checkout__JSON_response',
+				$this->checkout->json_response
+			);
+			echo $json_response;
+			exit();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *   _handle_redirects
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _handle_html_redirects()
+	{
+		// going somewhere ?
+		if ($this->checkout->redirect && ! empty($this->checkout->redirect_url)) {
+			// store notices in a transient
+			EE_Error::get_notices(false, true, true);
+			// DEBUG LOG
+			//$this->checkout->log(
+			//	__CLASS__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__,
+			//	array(
+			//		'headers_sent' => headers_sent(),
+			//		'redirect_url'     => $this->checkout->redirect_url,
+			//		'headers_list'    => headers_list(),
+			//	)
+			//);
+			wp_safe_redirect($this->checkout->redirect_url);
+			exit();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *   set_checkout_anchor
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function set_checkout_anchor()
+	{
+		echo '<a id="checkout" style="float: left; margin-left: -999em;"></a>';
+	}
 
 
 

core/libraries/form_sections/base/EE_Form_Section_Validatable.form.php

Indentation +147 added lines, -147 removed lines

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ 
 <?php
 if (! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
-    exit('No direct script access allowed');
+	exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
 
@@ -35,150 +35,150 @@ 
 abstract class EE_Form_Section_Validatable extends EE_Form_Section_Base
 {
 
-    /**
-     * Array of validation errors in this section. Does not contain validation errors in subsections, however.
-     * Those are stored individually on each subsection.
-     *
-     * @var EE_Validation_Error[]
-     */
-    protected $_validation_errors = array();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Errors on this form section. Note: EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     * has another function for getting all errors in this form section and subsections
-     * called get_validation_errors_accumulated
-     *
-     * @return EE_Validation_Error[]
-     */
-    public function get_validation_errors()
-    {
-        return $this->_validation_errors;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns a comma-separated list of all the validation errors in it.
-     * If we want this to be customizable, we may decide to create a strategy for displaying it
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_validation_error_string()
-    {
-        $validation_error_messages = array();
-        if ($this->get_validation_errors()) {
-            foreach ($this->get_validation_errors() as $validation_error) {
-                if ($validation_error instanceof EE_Validation_Error) {
-                    $validation_error_messages[] = $validation_error->getMessage();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return implode(", ", $validation_error_messages);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Performs validation on this form section (and subsections). Should be called after _normalize()
-     *
-     * @return boolean of whether or not the form section is valid
-     */
-    abstract protected function _validate();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if this field has any validation errors
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function is_valid()
-    {
-        if (count($this->_validation_errors)) {
-            return false;
-        } else {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sanitizes input for this form section
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data is the full request data like $_POST
-     * @return boolean of whether a normalization error occurred
-     */
-    abstract protected function _normalize($req_data);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Creates a validation error from the arguments provided, and adds it to the form section's list.
-     * If such an EE_Validation_Error object is passed in as the first arg, simply sets this as its form section, and
-     * adds it to the list of validation errors of errors
-     *
-     * @param mixed     $message_or_object  internationalized string describing the validation error; or it could be a
-     *                                      proper EE_Validation_Error object
-     * @param string    $error_code         a short key which can be used to uniquely identify the error
-     * @param Exception $previous_exception if there was an exception that caused the error, that exception
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function add_validation_error($message_or_object, $error_code = null, $previous_exception = null)
-    {
-        if ($message_or_object instanceof EE_Validation_Error) {
-            $validation_error = $message_or_object;
-            $validation_error->set_form_section($this);
-        } else {
-            $validation_error = new EE_Validation_Error($message_or_object, $error_code, $this, $previous_exception);
-        }
-        $this->_validation_errors[] = $validation_error;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * When generating the JS for the jquery validation rules like<br>
-     * <code>$( "#myform" ).validate({
-     * rules: {
-     * password: "required",
-     * password_again: {
-     * equalTo: "#password"
-     * }
-     * }
-     * });</code>
-     * gets the sections like
-     * <br><code>password: "required",
-     * password_again: {
-     * equalTo: "#password"
-     * }</code>
-     * except we leave it as a PHP object, and leave wp_localize_script to
-     * turn it into a JSON object which can be used by the js
-     *
-     * @return array
-     */
-    abstract public function get_jquery_validation_rules();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if this form section's data is present in the req data specified
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data usually $_POST, if null that's what's used
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    abstract public function form_data_present_in($req_data = null);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Removes teh sensitive data from this form section (usually done after
-     * utilizing the data business function, but before saving it somewhere. Eg,
-     * may remove a password from the form after verifying it was correct)
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    abstract public function clean_sensitive_data();
+	/**
+	 * Array of validation errors in this section. Does not contain validation errors in subsections, however.
+	 * Those are stored individually on each subsection.
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Validation_Error[]
+	 */
+	protected $_validation_errors = array();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Errors on this form section. Note: EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 * has another function for getting all errors in this form section and subsections
+	 * called get_validation_errors_accumulated
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Validation_Error[]
+	 */
+	public function get_validation_errors()
+	{
+		return $this->_validation_errors;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns a comma-separated list of all the validation errors in it.
+	 * If we want this to be customizable, we may decide to create a strategy for displaying it
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_validation_error_string()
+	{
+		$validation_error_messages = array();
+		if ($this->get_validation_errors()) {
+			foreach ($this->get_validation_errors() as $validation_error) {
+				if ($validation_error instanceof EE_Validation_Error) {
+					$validation_error_messages[] = $validation_error->getMessage();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return implode(", ", $validation_error_messages);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Performs validation on this form section (and subsections). Should be called after _normalize()
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean of whether or not the form section is valid
+	 */
+	abstract protected function _validate();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if this field has any validation errors
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function is_valid()
+	{
+		if (count($this->_validation_errors)) {
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sanitizes input for this form section
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data is the full request data like $_POST
+	 * @return boolean of whether a normalization error occurred
+	 */
+	abstract protected function _normalize($req_data);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a validation error from the arguments provided, and adds it to the form section's list.
+	 * If such an EE_Validation_Error object is passed in as the first arg, simply sets this as its form section, and
+	 * adds it to the list of validation errors of errors
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed     $message_or_object  internationalized string describing the validation error; or it could be a
+	 *                                      proper EE_Validation_Error object
+	 * @param string    $error_code         a short key which can be used to uniquely identify the error
+	 * @param Exception $previous_exception if there was an exception that caused the error, that exception
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function add_validation_error($message_or_object, $error_code = null, $previous_exception = null)
+	{
+		if ($message_or_object instanceof EE_Validation_Error) {
+			$validation_error = $message_or_object;
+			$validation_error->set_form_section($this);
+		} else {
+			$validation_error = new EE_Validation_Error($message_or_object, $error_code, $this, $previous_exception);
+		}
+		$this->_validation_errors[] = $validation_error;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * When generating the JS for the jquery validation rules like<br>
+	 * <code>$( "#myform" ).validate({
+	 * rules: {
+	 * password: "required",
+	 * password_again: {
+	 * equalTo: "#password"
+	 * }
+	 * }
+	 * });</code>
+	 * gets the sections like
+	 * <br><code>password: "required",
+	 * password_again: {
+	 * equalTo: "#password"
+	 * }</code>
+	 * except we leave it as a PHP object, and leave wp_localize_script to
+	 * turn it into a JSON object which can be used by the js
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	abstract public function get_jquery_validation_rules();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if this form section's data is present in the req data specified
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data usually $_POST, if null that's what's used
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	abstract public function form_data_present_in($req_data = null);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes teh sensitive data from this form section (usually done after
+	 * utilizing the data business function, but before saving it somewhere. Eg,
+	 * may remove a password from the form after verifying it was correct)
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	abstract public function clean_sensitive_data();
 }
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