eventespresso / event-espresso-core

core/libraries/form_sections/strategies/layout/EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base.strategy.php

Indentation +284 added lines, -284 removed lines

@@ -15,288 +15,288 @@
 abstract class EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base
 {
 
-    /**
-     * Form form section to lay out
-     *
-     * @var EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     */
-    protected $_form_section;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     *  __construct
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * The form section on which this strategy is to perform
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $form
-     */
-    public function _construct_finalize(EE_Form_Section_Proper $form)
-    {
-        $this->_form_section = $form;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     */
-    public function form_section()
-    {
-        return $this->_form_section;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Also has teh side effect of enqueuing any needed JS and CSS for
-     * this form.
-     * Creates all the HTML necessary for displaying this form, its inputs, and
-     * proper subsections.
-     * Returns the HTML
-     *
-     * @return string HTML for displaying
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function layout_form()
-    {
-        $html = '';
-        // layout_form_begin
-        $html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__start__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
-            $this->layout_form_begin(),
-            $this->_form_section
-        );
-        // layout_form_loop
-        $html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
-            $this->layout_form_loop(),
-            $this->_form_section
-        );
-        // layout_form_end
-        $html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__end__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
-            $this->layout_form_end(),
-            $this->_form_section
-        );
-        $html = $this->add_form_section_hooks_and_filters($html);
-        return $html;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function layout_form_loop()
-    {
-        $html = '';
-        foreach ($this->_form_section->subsections() as $name => $subsection) {
-            if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
-                $html .= apply_filters(
-                    'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop_for_input_'
-                    . $name . '__in_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
-                    $this->layout_input($subsection),
-                    $this->_form_section,
-                    $subsection
-                );
-            } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
-                $html .= apply_filters(
-                    'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop_for_non_input_'
-                    . $name . '__in_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
-                    $this->layout_subsection($subsection),
-                    $this->_form_section,
-                    $subsection
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        return $html;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Should be used to start teh form section (Eg a table tag, or a div tag, etc.)
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    abstract public function layout_form_begin();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Should be used to end the form section (eg a /table tag, or a /div tag, etc)
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    abstract public function layout_form_end();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Should be used internally by layout_form() to layout each input (eg, if this layout
-     * is putting each input in a row of its own, this should probably be called by a
-     *  foreach loop in layout_form() (WITHOUT adding any content directly within layout_form()'s foreach loop.
-     * Eg, this method should add the tr and td tags). This method is exposed in case you want to completely
-     * customize the form's layout, but would like to make use of it for laying out
-     * 'easy-to-layout' inputs
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
-     * @return string html
-     */
-    abstract public function layout_input($input);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Similar to layout_input(), should be used internally by layout_form() within a
-     * loop to layout each proper subsection. Unlike layout_input(), however, it is assumed
-     * that the proper subsection will layout its container, label, etc on its own.
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Base $subsection
-     * @return string html
-     */
-    abstract public function layout_subsection($subsection);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for the label tag and its contents for the input
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function display_label($input)
-    {
-        if($input->get_display_strategy() instanceof EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy){
-            return '';
-        }
-        $class = $input->required()
-            ? 'ee-required-label ' . $input->html_label_class()
-            : $input->html_label_class();
-        $label_text = $input->required()
-            ? $input->html_label_text() . '<span class="ee-asterisk">*</span>'
-            : $input->html_label_text();
-        return '<label id="'
-               . $input->html_label_id()
-               . '" class="'
-               . $class
-               . '" style="'
-               . $input->html_label_style()
-               . '" for="' . $input->html_name()
-               . '">'
-               . $label_text
-               . '</label>';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for all the form's form-wide errors (ie, errors which
-     * are not for specific inputs. E.g., if two inputs somehow disagree,
-     * those errors would probably be on the form section, not one of its inputs)
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function display_form_wide_errors()
-    {
-        $html = '';
-        if ($this->_form_section->get_validation_errors()) {
-            $html .= "<div class='ee-form-wide-errors'>";
-            //get all the errors on THIS form section (errors which aren't
-            //for specific inputs, but instead for the entire form section)
-            foreach ($this->_form_section->get_validation_errors() as $error) {
-                $html .= $error->getMessage() . '<br>';
-            }
-            $html .= '</div>';
-        }
-        return apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__display_form_wide_errors',
-            $html,
-            $this
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns the HTML for the server-side validation errors for the specified input
-     * Note that if JS is enabled, it should remove these and instead
-     * populate the form's errors in the jquery validate fashion
-     * using the localized data provided to the JS
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function display_errors($input)
-    {
-        if ($input->get_validation_errors()) {
-            return "<label  id='"
-                   . $input->html_id()
-                   . "-error' class='error' for='{$input->html_name()}'>"
-                   . $input->get_validation_error_string()
-                   . '</label>';
-        }
-        return '';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Displays the help span for the specified input
-     *
-     * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function display_help_text($input)
-    {
-        $help_text  = $input->html_help_text();
-        if ($help_text !== '' && $help_text !== null) {
-            $tag = is_admin() ? 'p' : 'span';
-            return '<'
-                   . $tag
-                   . ' id="'
-                   . $input->html_id()
-                   . '-help" class="'
-                   . $input->html_help_class()
-                   . '" style="'
-                   . $input->html_help_style()
-                   . '">'
-                   . $help_text
-                   . '</'
-                   . $tag
-                   . '>';
-        }
-        return '';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Does an action and hook onto the end of teh form
-     *
-     * @param string $html
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function add_form_section_hooks_and_filters($html)
-    {
-        // replace dashes and spaces with underscores
-        $hook_name = str_replace(array('-', ' '), '_', $this->_form_section->html_id());
-        do_action('AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name, $this->_form_section);
-        $html = (string) apply_filters(
-            'AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . '__html',
-            $html,
-            $this->_form_section
-        );
-        $html .= EEH_HTML::nl() . '<!-- AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . '__html -->';
-        $html .= EEH_HTML::nl() . '<!-- AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . ' -->';
-        return $html;
-    }
+	/**
+	 * Form form section to lay out
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 */
+	protected $_form_section;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 *  __construct
+	 */
+	public function __construct()
+	{
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * The form section on which this strategy is to perform
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $form
+	 */
+	public function _construct_finalize(EE_Form_Section_Proper $form)
+	{
+		$this->_form_section = $form;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 */
+	public function form_section()
+	{
+		return $this->_form_section;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Also has teh side effect of enqueuing any needed JS and CSS for
+	 * this form.
+	 * Creates all the HTML necessary for displaying this form, its inputs, and
+	 * proper subsections.
+	 * Returns the HTML
+	 *
+	 * @return string HTML for displaying
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function layout_form()
+	{
+		$html = '';
+		// layout_form_begin
+		$html .= apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__start__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+			$this->layout_form_begin(),
+			$this->_form_section
+		);
+		// layout_form_loop
+		$html .= apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+			$this->layout_form_loop(),
+			$this->_form_section
+		);
+		// layout_form_end
+		$html .= apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__end__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+			$this->layout_form_end(),
+			$this->_form_section
+		);
+		$html = $this->add_form_section_hooks_and_filters($html);
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function layout_form_loop()
+	{
+		$html = '';
+		foreach ($this->_form_section->subsections() as $name => $subsection) {
+			if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
+				$html .= apply_filters(
+					'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop_for_input_'
+					. $name . '__in_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+					$this->layout_input($subsection),
+					$this->_form_section,
+					$subsection
+				);
+			} elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
+				$html .= apply_filters(
+					'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop_for_non_input_'
+					. $name . '__in_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+					$this->layout_subsection($subsection),
+					$this->_form_section,
+					$subsection
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		return $html;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Should be used to start teh form section (Eg a table tag, or a div tag, etc.)
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	abstract public function layout_form_begin();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Should be used to end the form section (eg a /table tag, or a /div tag, etc)
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	abstract public function layout_form_end();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Should be used internally by layout_form() to layout each input (eg, if this layout
+	 * is putting each input in a row of its own, this should probably be called by a
+	 *  foreach loop in layout_form() (WITHOUT adding any content directly within layout_form()'s foreach loop.
+	 * Eg, this method should add the tr and td tags). This method is exposed in case you want to completely
+	 * customize the form's layout, but would like to make use of it for laying out
+	 * 'easy-to-layout' inputs
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
+	 * @return string html
+	 */
+	abstract public function layout_input($input);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Similar to layout_input(), should be used internally by layout_form() within a
+	 * loop to layout each proper subsection. Unlike layout_input(), however, it is assumed
+	 * that the proper subsection will layout its container, label, etc on its own.
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Base $subsection
+	 * @return string html
+	 */
+	abstract public function layout_subsection($subsection);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for the label tag and its contents for the input
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function display_label($input)
+	{
+		if($input->get_display_strategy() instanceof EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy){
+			return '';
+		}
+		$class = $input->required()
+			? 'ee-required-label ' . $input->html_label_class()
+			: $input->html_label_class();
+		$label_text = $input->required()
+			? $input->html_label_text() . '<span class="ee-asterisk">*</span>'
+			: $input->html_label_text();
+		return '<label id="'
+			   . $input->html_label_id()
+			   . '" class="'
+			   . $class
+			   . '" style="'
+			   . $input->html_label_style()
+			   . '" for="' . $input->html_name()
+			   . '">'
+			   . $label_text
+			   . '</label>';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for all the form's form-wide errors (ie, errors which
+	 * are not for specific inputs. E.g., if two inputs somehow disagree,
+	 * those errors would probably be on the form section, not one of its inputs)
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function display_form_wide_errors()
+	{
+		$html = '';
+		if ($this->_form_section->get_validation_errors()) {
+			$html .= "<div class='ee-form-wide-errors'>";
+			//get all the errors on THIS form section (errors which aren't
+			//for specific inputs, but instead for the entire form section)
+			foreach ($this->_form_section->get_validation_errors() as $error) {
+				$html .= $error->getMessage() . '<br>';
+			}
+			$html .= '</div>';
+		}
+		return apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__display_form_wide_errors',
+			$html,
+			$this
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns the HTML for the server-side validation errors for the specified input
+	 * Note that if JS is enabled, it should remove these and instead
+	 * populate the form's errors in the jquery validate fashion
+	 * using the localized data provided to the JS
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function display_errors($input)
+	{
+		if ($input->get_validation_errors()) {
+			return "<label  id='"
+				   . $input->html_id()
+				   . "-error' class='error' for='{$input->html_name()}'>"
+				   . $input->get_validation_error_string()
+				   . '</label>';
+		}
+		return '';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Displays the help span for the specified input
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Form_Input_Base $input
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function display_help_text($input)
+	{
+		$help_text  = $input->html_help_text();
+		if ($help_text !== '' && $help_text !== null) {
+			$tag = is_admin() ? 'p' : 'span';
+			return '<'
+				   . $tag
+				   . ' id="'
+				   . $input->html_id()
+				   . '-help" class="'
+				   . $input->html_help_class()
+				   . '" style="'
+				   . $input->html_help_style()
+				   . '">'
+				   . $help_text
+				   . '</'
+				   . $tag
+				   . '>';
+		}
+		return '';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Does an action and hook onto the end of teh form
+	 *
+	 * @param string $html
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function add_form_section_hooks_and_filters($html)
+	{
+		// replace dashes and spaces with underscores
+		$hook_name = str_replace(array('-', ' '), '_', $this->_form_section->html_id());
+		do_action('AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name, $this->_form_section);
+		$html = (string) apply_filters(
+			'AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . '__html',
+			$html,
+			$this->_form_section
+		);
+		$html .= EEH_HTML::nl() . '<!-- AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . '__html -->';
+		$html .= EEH_HTML::nl() . '<!-- AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . ' -->';
+		return $html;
+	}
 }

Spacing +15 added lines, -15 removed lines

@@ -70,19 +70,19 @@ 
         $html = '';
         // layout_form_begin
         $html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__start__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__start__for_'.$this->_form_section->name(),
             $this->layout_form_begin(),
             $this->_form_section
         );
         // layout_form_loop
         $html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop__for_'.$this->_form_section->name(),
             $this->layout_form_loop(),
             $this->_form_section
         );
         // layout_form_end
         $html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__end__for_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+            'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__end__for_'.$this->_form_section->name(),
             $this->layout_form_end(),
             $this->_form_section
         );
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ 
             if ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Input_Base) {
                 $html .= apply_filters(
                     'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop_for_input_'
-                    . $name . '__in_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+                    . $name.'__in_'.$this->_form_section->name(),
                     $this->layout_input($subsection),
                     $this->_form_section,
                     $subsection
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ 
             } elseif ($subsection instanceof EE_Form_Section_Base) {
                 $html .= apply_filters(
                     'FHEE__EE_Form_Section_Layout_Base__layout_form__loop_for_non_input_'
-                    . $name . '__in_' . $this->_form_section->name(),
+                    . $name.'__in_'.$this->_form_section->name(),
                     $this->layout_subsection($subsection),
                     $this->_form_section,
                     $subsection
@@ -176,14 +176,14 @@ 
      */
     public function display_label($input)
     {
-        if($input->get_display_strategy() instanceof EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy){
+        if ($input->get_display_strategy() instanceof EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy) {
             return '';
         }
         $class = $input->required()
-            ? 'ee-required-label ' . $input->html_label_class()
+            ? 'ee-required-label '.$input->html_label_class()
             : $input->html_label_class();
         $label_text = $input->required()
-            ? $input->html_label_text() . '<span class="ee-asterisk">*</span>'
+            ? $input->html_label_text().'<span class="ee-asterisk">*</span>'
             : $input->html_label_text();
         return '<label id="'
                . $input->html_label_id()
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ 
                . $class
                . '" style="'
                . $input->html_label_style()
-               . '" for="' . $input->html_name()
+               . '" for="'.$input->html_name()
                . '">'
                . $label_text
                . '</label>';
@@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ 
             //get all the errors on THIS form section (errors which aren't
             //for specific inputs, but instead for the entire form section)
             foreach ($this->_form_section->get_validation_errors() as $error) {
-                $html .= $error->getMessage() . '<br>';
+                $html .= $error->getMessage().'<br>';
             }
             $html .= '</div>';
         }
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ 
      */
     public function display_help_text($input)
     {
-        $help_text  = $input->html_help_text();
+        $help_text = $input->html_help_text();
         if ($help_text !== '' && $help_text !== null) {
             $tag = is_admin() ? 'p' : 'span';
             return '<'
@@ -289,14 +289,14 @@ 
     {
         // replace dashes and spaces with underscores
         $hook_name = str_replace(array('-', ' '), '_', $this->_form_section->html_id());
-        do_action('AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name, $this->_form_section);
+        do_action('AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__'.$hook_name, $this->_form_section);
         $html = (string) apply_filters(
-            'AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . '__html',
+            'AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__'.$hook_name.'__html',
             $html,
             $this->_form_section
         );
-        $html .= EEH_HTML::nl() . '<!-- AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . '__html -->';
-        $html .= EEH_HTML::nl() . '<!-- AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__' . $hook_name . ' -->';
+        $html .= EEH_HTML::nl().'<!-- AHEE__Form_Section_Layout__'.$hook_name.'__html -->';
+        $html .= EEH_HTML::nl().'<!-- AFEE__Form_Section_Layout__'.$hook_name.' -->';
         return $html;
     }
 }

core/admin/EE_Admin_Page_CPT.core.php

Indentation +1432 added lines, -1432 removed lines

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ 
 use EventEspresso\core\services\request\middleware\RecommendedVersions;
 
 if ( ! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
-    exit('No direct script access allowed');
+	exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
 /**
@@ -28,470 +28,470 @@ 
 {
 
 
-    /**
-     * This gets set in _setup_cpt
-     * It will contain the object for the custom post type.
-     *
-     * @var EE_CPT_Base
-     */
-    protected $_cpt_object;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * a boolean flag to set whether the current route is a cpt route or not.
-     *
-     * @var bool
-     */
-    protected $_cpt_route = false;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This property allows cpt classes to define multiple routes as cpt routes.
-     * //in this array we define what the custom post type for this route is.
-     * array(
-     * 'route_name' => 'custom_post_type_slug'
-     * )
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_cpt_routes = array();
-
+	/**
+	 * This gets set in _setup_cpt
+	 * It will contain the object for the custom post type.
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_CPT_Base
+	 */
+	protected $_cpt_object;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * a boolean flag to set whether the current route is a cpt route or not.
+	 *
+	 * @var bool
+	 */
+	protected $_cpt_route = false;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This property allows cpt classes to define multiple routes as cpt routes.
+	 * //in this array we define what the custom post type for this route is.
+	 * array(
+	 * 'route_name' => 'custom_post_type_slug'
+	 * )
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_cpt_routes = array();
+
 
 
-    /**
-     * This simply defines what the corresponding routes WP will be redirected to after completing a post save/update.
-     * in this format:
-     * array(
-     * 'post_type_slug' => 'edit_route'
-     * )
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_cpt_edit_routes = array();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * If child classes set the name of their main model via the $_cpt_obj_models property, EE_Admin_Page_CPT will
-     * attempt to retrieve the related object model for the edit pages and assign it to _cpt_page_object. the
-     * _cpt_model_names property should be in the following format: array(
-     * 'route_defined_by_action_param' => 'Model_Name')
-     *
-     * @var array $_cpt_model_names
-     */
-    protected $_cpt_model_names = array();
-
-
-    /**
-     * @var EE_CPT_Base
-     */
-    protected $_cpt_model_obj = false;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This will hold an array of autosave containers that will be used to obtain input values and hook into the WP
-     * autosave so we can save our inputs on the save_post hook!  Children classes should add to this array by using
-     * the _register_autosave_containers() method so that we don't override any other containers already registered.
-     * Registration of containers should be done before load_page_dependencies() is run.
-     *
-     * @var array()
-     */
-    protected $_autosave_containers = array();
-    protected $_autosave_fields = array();
-
-    /**
-     * Array mapping from admin actions to their equivalent wp core pages for custom post types. So when a user visits
-     * a page for an action, it will appear as if they were visiting the wp core page for that custom post type
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_pagenow_map;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('save_post') hook and runs after the custom post type has been
-     * saved.  Child classes are required to declare this method.  Typically you would use this to save any additional
-     * data. Keep in mind also that "save_post" runs on EVERY post update to the database. ALSO very important.  When a
-     * post transitions from scheduled to published, the save_post action is fired but you will NOT have any _POST data
-     * containing any extra info you may have from other meta saves.  So MAKE sure that you handle this accordingly.
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @abstract
-     * @param  string $post_id The ID of the cpt that was saved (so you can link relationally)
-     * @param  EE_CPT_Base $post    The post object of the cpt that was saved.
-     * @return void
-     */
-    abstract protected function _insert_update_cpt_item($post_id, $post);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('trashed_post') hook and runs after a cpt has been trashed.
-     *
-     * @abstract
-     * @access public
-     * @param  string $post_id The ID of the cpt that was trashed
-     * @return void
-     */
-    abstract public function trash_cpt_item($post_id);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('untrashed_post') hook and runs after a cpt has been untrashed
-     *
-     * @param  string $post_id theID of the cpt that was untrashed
-     * @return void
-     */
-    abstract public function restore_cpt_item($post_id);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('delete_cpt_item') hook and runs after a cpt has been fully deleted
-     * from the db
-     *
-     * @param  string $post_id the ID of the cpt that was deleted
-     * @return void
-     */
-    abstract public function delete_cpt_item($post_id);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Just utilizing the method EE_Admin exposes for doing things before page setup.
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _before_page_setup()
-    {
-        $page = isset($this->_req_data['page']) ? $this->_req_data['page'] : $this->page_slug;
-        $this->_cpt_routes = array_merge(array(
-            'create_new' => $this->page_slug,
-            'edit'       => $this->page_slug,
-            'trash'      => $this->page_slug,
-        ), $this->_cpt_routes);
-        //let's see if the current route has a value for cpt_object_slug if it does we use that instead of the page
-        $this->_cpt_object = isset($this->_req_data['action']) && isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
-            ? get_post_type_object($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
-            : get_post_type_object($page);
-        //tweak pagenow for page loading.
-        if ( ! $this->_pagenow_map) {
-            $this->_pagenow_map = array(
-                'create_new' => 'post-new.php',
-                'edit'       => 'post.php',
-                'trash'      => 'post.php',
-            );
-        }
-        add_action('current_screen', array($this, 'modify_pagenow'));
-        //TODO the below will need to be reworked to account for the cpt routes that are NOT based off of page but action param.
-        //get current page from autosave
-        $current_page = isset($this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data']['ee-cpt-hidden-inputs']['current_page'])
-            ? $this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data']['ee-cpt-hidden-inputs']['current_page']
-            : null;
-        $this->_current_page = isset($this->_req_data['current_page'])
-            ? $this->_req_data['current_page']
-            : $current_page;
-        //autosave... make sure its only for the correct page
-        //if ( ! empty($this->_current_page) && $this->_current_page == $this->page_slug) {
-            //setup autosave ajax hook
-            //add_action('wp_ajax_ee-autosave', array( $this, 'do_extra_autosave_stuff' ), 10 ); //TODO reactivate when 4.2 autosave is implemented
-        //}
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Simply ensure that we simulate the correct post route for cpt screens
-     *
-     * @param WP_Screen $current_screen
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function modify_pagenow($current_screen)
-    {
-        global $pagenow, $hook_suffix;
-        //possibly reset pagenow.
-        if ( ! empty($this->_req_data['page'])
-             && $this->_req_data['page'] == $this->page_slug
-             && ! empty($this->_req_data['action'])
-             && isset($this->_pagenow_map[$this->_req_data['action']])
-        ) {
-            $pagenow = $this->_pagenow_map[$this->_req_data['action']];
-            $hook_suffix = $pagenow;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This method is used to register additional autosave containers to the _autosave_containers property.
-     *
-     * @todo We should automate this at some point by creating a wrapper for add_post_metabox and in our wrapper we
-     *       automatically register the id for the post metabox as a container.
-     * @param  array $ids an array of ids for containers that hold form inputs we want autosave to pickup.  Typically
-     *                    you would send along the id of a metabox container.
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _register_autosave_containers($ids)
-    {
-        $this->_autosave_containers = array_merge($this->_autosave_fields, (array)$ids);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Something nifty.  We're going to loop through all the registered metaboxes and if the CALLBACK is an instance of
-     * EE_Admin_Page OR EE_Admin_Hooks, then we'll add the id to our _autosave_containers array.
-     */
-    protected function _set_autosave_containers()
-    {
-        global $wp_meta_boxes;
-        $containers = array();
-        if (empty($wp_meta_boxes)) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $current_metaboxes = isset($wp_meta_boxes[$this->page_slug]) ? $wp_meta_boxes[$this->page_slug] : array();
-        foreach ($current_metaboxes as $box_context) {
-            foreach ($box_context as $box_details) {
-                foreach ($box_details as $box) {
-                    if (
-                        is_array($box['callback'])
-                        && (
-                            $box['callback'][0] instanceof EE_Admin_Page
-                            || $box['callback'][0] instanceof EE_Admin_Hooks
-                        )
-                    ) {
-                        $containers[] = $box['id'];
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        $this->_autosave_containers = array_merge($this->_autosave_containers, $containers);
-        //add hidden inputs container
-        $this->_autosave_containers[] = 'ee-cpt-hidden-inputs';
-    }
-
-
-
-    protected function _load_autosave_scripts_styles()
-    {
-        /*wp_register_script('cpt-autosave', EE_ADMIN_URL . 'assets/ee-cpt-autosave.js', array('ee-serialize-full-array', 'event_editor_js'), EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION, TRUE );
+	/**
+	 * This simply defines what the corresponding routes WP will be redirected to after completing a post save/update.
+	 * in this format:
+	 * array(
+	 * 'post_type_slug' => 'edit_route'
+	 * )
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_cpt_edit_routes = array();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * If child classes set the name of their main model via the $_cpt_obj_models property, EE_Admin_Page_CPT will
+	 * attempt to retrieve the related object model for the edit pages and assign it to _cpt_page_object. the
+	 * _cpt_model_names property should be in the following format: array(
+	 * 'route_defined_by_action_param' => 'Model_Name')
+	 *
+	 * @var array $_cpt_model_names
+	 */
+	protected $_cpt_model_names = array();
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @var EE_CPT_Base
+	 */
+	protected $_cpt_model_obj = false;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This will hold an array of autosave containers that will be used to obtain input values and hook into the WP
+	 * autosave so we can save our inputs on the save_post hook!  Children classes should add to this array by using
+	 * the _register_autosave_containers() method so that we don't override any other containers already registered.
+	 * Registration of containers should be done before load_page_dependencies() is run.
+	 *
+	 * @var array()
+	 */
+	protected $_autosave_containers = array();
+	protected $_autosave_fields = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Array mapping from admin actions to their equivalent wp core pages for custom post types. So when a user visits
+	 * a page for an action, it will appear as if they were visiting the wp core page for that custom post type
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_pagenow_map;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('save_post') hook and runs after the custom post type has been
+	 * saved.  Child classes are required to declare this method.  Typically you would use this to save any additional
+	 * data. Keep in mind also that "save_post" runs on EVERY post update to the database. ALSO very important.  When a
+	 * post transitions from scheduled to published, the save_post action is fired but you will NOT have any _POST data
+	 * containing any extra info you may have from other meta saves.  So MAKE sure that you handle this accordingly.
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @abstract
+	 * @param  string $post_id The ID of the cpt that was saved (so you can link relationally)
+	 * @param  EE_CPT_Base $post    The post object of the cpt that was saved.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	abstract protected function _insert_update_cpt_item($post_id, $post);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('trashed_post') hook and runs after a cpt has been trashed.
+	 *
+	 * @abstract
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param  string $post_id The ID of the cpt that was trashed
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	abstract public function trash_cpt_item($post_id);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('untrashed_post') hook and runs after a cpt has been untrashed
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $post_id theID of the cpt that was untrashed
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	abstract public function restore_cpt_item($post_id);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is hooked into the WordPress do_action('delete_cpt_item') hook and runs after a cpt has been fully deleted
+	 * from the db
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $post_id the ID of the cpt that was deleted
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	abstract public function delete_cpt_item($post_id);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Just utilizing the method EE_Admin exposes for doing things before page setup.
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _before_page_setup()
+	{
+		$page = isset($this->_req_data['page']) ? $this->_req_data['page'] : $this->page_slug;
+		$this->_cpt_routes = array_merge(array(
+			'create_new' => $this->page_slug,
+			'edit'       => $this->page_slug,
+			'trash'      => $this->page_slug,
+		), $this->_cpt_routes);
+		//let's see if the current route has a value for cpt_object_slug if it does we use that instead of the page
+		$this->_cpt_object = isset($this->_req_data['action']) && isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
+			? get_post_type_object($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
+			: get_post_type_object($page);
+		//tweak pagenow for page loading.
+		if ( ! $this->_pagenow_map) {
+			$this->_pagenow_map = array(
+				'create_new' => 'post-new.php',
+				'edit'       => 'post.php',
+				'trash'      => 'post.php',
+			);
+		}
+		add_action('current_screen', array($this, 'modify_pagenow'));
+		//TODO the below will need to be reworked to account for the cpt routes that are NOT based off of page but action param.
+		//get current page from autosave
+		$current_page = isset($this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data']['ee-cpt-hidden-inputs']['current_page'])
+			? $this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data']['ee-cpt-hidden-inputs']['current_page']
+			: null;
+		$this->_current_page = isset($this->_req_data['current_page'])
+			? $this->_req_data['current_page']
+			: $current_page;
+		//autosave... make sure its only for the correct page
+		//if ( ! empty($this->_current_page) && $this->_current_page == $this->page_slug) {
+			//setup autosave ajax hook
+			//add_action('wp_ajax_ee-autosave', array( $this, 'do_extra_autosave_stuff' ), 10 ); //TODO reactivate when 4.2 autosave is implemented
+		//}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Simply ensure that we simulate the correct post route for cpt screens
+	 *
+	 * @param WP_Screen $current_screen
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function modify_pagenow($current_screen)
+	{
+		global $pagenow, $hook_suffix;
+		//possibly reset pagenow.
+		if ( ! empty($this->_req_data['page'])
+			 && $this->_req_data['page'] == $this->page_slug
+			 && ! empty($this->_req_data['action'])
+			 && isset($this->_pagenow_map[$this->_req_data['action']])
+		) {
+			$pagenow = $this->_pagenow_map[$this->_req_data['action']];
+			$hook_suffix = $pagenow;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This method is used to register additional autosave containers to the _autosave_containers property.
+	 *
+	 * @todo We should automate this at some point by creating a wrapper for add_post_metabox and in our wrapper we
+	 *       automatically register the id for the post metabox as a container.
+	 * @param  array $ids an array of ids for containers that hold form inputs we want autosave to pickup.  Typically
+	 *                    you would send along the id of a metabox container.
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _register_autosave_containers($ids)
+	{
+		$this->_autosave_containers = array_merge($this->_autosave_fields, (array)$ids);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Something nifty.  We're going to loop through all the registered metaboxes and if the CALLBACK is an instance of
+	 * EE_Admin_Page OR EE_Admin_Hooks, then we'll add the id to our _autosave_containers array.
+	 */
+	protected function _set_autosave_containers()
+	{
+		global $wp_meta_boxes;
+		$containers = array();
+		if (empty($wp_meta_boxes)) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$current_metaboxes = isset($wp_meta_boxes[$this->page_slug]) ? $wp_meta_boxes[$this->page_slug] : array();
+		foreach ($current_metaboxes as $box_context) {
+			foreach ($box_context as $box_details) {
+				foreach ($box_details as $box) {
+					if (
+						is_array($box['callback'])
+						&& (
+							$box['callback'][0] instanceof EE_Admin_Page
+							|| $box['callback'][0] instanceof EE_Admin_Hooks
+						)
+					) {
+						$containers[] = $box['id'];
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$this->_autosave_containers = array_merge($this->_autosave_containers, $containers);
+		//add hidden inputs container
+		$this->_autosave_containers[] = 'ee-cpt-hidden-inputs';
+	}
+
+
+
+	protected function _load_autosave_scripts_styles()
+	{
+		/*wp_register_script('cpt-autosave', EE_ADMIN_URL . 'assets/ee-cpt-autosave.js', array('ee-serialize-full-array', 'event_editor_js'), EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION, TRUE );
         wp_enqueue_script('cpt-autosave');/**/ //todo re-enable when we start doing autosave again in 4.2
 
-        //filter _autosave_containers
-        $containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
-            $this->_autosave_containers, $this);
-        $containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__' . get_class($this) . '___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
-            $containers, $this);
-
-        wp_localize_script('event_editor_js', 'EE_AUTOSAVE_IDS',
-            $containers); //todo once we enable autosaves, this needs to be switched to localize with "cpt-autosave"
-
-        $unsaved_data_msg = array(
-            'eventmsg'     => sprintf(__("The changes you made to this %s will be lost if you navigate away from this page.",
-                'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
-            'inputChanged' => 0,
-        );
-        wp_localize_script('event_editor_js', 'UNSAVED_DATA_MSG', $unsaved_data_msg);
-    }
-
-
-
-    public function load_page_dependencies()
-    {
-        try {
-            $this->_load_page_dependencies();
-        } catch (EE_Error $e) {
-            $e->get_error();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * overloading the EE_Admin_Page parent load_page_dependencies so we can get the cpt stuff added in appropriately
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _load_page_dependencies()
-    {
-        //we only add stuff if this is a cpt_route!
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_route) {
-            parent::_load_page_dependencies();
-            return;
-        }
-        // now let's do some automatic filters into the wp_system
-        // and we'll check to make sure the CHILD class
-        // automatically has the required methods in place.
-        // the following filters are for setting all the redirects
-        // on DEFAULT WP custom post type actions
-        // let's add a hidden input to the post-edit form
-        // so we know when we have to trigger our custom redirects!
-        // Otherwise the redirects will happen on ALL post saves which wouldn't be good of course!
-        add_action('edit_form_after_title', array($this, 'cpt_post_form_hidden_input'));
-        // inject our Admin page nav tabs...
-        // let's make sure the nav tabs are set if they aren't already
-        // if ( empty( $this->_nav_tabs ) ) $this->_set_nav_tabs();
-        add_action('post_edit_form_tag', array($this, 'inject_nav_tabs'));
-        // modify the post_updated messages array
-        add_action('post_updated_messages', array($this, 'post_update_messages'), 10);
-        // add shortlink button to cpt edit screens.  We can do this as a universal thing BECAUSE,
-        // cpts use the same format for shortlinks as posts!
-        add_filter('pre_get_shortlink', array($this, 'add_shortlink_button_to_editor'), 10, 4);
-        // This basically allows us to change the title of the "publish" metabox area
-        // on CPT pages by setting a 'publishbox' value in the $_labels property array in the child class.
-        if ( ! empty($this->_labels['publishbox'])) {
-            $box_label = is_array($this->_labels['publishbox'])
-                         && isset($this->_labels['publishbox'][$this->_req_action])
-                    ? $this->_labels['publishbox'][$this->_req_action]
-                    : $this->_labels['publishbox'];
-            add_meta_box(
-                'submitdiv',
-                $box_label,
-                'post_submit_meta_box',
-                $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action],
-                'side',
-                'core'
-            );
-        }
-        //let's add page_templates metabox if this cpt added support for it.
-        if ($this->_supports_page_templates($this->_cpt_object->name)) {
-            add_meta_box(
-                'page_templates',
-                __('Page Template', 'event_espresso'),
-                array($this, 'page_template_meta_box'),
-                $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action],
-                'side',
-                'default'
-            );
-        }
-        //this is a filter that allows the addition of extra html after the permalink field on the wp post edit-form
-        if (method_exists($this, 'extra_permalink_field_buttons')) {
-            add_filter('get_sample_permalink_html', array($this, 'extra_permalink_field_buttons'), 10, 4);
-        }
-        //add preview button
-        add_filter('get_sample_permalink_html', array($this, 'preview_button_html'), 5, 4);
-        //insert our own post_stati dropdown
-        add_action('post_submitbox_misc_actions', array($this, 'custom_post_stati_dropdown'), 10);
-        //This allows adding additional information to the publish post submitbox on the wp post edit form
-        if (method_exists($this, 'extra_misc_actions_publish_box')) {
-            add_action('post_submitbox_misc_actions', array($this, 'extra_misc_actions_publish_box'), 10);
-        }
-        // This allows for adding additional stuff after the title field on the wp post edit form.
-        // This is also before the wp_editor for post description field.
-        if (method_exists($this, 'edit_form_after_title')) {
-            add_action('edit_form_after_title', array($this, 'edit_form_after_title'), 10);
-        }
-        /**
-         * Filtering WP's esc_url to capture urls pointing to core wp routes so they point to our route.
-         */
-        add_filter('clean_url', array($this, 'switch_core_wp_urls_with_ours'), 10, 3);
-        parent::_load_page_dependencies();
-        // notice we are ALSO going to load the pagenow hook set for this route
-        // (see _before_page_setup for the reset of the pagenow global ).
-        // This is for any plugins that are doing things properly
-        // and hooking into the load page hook for core wp cpt routes.
-        global $pagenow;
-        do_action('load-' . $pagenow);
-        $this->modify_current_screen();
-        add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'setup_autosave_hooks'), 30);
-        //we route REALLY early.
-        try {
-            $this->_route_admin_request();
-        } catch (EE_Error $e) {
-            $e->get_error();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Since we don't want users going to default core wp routes, this will check any wp urls run through the
-     * esc_url() method and if we see a url matching a pattern for our routes, we'll modify it to point to OUR
-     * route instead.
-     *
-     * @param string $good_protocol_url The escaped url.
-     * @param string $original_url      The original url.
-     * @param string $_context          The context sent to the esc_url method.
-     * @return string possibly a new url for our route.
-     */
-    public function switch_core_wp_urls_with_ours($good_protocol_url, $original_url, $_context)
-    {
-        $routes_to_match = array(
-            0 => array(
-                'edit.php?post_type=espresso_attendees',
-                'admin.php?page=espresso_registrations&action=contact_list',
-            ),
-            1 => array(
-                'edit.php?post_type=' . $this->_cpt_object->name,
-                'admin.php?page=' . $this->_cpt_object->name,
-            ),
-        );
-        foreach ($routes_to_match as $route_matches) {
-            if (strpos($good_protocol_url, $route_matches[0]) !== false) {
-                return str_replace($route_matches[0], $route_matches[1], $good_protocol_url);
-            }
-        }
-        return $good_protocol_url;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Determine whether the current cpt supports page templates or not.
-     *
-     * @since %VER%
-     * @param string $cpt_name The cpt slug we're checking on.
-     * @return bool True supported, false not.
-     */
-    private function _supports_page_templates($cpt_name)
-    {
-
-        $cpt_args = EE_Register_CPTs::get_CPTs();
-        $cpt_args = isset($cpt_args[$cpt_name]) ? $cpt_args[$cpt_name]['args'] : array();
-        $cpt_has_support = ! empty($cpt_args['page_templates']);
-
-        //if the installed version of WP is > 4.7 we do some additional checks.
-        if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7','>=')) {
-            $post_templates = wp_get_theme()->get_post_templates();
-            //if there are $post_templates for this cpt, then we return false for this method because
-            //that means we aren't going to load our page template manager and leave that up to the native
-            //cpt template manager.
-            $cpt_has_support = ! isset($post_templates[$cpt_name]) ? $cpt_has_support : false;
-        }
-
-        return $cpt_has_support;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Callback for the page_templates metabox selector.
-     *
-     * @since %VER%
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function page_template_meta_box()
-    {
-        global $post;
-        $template = '';
-
-        if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7','>=')) {
-            $page_template_count = count(get_page_templates());
-        } else {
-            $page_template_count = count(get_page_templates($post));
-        };
-
-        if ($page_template_count) {
-            $page_template = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true);
-            $template      = ! empty($page_template) ? $page_template : '';
-        }
-        ?>
+		//filter _autosave_containers
+		$containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
+			$this->_autosave_containers, $this);
+		$containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__' . get_class($this) . '___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
+			$containers, $this);
+
+		wp_localize_script('event_editor_js', 'EE_AUTOSAVE_IDS',
+			$containers); //todo once we enable autosaves, this needs to be switched to localize with "cpt-autosave"
+
+		$unsaved_data_msg = array(
+			'eventmsg'     => sprintf(__("The changes you made to this %s will be lost if you navigate away from this page.",
+				'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
+			'inputChanged' => 0,
+		);
+		wp_localize_script('event_editor_js', 'UNSAVED_DATA_MSG', $unsaved_data_msg);
+	}
+
+
+
+	public function load_page_dependencies()
+	{
+		try {
+			$this->_load_page_dependencies();
+		} catch (EE_Error $e) {
+			$e->get_error();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * overloading the EE_Admin_Page parent load_page_dependencies so we can get the cpt stuff added in appropriately
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _load_page_dependencies()
+	{
+		//we only add stuff if this is a cpt_route!
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_route) {
+			parent::_load_page_dependencies();
+			return;
+		}
+		// now let's do some automatic filters into the wp_system
+		// and we'll check to make sure the CHILD class
+		// automatically has the required methods in place.
+		// the following filters are for setting all the redirects
+		// on DEFAULT WP custom post type actions
+		// let's add a hidden input to the post-edit form
+		// so we know when we have to trigger our custom redirects!
+		// Otherwise the redirects will happen on ALL post saves which wouldn't be good of course!
+		add_action('edit_form_after_title', array($this, 'cpt_post_form_hidden_input'));
+		// inject our Admin page nav tabs...
+		// let's make sure the nav tabs are set if they aren't already
+		// if ( empty( $this->_nav_tabs ) ) $this->_set_nav_tabs();
+		add_action('post_edit_form_tag', array($this, 'inject_nav_tabs'));
+		// modify the post_updated messages array
+		add_action('post_updated_messages', array($this, 'post_update_messages'), 10);
+		// add shortlink button to cpt edit screens.  We can do this as a universal thing BECAUSE,
+		// cpts use the same format for shortlinks as posts!
+		add_filter('pre_get_shortlink', array($this, 'add_shortlink_button_to_editor'), 10, 4);
+		// This basically allows us to change the title of the "publish" metabox area
+		// on CPT pages by setting a 'publishbox' value in the $_labels property array in the child class.
+		if ( ! empty($this->_labels['publishbox'])) {
+			$box_label = is_array($this->_labels['publishbox'])
+						 && isset($this->_labels['publishbox'][$this->_req_action])
+					? $this->_labels['publishbox'][$this->_req_action]
+					: $this->_labels['publishbox'];
+			add_meta_box(
+				'submitdiv',
+				$box_label,
+				'post_submit_meta_box',
+				$this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action],
+				'side',
+				'core'
+			);
+		}
+		//let's add page_templates metabox if this cpt added support for it.
+		if ($this->_supports_page_templates($this->_cpt_object->name)) {
+			add_meta_box(
+				'page_templates',
+				__('Page Template', 'event_espresso'),
+				array($this, 'page_template_meta_box'),
+				$this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action],
+				'side',
+				'default'
+			);
+		}
+		//this is a filter that allows the addition of extra html after the permalink field on the wp post edit-form
+		if (method_exists($this, 'extra_permalink_field_buttons')) {
+			add_filter('get_sample_permalink_html', array($this, 'extra_permalink_field_buttons'), 10, 4);
+		}
+		//add preview button
+		add_filter('get_sample_permalink_html', array($this, 'preview_button_html'), 5, 4);
+		//insert our own post_stati dropdown
+		add_action('post_submitbox_misc_actions', array($this, 'custom_post_stati_dropdown'), 10);
+		//This allows adding additional information to the publish post submitbox on the wp post edit form
+		if (method_exists($this, 'extra_misc_actions_publish_box')) {
+			add_action('post_submitbox_misc_actions', array($this, 'extra_misc_actions_publish_box'), 10);
+		}
+		// This allows for adding additional stuff after the title field on the wp post edit form.
+		// This is also before the wp_editor for post description field.
+		if (method_exists($this, 'edit_form_after_title')) {
+			add_action('edit_form_after_title', array($this, 'edit_form_after_title'), 10);
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Filtering WP's esc_url to capture urls pointing to core wp routes so they point to our route.
+		 */
+		add_filter('clean_url', array($this, 'switch_core_wp_urls_with_ours'), 10, 3);
+		parent::_load_page_dependencies();
+		// notice we are ALSO going to load the pagenow hook set for this route
+		// (see _before_page_setup for the reset of the pagenow global ).
+		// This is for any plugins that are doing things properly
+		// and hooking into the load page hook for core wp cpt routes.
+		global $pagenow;
+		do_action('load-' . $pagenow);
+		$this->modify_current_screen();
+		add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'setup_autosave_hooks'), 30);
+		//we route REALLY early.
+		try {
+			$this->_route_admin_request();
+		} catch (EE_Error $e) {
+			$e->get_error();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Since we don't want users going to default core wp routes, this will check any wp urls run through the
+	 * esc_url() method and if we see a url matching a pattern for our routes, we'll modify it to point to OUR
+	 * route instead.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $good_protocol_url The escaped url.
+	 * @param string $original_url      The original url.
+	 * @param string $_context          The context sent to the esc_url method.
+	 * @return string possibly a new url for our route.
+	 */
+	public function switch_core_wp_urls_with_ours($good_protocol_url, $original_url, $_context)
+	{
+		$routes_to_match = array(
+			0 => array(
+				'edit.php?post_type=espresso_attendees',
+				'admin.php?page=espresso_registrations&action=contact_list',
+			),
+			1 => array(
+				'edit.php?post_type=' . $this->_cpt_object->name,
+				'admin.php?page=' . $this->_cpt_object->name,
+			),
+		);
+		foreach ($routes_to_match as $route_matches) {
+			if (strpos($good_protocol_url, $route_matches[0]) !== false) {
+				return str_replace($route_matches[0], $route_matches[1], $good_protocol_url);
+			}
+		}
+		return $good_protocol_url;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether the current cpt supports page templates or not.
+	 *
+	 * @since %VER%
+	 * @param string $cpt_name The cpt slug we're checking on.
+	 * @return bool True supported, false not.
+	 */
+	private function _supports_page_templates($cpt_name)
+	{
+
+		$cpt_args = EE_Register_CPTs::get_CPTs();
+		$cpt_args = isset($cpt_args[$cpt_name]) ? $cpt_args[$cpt_name]['args'] : array();
+		$cpt_has_support = ! empty($cpt_args['page_templates']);
+
+		//if the installed version of WP is > 4.7 we do some additional checks.
+		if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7','>=')) {
+			$post_templates = wp_get_theme()->get_post_templates();
+			//if there are $post_templates for this cpt, then we return false for this method because
+			//that means we aren't going to load our page template manager and leave that up to the native
+			//cpt template manager.
+			$cpt_has_support = ! isset($post_templates[$cpt_name]) ? $cpt_has_support : false;
+		}
+
+		return $cpt_has_support;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback for the page_templates metabox selector.
+	 *
+	 * @since %VER%
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function page_template_meta_box()
+	{
+		global $post;
+		$template = '';
+
+		if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7','>=')) {
+			$page_template_count = count(get_page_templates());
+		} else {
+			$page_template_count = count(get_page_templates($post));
+		};
+
+		if ($page_template_count) {
+			$page_template = get_post_meta($post->ID, '_wp_page_template', true);
+			$template      = ! empty($page_template) ? $page_template : '';
+		}
+		?>
         <p><strong><?php _e('Template') ?></strong></p>
         <label class="screen-reader-text" for="page_template"><?php _e('Page Template') ?></label><select
             name="page_template" id="page_template">
@@ -499,450 +499,450 @@ 
         <?php page_template_dropdown($template); ?>
     </select>
         <?php
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * if this post is a draft or scheduled post then we provide a preview button for user to click
-     * Method is called from parent and is hooked into the wp 'get_sample_permalink_html' filter.
-     *
-     * @param  string $return    the current html
-     * @param  int    $id        the post id for the page
-     * @param  string $new_title What the title is
-     * @param  string $new_slug  what the slug is
-     * @return string            The new html string for the permalink area
-     */
-    public function preview_button_html($return, $id, $new_title, $new_slug)
-    {
-        $post = get_post($id);
-        if ('publish' !== get_post_status($post)) {
-            //include shims for the `get_preview_post_link` function
-            require_once( EE_CORE . 'wordpress-shims.php' );
-            $return .= '<span_id="view-post-btn"><a target="_blank" href="'
-                       . get_preview_post_link($id)
-                       . '" class="button button-small">'
-                       . __('Preview', 'event_espresso')
-                       . '</a></span>'
-                       . "\n";
-        }
-        return $return;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * add our custom post stati dropdown on the wp post page for this cpt
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function custom_post_stati_dropdown()
-    {
-
-        $statuses         = $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_custom_post_statuses();
-        $cur_status_label = array_key_exists($this->_cpt_model_obj->status(), $statuses)
-            ? $statuses[$this->_cpt_model_obj->status()]
-            : '';
-        $template_args    = array(
-            'cur_status'            => $this->_cpt_model_obj->status(),
-            'statuses'              => $statuses,
-            'cur_status_label'      => $cur_status_label,
-            'localized_status_save' => sprintf(__('Save %s', 'event_espresso'), $cur_status_label),
-        );
-        //we'll add a trash post status (WP doesn't add one for some reason)
-        if ($this->_cpt_model_obj->status() === 'trash') {
-            $template_args['cur_status_label'] = __('Trashed', 'event_espresso');
-            $statuses['trash']                 = __('Trashed', 'event_espresso');
-            $template_args['statuses']         = $statuses;
-        }
-
-        $template = EE_ADMIN_TEMPLATE . 'status_dropdown.template.php';
-        EEH_Template::display_template($template, $template_args);
-    }
-
-
-
-    public function setup_autosave_hooks()
-    {
-        $this->_set_autosave_containers();
-        $this->_load_autosave_scripts_styles();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is run on all WordPress autosaves AFTER the autosave is complete and sends along a $_POST object (available
-     * in $this->_req_data) containing: post_ID of the saved post autosavenonce for the saved post We'll do the check
-     * for the nonce in here, but then this method looks for two things:
-     * 1. Execute a method (if exists) matching 'ee_autosave_' and appended with the given route. OR
-     * 2. do_actions() for global or class specific actions that have been registered (for plugins/addons not in an
-     * EE_Admin_Page class. PLEASE NOTE: Data will be returned using the _return_json() object and so the
-     * $_template_args property should be used to hold the $data array.  We're expecting the following things set in
-     * template args.
-     *    1. $template_args['error'] = IF there is an error you can add the message in here.
-     *    2. $template_args['data']['items'] = an array of items that are setup in key index pairs of 'where_values_go'
-     *    => 'values_to_add'.  In other words, for the datetime metabox we'll have something like
-     *    $this->_template_args['data']['items'] = array(
-     *        'event-datetime-ids' => '1,2,3';
-     *    );
-     *    Keep in mind the following things:
-     *    - "where" index is for the input with the id as that string.
-     *    - "what" index is what will be used for the value of that input.
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function do_extra_autosave_stuff()
-    {
-        //next let's check for the autosave nonce (we'll use _verify_nonce )
-        $nonce = isset($this->_req_data['autosavenonce'])
-                ? $this->_req_data['autosavenonce']
-                : null;
-        $this->_verify_nonce($nonce, 'autosave');
-        //make sure we define doing autosave (cause WP isn't triggering this we want to make sure we define it)
-        if ( ! defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE')) {
-            define('DOING_AUTOSAVE', true);
-        }
-        //if we made it here then the nonce checked out.  Let's run our methods and actions
-        $autosave = "_ee_autosave_{$this->_current_view}";
-        if (method_exists($this, $autosave)) {
-            $this->$autosave();
-        } else {
-            $this->_template_args['success'] = true;
-        }
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__global_after', $this);
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__after_' . get_class($this), $this);
-        //now let's return json
-        $this->_return_json();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This takes care of setting up default routes and pages that utilize the core WP admin pages.
-     * Child classes can override the defaults (in cases for adding metaboxes etc.)
-     * but take care that you include the defaults here otherwise your core WP admin pages for the cpt won't work!
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _extend_page_config_for_cpt()
-    {
-        //before doing anything we need to make sure this runs ONLY when the loaded page matches the set page_slug
-        if (isset($this->_req_data['page']) && $this->_req_data['page'] !== $this->page_slug) {
-            return;
-        }
-        //set page routes and page config but ONLY if we're not viewing a custom setup cpt route as defined in _cpt_routes
-        if ( ! empty($this->_cpt_object)) {
-            $this->_page_routes = array_merge(array(
-                'create_new' => '_create_new_cpt_item',
-                'edit'       => '_edit_cpt_item',
-            ), $this->_page_routes);
-            $this->_page_config = array_merge(array(
-                'create_new' => array(
-                    'nav'           => array(
-                        'label' => $this->_cpt_object->labels->add_new_item,
-                        'order' => 5,
-                    ),
-                    'require_nonce' => false,
-                ),
-                'edit'       => array(
-                    'nav'           => array(
-                        'label'      => $this->_cpt_object->labels->edit_item,
-                        'order'      => 5,
-                        'persistent' => false,
-                        'url'        => '',
-                    ),
-                    'require_nonce' => false,
-                ),
-            ),
-                $this->_page_config
-            );
-        }
-        //load the next section only if this is a matching cpt route as set in the cpt routes array.
-        if ( ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action])) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $this->_cpt_route = isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]) ? true : false;
-        //add_action('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page___load_page_dependencies__after_load', array( $this, 'modify_current_screen') );
-        if (empty($this->_cpt_object)) {
-            $msg = sprintf(__('This page has been set as being related to a registered custom post type, however, the custom post type object could not be retrieved. There are two possible reasons for this:  1. The "%s" does not match a registered post type. or 2. The custom post type is not registered for the "%s" action as indexed in the "$_cpt_routes" property on this class (%s).'),
-                $this->page_slug, $this->_req_action, get_class($this));
-            throw new EE_Error($msg);
-        }
-        if ($this->_cpt_route) {
-            $id = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? $this->_req_data['post'] : null;
-            $this->_set_model_object($id);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the _cpt_model_object property using what has been set for the _cpt_model_name and a given id.
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @param int  $id The id to retrieve the model object for. If empty we set a default object.
-     * @param bool $ignore_route_check
-     * @param string $req_type whether the current route is for inserting, updating, or deleting the CPT
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _set_model_object($id = null, $ignore_route_check = false, $req_type = '')
-    {
-        $model = null;
-        if (
-            empty($this->_cpt_model_names)
-            || (
-                ! $ignore_route_check
-                && ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action])
-            ) || (
-                $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base
-                && $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() === $id
-            )
-        ) {
-            //get out cuz we either don't have a model name OR the object has already been set and it has the same id as what has been sent.
-            return;
-        }
-        //if ignore_route_check is true, then get the model name via EE_Register_CPTs
-        if ($ignore_route_check) {
-            $model_names = EE_Register_CPTs::get_cpt_model_names();
-            $post_type   = get_post_type($id);
-            if (isset($model_names[$post_type])) {
-                $model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($model_names[$post_type]);
-            }
-        } else {
-            $model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($this->_cpt_model_names[$this->_req_action]);
-        }
-        if ($model instanceof EEM_Base) {
-            $this->_cpt_model_obj = ! empty($id) ? $model->get_one_by_ID($id) : $model->create_default_object();
-        }
-        do_action(
-            'AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__set_model_object__after_set_object',
-            $this->_cpt_model_obj,
-            $req_type
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * admin_init_global
-     * This runs all the code that we want executed within the WP admin_init hook.
-     * This method executes for ALL EE Admin pages.
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function admin_init_global()
-    {
-        $post = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? get_post($this->_req_data['post']) : null;
-        //its possible this is a new save so let's catch that instead
-        $post = isset($this->_req_data['post_ID']) ? get_post($this->_req_data['post_ID']) : $post;
-        $post_type = $post ? $post->post_type : false;
-        $current_route = isset($this->_req_data['current_route'])
-            ? $this->_req_data['current_route']
-            : 'shouldneverwork';
-        $route_to_check = $post_type && isset($this->_cpt_routes[$current_route])
-            ? $this->_cpt_routes[$current_route]
-            : '';
-        add_filter('get_delete_post_link', array($this, 'modify_delete_post_link'), 10, 3);
-        add_filter('get_edit_post_link', array($this, 'modify_edit_post_link'), 10, 3);
-        if ($post_type === $route_to_check) {
-            add_filter('redirect_post_location', array($this, 'cpt_post_location_redirect'), 10, 2);
-        }
-        //now let's filter redirect if we're on a revision page and the revision is for an event CPT.
-        $revision = isset($this->_req_data['revision']) ? $this->_req_data['revision'] : null;
-        if ( ! empty($revision)) {
-            $action = isset($this->_req_data['action']) ? $this->_req_data['action'] : null;
-            //doing a restore?
-            if ( ! empty($action) && $action === 'restore') {
-                //get post for revision
-                $rev_post = get_post($revision);
-                $rev_parent = get_post($rev_post->post_parent);
-                //only do our redirect filter AND our restore revision action if the post_type for the parent is one of our cpts.
-                if ($rev_parent && $rev_parent->post_type === $this->page_slug) {
-                    add_filter('wp_redirect', array($this, 'revision_redirect'), 10, 2);
-                    //restores of revisions
-                    add_action('wp_restore_post_revision', array($this, 'restore_revision'), 10, 2);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        //NOTE we ONLY want to run these hooks if we're on the right class for the given post type.  Otherwise we could see some really freaky things happen!
-        if ($post_type && $post_type === $route_to_check) {
-            //$post_id, $post
-            add_action('save_post', array($this, 'insert_update'), 10, 3);
-            //$post_id
-            add_action('trashed_post', array($this, 'before_trash_cpt_item'), 10);
-            add_action('trashed_post', array($this, 'dont_permanently_delete_ee_cpts'), 10);
-            add_action('untrashed_post', array($this, 'before_restore_cpt_item'), 10);
-            add_action('after_delete_post', array($this, 'before_delete_cpt_item'), 10);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Callback for the WordPress trashed_post hook.
-     * Execute some basic checks before calling the trash_cpt_item declared in the child class.
-     *
-     * @param int $post_id
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function before_trash_cpt_item($post_id)
-    {
-        $this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'trash');
-        //if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $this->trash_cpt_item($post_id);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Callback for the WordPress untrashed_post hook.
-     * Execute some basic checks before calling the restore_cpt_method in the child class.
-     *
-     * @param $post_id
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function before_restore_cpt_item($post_id)
-    {
-        $this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'restore');
-        //if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $this->restore_cpt_item($post_id);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Callback for the WordPress after_delete_post hook.
-     * Execute some basic checks before calling the delete_cpt_item method in the child class.
-     *
-     * @param $post_id
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function before_delete_cpt_item($post_id)
-    {
-        $this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'delete');
-        //if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $this->delete_cpt_item($post_id);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This simply verifies if the cpt_model_object is instantiated for the given page and throws an error message
-     * accordingly.
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function verify_cpt_object()
-    {
-        $label = ! empty($this->_cpt_object) ? $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name : $this->page_label;
-        // verify event object
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base) {
-            throw new EE_Error(sprintf(__('Something has gone wrong with the page load because we are unable to set up the object for the %1$s.  This usually happens when the given id for the page route is NOT for the correct custom post type for this page',
-                    'event_espresso'), $label));
-        }
-        //if auto-draft then throw an error
-        if ($this->_cpt_model_obj->get('status') === 'auto-draft') {
-            EE_Error::overwrite_errors();
-            EE_Error::add_error(sprintf(__('This %1$s was saved without a title, description, or excerpt which means that none of the extra details you added were saved properly.  All autodrafts will show up in the "draft" view of your event list table.  You can delete them from there. Please click the "Add %1$s" button to refresh and restart.'),
-                    $label), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * admin_footer_scripts_global
-     * Anything triggered by the 'admin_print_footer_scripts' WP hook should be put in here. This particular method
-     * will apply on ALL EE_Admin pages.
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function admin_footer_scripts_global()
-    {
-        $this->_add_admin_page_ajax_loading_img();
-        $this->_add_admin_page_overlay();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * add in any global scripts for cpt routes
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function load_global_scripts_styles()
-    {
-        parent::load_global_scripts_styles();
-        if ($this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base) {
-            //setup custom post status object for localize script but only if we've got a cpt object
-            $statuses = $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_custom_post_statuses();
-            if ( ! empty($statuses)) {
-                //get ALL statuses!
-                $statuses = $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_all_post_statuses();
-                //setup object
-                $ee_cpt_statuses = array();
-                foreach ($statuses as $status => $label) {
-                    $ee_cpt_statuses[$status] = array(
-                        'label'      => $label,
-                        'save_label' => sprintf(__('Save as %s', 'event_espresso'), $label),
-                    );
-                }
-                wp_localize_script('ee_admin_js', 'eeCPTstatuses', $ee_cpt_statuses);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is a wrapper for the insert/update routes for cpt items so we can add things that are common to ALL
-     * insert/updates
-     *
-     * @param  int     $post_id ID of post being updated
-     * @param  WP_Post $post    Post object from WP
-     * @param  bool    $update  Whether this is an update or a new save.
-     * @return void
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function insert_update($post_id, $post, $update)
-    {
-        //make sure that if this is a revision OR trash action that we don't do any updates!
-        if (
-            isset($this->_req_data['action'])
-            && (
-                $this->_req_data['action'] === 'restore'
-                || $this->_req_data['action'] === 'trash'
-            )
-        ) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'insert_update');
-        //if our cpt object is not instantiated and its NOT the same post_id as what is triggering this callback, then exit.
-        if ($update
-            && (
-                ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base
-                || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id
-            )
-        ) {
-            return;
-        }
-        //check for autosave and update our req_data property accordingly.
-        /*if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE && isset( $this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data'] ) ) {
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * if this post is a draft or scheduled post then we provide a preview button for user to click
+	 * Method is called from parent and is hooked into the wp 'get_sample_permalink_html' filter.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $return    the current html
+	 * @param  int    $id        the post id for the page
+	 * @param  string $new_title What the title is
+	 * @param  string $new_slug  what the slug is
+	 * @return string            The new html string for the permalink area
+	 */
+	public function preview_button_html($return, $id, $new_title, $new_slug)
+	{
+		$post = get_post($id);
+		if ('publish' !== get_post_status($post)) {
+			//include shims for the `get_preview_post_link` function
+			require_once( EE_CORE . 'wordpress-shims.php' );
+			$return .= '<span_id="view-post-btn"><a target="_blank" href="'
+					   . get_preview_post_link($id)
+					   . '" class="button button-small">'
+					   . __('Preview', 'event_espresso')
+					   . '</a></span>'
+					   . "\n";
+		}
+		return $return;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * add our custom post stati dropdown on the wp post page for this cpt
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function custom_post_stati_dropdown()
+	{
+
+		$statuses         = $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_custom_post_statuses();
+		$cur_status_label = array_key_exists($this->_cpt_model_obj->status(), $statuses)
+			? $statuses[$this->_cpt_model_obj->status()]
+			: '';
+		$template_args    = array(
+			'cur_status'            => $this->_cpt_model_obj->status(),
+			'statuses'              => $statuses,
+			'cur_status_label'      => $cur_status_label,
+			'localized_status_save' => sprintf(__('Save %s', 'event_espresso'), $cur_status_label),
+		);
+		//we'll add a trash post status (WP doesn't add one for some reason)
+		if ($this->_cpt_model_obj->status() === 'trash') {
+			$template_args['cur_status_label'] = __('Trashed', 'event_espresso');
+			$statuses['trash']                 = __('Trashed', 'event_espresso');
+			$template_args['statuses']         = $statuses;
+		}
+
+		$template = EE_ADMIN_TEMPLATE . 'status_dropdown.template.php';
+		EEH_Template::display_template($template, $template_args);
+	}
+
+
+
+	public function setup_autosave_hooks()
+	{
+		$this->_set_autosave_containers();
+		$this->_load_autosave_scripts_styles();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is run on all WordPress autosaves AFTER the autosave is complete and sends along a $_POST object (available
+	 * in $this->_req_data) containing: post_ID of the saved post autosavenonce for the saved post We'll do the check
+	 * for the nonce in here, but then this method looks for two things:
+	 * 1. Execute a method (if exists) matching 'ee_autosave_' and appended with the given route. OR
+	 * 2. do_actions() for global or class specific actions that have been registered (for plugins/addons not in an
+	 * EE_Admin_Page class. PLEASE NOTE: Data will be returned using the _return_json() object and so the
+	 * $_template_args property should be used to hold the $data array.  We're expecting the following things set in
+	 * template args.
+	 *    1. $template_args['error'] = IF there is an error you can add the message in here.
+	 *    2. $template_args['data']['items'] = an array of items that are setup in key index pairs of 'where_values_go'
+	 *    => 'values_to_add'.  In other words, for the datetime metabox we'll have something like
+	 *    $this->_template_args['data']['items'] = array(
+	 *        'event-datetime-ids' => '1,2,3';
+	 *    );
+	 *    Keep in mind the following things:
+	 *    - "where" index is for the input with the id as that string.
+	 *    - "what" index is what will be used for the value of that input.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function do_extra_autosave_stuff()
+	{
+		//next let's check for the autosave nonce (we'll use _verify_nonce )
+		$nonce = isset($this->_req_data['autosavenonce'])
+				? $this->_req_data['autosavenonce']
+				: null;
+		$this->_verify_nonce($nonce, 'autosave');
+		//make sure we define doing autosave (cause WP isn't triggering this we want to make sure we define it)
+		if ( ! defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE')) {
+			define('DOING_AUTOSAVE', true);
+		}
+		//if we made it here then the nonce checked out.  Let's run our methods and actions
+		$autosave = "_ee_autosave_{$this->_current_view}";
+		if (method_exists($this, $autosave)) {
+			$this->$autosave();
+		} else {
+			$this->_template_args['success'] = true;
+		}
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__global_after', $this);
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__after_' . get_class($this), $this);
+		//now let's return json
+		$this->_return_json();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This takes care of setting up default routes and pages that utilize the core WP admin pages.
+	 * Child classes can override the defaults (in cases for adding metaboxes etc.)
+	 * but take care that you include the defaults here otherwise your core WP admin pages for the cpt won't work!
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _extend_page_config_for_cpt()
+	{
+		//before doing anything we need to make sure this runs ONLY when the loaded page matches the set page_slug
+		if (isset($this->_req_data['page']) && $this->_req_data['page'] !== $this->page_slug) {
+			return;
+		}
+		//set page routes and page config but ONLY if we're not viewing a custom setup cpt route as defined in _cpt_routes
+		if ( ! empty($this->_cpt_object)) {
+			$this->_page_routes = array_merge(array(
+				'create_new' => '_create_new_cpt_item',
+				'edit'       => '_edit_cpt_item',
+			), $this->_page_routes);
+			$this->_page_config = array_merge(array(
+				'create_new' => array(
+					'nav'           => array(
+						'label' => $this->_cpt_object->labels->add_new_item,
+						'order' => 5,
+					),
+					'require_nonce' => false,
+				),
+				'edit'       => array(
+					'nav'           => array(
+						'label'      => $this->_cpt_object->labels->edit_item,
+						'order'      => 5,
+						'persistent' => false,
+						'url'        => '',
+					),
+					'require_nonce' => false,
+				),
+			),
+				$this->_page_config
+			);
+		}
+		//load the next section only if this is a matching cpt route as set in the cpt routes array.
+		if ( ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action])) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->_cpt_route = isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]) ? true : false;
+		//add_action('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page___load_page_dependencies__after_load', array( $this, 'modify_current_screen') );
+		if (empty($this->_cpt_object)) {
+			$msg = sprintf(__('This page has been set as being related to a registered custom post type, however, the custom post type object could not be retrieved. There are two possible reasons for this:  1. The "%s" does not match a registered post type. or 2. The custom post type is not registered for the "%s" action as indexed in the "$_cpt_routes" property on this class (%s).'),
+				$this->page_slug, $this->_req_action, get_class($this));
+			throw new EE_Error($msg);
+		}
+		if ($this->_cpt_route) {
+			$id = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? $this->_req_data['post'] : null;
+			$this->_set_model_object($id);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the _cpt_model_object property using what has been set for the _cpt_model_name and a given id.
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @param int  $id The id to retrieve the model object for. If empty we set a default object.
+	 * @param bool $ignore_route_check
+	 * @param string $req_type whether the current route is for inserting, updating, or deleting the CPT
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _set_model_object($id = null, $ignore_route_check = false, $req_type = '')
+	{
+		$model = null;
+		if (
+			empty($this->_cpt_model_names)
+			|| (
+				! $ignore_route_check
+				&& ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action])
+			) || (
+				$this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base
+				&& $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() === $id
+			)
+		) {
+			//get out cuz we either don't have a model name OR the object has already been set and it has the same id as what has been sent.
+			return;
+		}
+		//if ignore_route_check is true, then get the model name via EE_Register_CPTs
+		if ($ignore_route_check) {
+			$model_names = EE_Register_CPTs::get_cpt_model_names();
+			$post_type   = get_post_type($id);
+			if (isset($model_names[$post_type])) {
+				$model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($model_names[$post_type]);
+			}
+		} else {
+			$model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($this->_cpt_model_names[$this->_req_action]);
+		}
+		if ($model instanceof EEM_Base) {
+			$this->_cpt_model_obj = ! empty($id) ? $model->get_one_by_ID($id) : $model->create_default_object();
+		}
+		do_action(
+			'AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__set_model_object__after_set_object',
+			$this->_cpt_model_obj,
+			$req_type
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * admin_init_global
+	 * This runs all the code that we want executed within the WP admin_init hook.
+	 * This method executes for ALL EE Admin pages.
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function admin_init_global()
+	{
+		$post = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? get_post($this->_req_data['post']) : null;
+		//its possible this is a new save so let's catch that instead
+		$post = isset($this->_req_data['post_ID']) ? get_post($this->_req_data['post_ID']) : $post;
+		$post_type = $post ? $post->post_type : false;
+		$current_route = isset($this->_req_data['current_route'])
+			? $this->_req_data['current_route']
+			: 'shouldneverwork';
+		$route_to_check = $post_type && isset($this->_cpt_routes[$current_route])
+			? $this->_cpt_routes[$current_route]
+			: '';
+		add_filter('get_delete_post_link', array($this, 'modify_delete_post_link'), 10, 3);
+		add_filter('get_edit_post_link', array($this, 'modify_edit_post_link'), 10, 3);
+		if ($post_type === $route_to_check) {
+			add_filter('redirect_post_location', array($this, 'cpt_post_location_redirect'), 10, 2);
+		}
+		//now let's filter redirect if we're on a revision page and the revision is for an event CPT.
+		$revision = isset($this->_req_data['revision']) ? $this->_req_data['revision'] : null;
+		if ( ! empty($revision)) {
+			$action = isset($this->_req_data['action']) ? $this->_req_data['action'] : null;
+			//doing a restore?
+			if ( ! empty($action) && $action === 'restore') {
+				//get post for revision
+				$rev_post = get_post($revision);
+				$rev_parent = get_post($rev_post->post_parent);
+				//only do our redirect filter AND our restore revision action if the post_type for the parent is one of our cpts.
+				if ($rev_parent && $rev_parent->post_type === $this->page_slug) {
+					add_filter('wp_redirect', array($this, 'revision_redirect'), 10, 2);
+					//restores of revisions
+					add_action('wp_restore_post_revision', array($this, 'restore_revision'), 10, 2);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		//NOTE we ONLY want to run these hooks if we're on the right class for the given post type.  Otherwise we could see some really freaky things happen!
+		if ($post_type && $post_type === $route_to_check) {
+			//$post_id, $post
+			add_action('save_post', array($this, 'insert_update'), 10, 3);
+			//$post_id
+			add_action('trashed_post', array($this, 'before_trash_cpt_item'), 10);
+			add_action('trashed_post', array($this, 'dont_permanently_delete_ee_cpts'), 10);
+			add_action('untrashed_post', array($this, 'before_restore_cpt_item'), 10);
+			add_action('after_delete_post', array($this, 'before_delete_cpt_item'), 10);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback for the WordPress trashed_post hook.
+	 * Execute some basic checks before calling the trash_cpt_item declared in the child class.
+	 *
+	 * @param int $post_id
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function before_trash_cpt_item($post_id)
+	{
+		$this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'trash');
+		//if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->trash_cpt_item($post_id);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback for the WordPress untrashed_post hook.
+	 * Execute some basic checks before calling the restore_cpt_method in the child class.
+	 *
+	 * @param $post_id
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function before_restore_cpt_item($post_id)
+	{
+		$this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'restore');
+		//if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->restore_cpt_item($post_id);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback for the WordPress after_delete_post hook.
+	 * Execute some basic checks before calling the delete_cpt_item method in the child class.
+	 *
+	 * @param $post_id
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function before_delete_cpt_item($post_id)
+	{
+		$this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'delete');
+		//if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base || $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->delete_cpt_item($post_id);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This simply verifies if the cpt_model_object is instantiated for the given page and throws an error message
+	 * accordingly.
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function verify_cpt_object()
+	{
+		$label = ! empty($this->_cpt_object) ? $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name : $this->page_label;
+		// verify event object
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base) {
+			throw new EE_Error(sprintf(__('Something has gone wrong with the page load because we are unable to set up the object for the %1$s.  This usually happens when the given id for the page route is NOT for the correct custom post type for this page',
+					'event_espresso'), $label));
+		}
+		//if auto-draft then throw an error
+		if ($this->_cpt_model_obj->get('status') === 'auto-draft') {
+			EE_Error::overwrite_errors();
+			EE_Error::add_error(sprintf(__('This %1$s was saved without a title, description, or excerpt which means that none of the extra details you added were saved properly.  All autodrafts will show up in the "draft" view of your event list table.  You can delete them from there. Please click the "Add %1$s" button to refresh and restart.'),
+					$label), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * admin_footer_scripts_global
+	 * Anything triggered by the 'admin_print_footer_scripts' WP hook should be put in here. This particular method
+	 * will apply on ALL EE_Admin pages.
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function admin_footer_scripts_global()
+	{
+		$this->_add_admin_page_ajax_loading_img();
+		$this->_add_admin_page_overlay();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * add in any global scripts for cpt routes
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function load_global_scripts_styles()
+	{
+		parent::load_global_scripts_styles();
+		if ($this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base) {
+			//setup custom post status object for localize script but only if we've got a cpt object
+			$statuses = $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_custom_post_statuses();
+			if ( ! empty($statuses)) {
+				//get ALL statuses!
+				$statuses = $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_all_post_statuses();
+				//setup object
+				$ee_cpt_statuses = array();
+				foreach ($statuses as $status => $label) {
+					$ee_cpt_statuses[$status] = array(
+						'label'      => $label,
+						'save_label' => sprintf(__('Save as %s', 'event_espresso'), $label),
+					);
+				}
+				wp_localize_script('ee_admin_js', 'eeCPTstatuses', $ee_cpt_statuses);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is a wrapper for the insert/update routes for cpt items so we can add things that are common to ALL
+	 * insert/updates
+	 *
+	 * @param  int     $post_id ID of post being updated
+	 * @param  WP_Post $post    Post object from WP
+	 * @param  bool    $update  Whether this is an update or a new save.
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function insert_update($post_id, $post, $update)
+	{
+		//make sure that if this is a revision OR trash action that we don't do any updates!
+		if (
+			isset($this->_req_data['action'])
+			&& (
+				$this->_req_data['action'] === 'restore'
+				|| $this->_req_data['action'] === 'trash'
+			)
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->_set_model_object($post_id, true, 'insert_update');
+		//if our cpt object is not instantiated and its NOT the same post_id as what is triggering this callback, then exit.
+		if ($update
+			&& (
+				! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base
+				|| $this->_cpt_model_obj->ID() !== $post_id
+			)
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
+		//check for autosave and update our req_data property accordingly.
+		/*if ( defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE && isset( $this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data'] ) ) {
             foreach( (array) $this->_req_data['ee_autosave_data'] as $id => $values ) {
 
                 foreach ( (array) $values as $key => $value ) {
@@ -952,542 +952,542 @@ 
 
         }/**/ //TODO reactivate after autosave is implemented in 4.2
 
-        //take care of updating any selected page_template IF this cpt supports it.
-        if ($this->_supports_page_templates($post->post_type) && ! empty($this->_req_data['page_template'])) {
-            //wp version aware.
-            if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7', '>=')) {
-                $page_templates = wp_get_theme()->get_page_templates();
-            } else {
-                $post->page_template = $this->_req_data['page_template'];
-                $page_templates      = wp_get_theme()->get_page_templates($post);
-            }
-            if ('default' != $this->_req_data['page_template'] && ! isset($page_templates[$this->_req_data['page_template']])) {
-                EE_Error::add_error(__('Invalid Page Template.', 'event_espresso'), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
-            } else {
-                update_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_page_template', $this->_req_data['page_template']);
-            }
-        }
-        if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) {
-            return;
-        } //TODO we'll remove this after reimplementing autosave in 4.2
-        $this->_insert_update_cpt_item($post_id, $post);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This hooks into the wp_trash_post() function and removes the `_wp_trash_meta_status` and `_wp_trash_meta_time`
-     * post meta IF the trashed post is one of our CPT's - note this method should only be called with our cpt routes
-     * so we don't have to check for our CPT.
-     *
-     * @param  int $post_id ID of the post
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function dont_permanently_delete_ee_cpts($post_id)
-    {
-        //only do this if we're actually processing one of our CPTs
-        //if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base) {
-            return;
-        }
-        delete_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_trash_meta_status');
-        delete_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_trash_meta_time');
-        //our cpts may have comments so let's take care of that too
-        delete_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_trash_meta_comments_status');
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is a wrapper for the restore_cpt_revision route for cpt items so we can make sure that when a revision is
-     * triggered that we restore related items.  In order to work cpt classes MUST have a restore_cpt_revision method
-     * in them. We also have our OWN action in here so addons can hook into the restore process easily.
-     *
-     * @param  int $post_id     ID of cpt item
-     * @param  int $revision_id ID of revision being restored
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function restore_revision($post_id, $revision_id)
-    {
-        $this->_restore_cpt_item($post_id, $revision_id);
-        //global action
-        do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
-        //class specific action so you can limit hooking into a specific page.
-        do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT_' . get_class($this) . '__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @see restore_revision() for details
-     * @param  int $post_id     ID of cpt item
-     * @param  int $revision_id ID of revision for item
-     * @return void
-     */
-    abstract protected function _restore_cpt_item($post_id, $revision_id);
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Execution of this method is added to the end of the load_page_dependencies method in the parent
-     * so that we can fix a bug where default core metaboxes were not being called in the sidebar.
-     * To fix we have to reset the current_screen using the page_slug
-     * (which is identical - or should be - to our registered_post_type id.)
-     * Also, since the core WP file loads the admin_header.php for WP
-     * (and there are a bunch of other things edit-form-advanced.php loads that need to happen really early)
-     * we need to load it NOW, hence our _route_admin_request in here. (Otherwise screen options won't be set).
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function modify_current_screen()
-    {
-        //ONLY do this if the current page_route IS a cpt route
-        if ( ! $this->_cpt_route) {
-            return;
-        }
-        //routing things REALLY early b/c this is a cpt admin page
-        set_current_screen($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]);
-        $this->_current_screen       = get_current_screen();
-        $this->_current_screen->base = 'event-espresso';
-        $this->_add_help_tabs(); //we make sure we add any help tabs back in!
-        /*try {
+		//take care of updating any selected page_template IF this cpt supports it.
+		if ($this->_supports_page_templates($post->post_type) && ! empty($this->_req_data['page_template'])) {
+			//wp version aware.
+			if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7', '>=')) {
+				$page_templates = wp_get_theme()->get_page_templates();
+			} else {
+				$post->page_template = $this->_req_data['page_template'];
+				$page_templates      = wp_get_theme()->get_page_templates($post);
+			}
+			if ('default' != $this->_req_data['page_template'] && ! isset($page_templates[$this->_req_data['page_template']])) {
+				EE_Error::add_error(__('Invalid Page Template.', 'event_espresso'), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
+			} else {
+				update_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_page_template', $this->_req_data['page_template']);
+			}
+		}
+		if (defined('DOING_AUTOSAVE') && DOING_AUTOSAVE) {
+			return;
+		} //TODO we'll remove this after reimplementing autosave in 4.2
+		$this->_insert_update_cpt_item($post_id, $post);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This hooks into the wp_trash_post() function and removes the `_wp_trash_meta_status` and `_wp_trash_meta_time`
+	 * post meta IF the trashed post is one of our CPT's - note this method should only be called with our cpt routes
+	 * so we don't have to check for our CPT.
+	 *
+	 * @param  int $post_id ID of the post
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function dont_permanently_delete_ee_cpts($post_id)
+	{
+		//only do this if we're actually processing one of our CPTs
+		//if our cpt object isn't existent then get out immediately.
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_model_obj instanceof EE_CPT_Base) {
+			return;
+		}
+		delete_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_trash_meta_status');
+		delete_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_trash_meta_time');
+		//our cpts may have comments so let's take care of that too
+		delete_post_meta($post_id, '_wp_trash_meta_comments_status');
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is a wrapper for the restore_cpt_revision route for cpt items so we can make sure that when a revision is
+	 * triggered that we restore related items.  In order to work cpt classes MUST have a restore_cpt_revision method
+	 * in them. We also have our OWN action in here so addons can hook into the restore process easily.
+	 *
+	 * @param  int $post_id     ID of cpt item
+	 * @param  int $revision_id ID of revision being restored
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function restore_revision($post_id, $revision_id)
+	{
+		$this->_restore_cpt_item($post_id, $revision_id);
+		//global action
+		do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
+		//class specific action so you can limit hooking into a specific page.
+		do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT_' . get_class($this) . '__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @see restore_revision() for details
+	 * @param  int $post_id     ID of cpt item
+	 * @param  int $revision_id ID of revision for item
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	abstract protected function _restore_cpt_item($post_id, $revision_id);
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Execution of this method is added to the end of the load_page_dependencies method in the parent
+	 * so that we can fix a bug where default core metaboxes were not being called in the sidebar.
+	 * To fix we have to reset the current_screen using the page_slug
+	 * (which is identical - or should be - to our registered_post_type id.)
+	 * Also, since the core WP file loads the admin_header.php for WP
+	 * (and there are a bunch of other things edit-form-advanced.php loads that need to happen really early)
+	 * we need to load it NOW, hence our _route_admin_request in here. (Otherwise screen options won't be set).
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function modify_current_screen()
+	{
+		//ONLY do this if the current page_route IS a cpt route
+		if ( ! $this->_cpt_route) {
+			return;
+		}
+		//routing things REALLY early b/c this is a cpt admin page
+		set_current_screen($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]);
+		$this->_current_screen       = get_current_screen();
+		$this->_current_screen->base = 'event-espresso';
+		$this->_add_help_tabs(); //we make sure we add any help tabs back in!
+		/*try {
             $this->_route_admin_request();
         } catch ( EE_Error $e ) {
             $e->get_error();
         }/**/
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This allows child classes to modify the default editor title that appears when people add a new or edit an
-     * existing CPT item.     * This uses the _labels property set by the child class via _define_page_props. Just make
-     * sure you have a key in _labels property that equals 'editor_title' and the value can be whatever you want the
-     * default to be.
-     *
-     * @param string $title The new title (or existing if there is no editor_title defined)
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function add_custom_editor_default_title($title)
-    {
-        return isset($this->_labels['editor_title'][$this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]])
-            ? $this->_labels['editor_title'][$this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]]
-            : $title;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * hooks into the wp_get_shortlink button and makes sure that the shortlink gets generated
-     *
-     * @param string $shortlink   The already generated shortlink
-     * @param int    $id          Post ID for this item
-     * @param string $context     The context for the link
-     * @param bool   $allow_slugs Whether to allow post slugs in the shortlink.
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function add_shortlink_button_to_editor($shortlink, $id, $context, $allow_slugs)
-    {
-        if ( ! empty($id) && get_option('permalink_structure') !== '') {
-            $post = get_post($id);
-            if (isset($post->post_type) && $this->page_slug === $post->post_type) {
-                $shortlink = home_url('?p=' . $post->ID);
-            }
-        }
-        return $shortlink;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * overriding the parent route_admin_request method so we DON'T run the route twice on cpt core page loads (it's
-     * already run in modify_current_screen())
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function route_admin_request()
-    {
-        if ($this->_cpt_route) {
-            return;
-        }
-        try {
-            $this->_route_admin_request();
-        } catch (EE_Error $e) {
-            $e->get_error();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Add a hidden form input to cpt core pages so that we know to do redirects to our routes on saves
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function cpt_post_form_hidden_input()
-    {
-        echo '<input type="hidden" name="ee_cpt_item_redirect_url" value="' . $this->_admin_base_url . '" />';
-        //we're also going to add the route value and the current page so we can direct autosave parsing correctly
-        echo '<div id="ee-cpt-hidden-inputs">';
-        echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_route" name="current_route" value="' . $this->_current_view . '" />';
-        echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_page" name="current_page" value="' . $this->page_slug . '" />';
-        echo '</div>';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This allows us to redirect the location of revision restores when they happen so it goes to our CPT routes.
-     *
-     * @param  string $location Original location url
-     * @param  int    $status   Status for http header
-     * @return string           new (or original) url to redirect to.
-     */
-    public function revision_redirect($location, $status)
-    {
-        //get revision
-        $rev_id = isset($this->_req_data['revision']) ? $this->_req_data['revision'] : null;
-        //can't do anything without revision so let's get out if not present
-        if (empty($rev_id)) {
-            return $location;
-        }
-        //get rev_post_data
-        $rev = get_post($rev_id);
-        $admin_url = $this->_admin_base_url;
-        $query_args = array(
-            'action'   => 'edit',
-            'post'     => $rev->post_parent,
-            'revision' => $rev_id,
-            'message'  => 5,
-        );
-        $this->_process_notices($query_args, true);
-        return self::add_query_args_and_nonce($query_args, $admin_url);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Modify the edit post link generated by wp core function so that EE CPTs get setup differently.
-     *
-     * @param  string $link    the original generated link
-     * @param  int    $id      post id
-     * @param  string $context optional, defaults to display.  How to write the '&'
-     * @return string          the link
-     */
-    public function modify_edit_post_link($link, $id, $context)
-    {
-        $post = get_post($id);
-        if ( ! isset($this->_req_data['action'])
-             || ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
-             || $post->post_type !== $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']]
-        ) {
-            return $link;
-        }
-        $query_args = array(
-            'action' => isset($this->_cpt_edit_routes[$post->post_type])
-                ? $this->_cpt_edit_routes[$post->post_type]
-                : 'edit',
-            'post'   => $id,
-        );
-        return self::add_query_args_and_nonce($query_args, $this->_admin_base_url);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Modify the trash link on our cpt edit pages so it has the required query var for triggering redirect properly on
-     * our routes.
-     *
-     * @param  string $delete_link  original delete link
-     * @param  int    $post_id      id of cpt object
-     * @param  bool   $force_delete whether this is forcing a hard delete instead of trash
-     * @return string new delete link
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function modify_delete_post_link($delete_link, $post_id, $force_delete)
-    {
-        $post = get_post($post_id);
-
-        if (empty($this->_req_data['action'])
-            || ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
-            || ! $post instanceof WP_Post
-            || $post->post_type !== $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']]
-        ) {
-            return $delete_link;
-        }
-        $this->_set_model_object($post->ID, true);
-
-        //returns something like `trash_event` or `trash_attendee` or `trash_venue`
-        $action = 'trash_' . str_replace('ee_', '', strtolower(get_class($this->_cpt_model_obj)));
-
-        return EE_Admin_Page::add_query_args_and_nonce(
-            array(
-                'page' => $this->_req_data['page'],
-                'action' => $action,
-                $this->_cpt_model_obj->get_model()->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
-                    => $post->ID
-            ),
-            admin_url()
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is the callback for the 'redirect_post_location' filter in wp-admin/post.php
-     * so that we can hijack the default redirect locations for wp custom post types
-     * that WE'RE using and send back to OUR routes.  This should only be hooked in on the right route.
-     *
-     * @param  string $location This is the incoming currently set redirect location
-     * @param  string $post_id  This is the 'ID' value of the wp_posts table
-     * @return string           the new location to redirect to
-     */
-    public function cpt_post_location_redirect($location, $post_id)
-    {
-        //we DO have a match so let's setup the url
-        //we have to get the post to determine our route
-        $post       = get_post($post_id);
-        $edit_route = $this->_cpt_edit_routes[$post->post_type];
-        //shared query_args
-        $query_args = array('action' => $edit_route, 'post' => $post_id);
-        $admin_url  = $this->_admin_base_url;
-        if (isset($this->_req_data['save']) || isset($this->_req_data['publish'])) {
-            $status = get_post_status($post_id);
-            if (isset($this->_req_data['publish'])) {
-                switch ($status) {
-                    case 'pending':
-                        $message = 8;
-                        break;
-                    case 'future':
-                        $message = 9;
-                        break;
-                    default:
-                        $message = 6;
-                }
-            } else {
-                $message = 'draft' === $status ? 10 : 1;
-            }
-        } else if (isset($this->_req_data['addmeta']) && $this->_req_data['addmeta']) {
-            $message = 2;
-            //			$append = '#postcustom';
-        } else if (isset($this->_req_data['deletemeta']) && $this->_req_data['deletemeta']) {
-            $message = 3;
-            //			$append = '#postcustom';
-        } elseif ($this->_req_data['action'] === 'post-quickpress-save-cont') {
-            $message = 7;
-        } else {
-            $message = 4;
-        }
-        //change the message if the post type is not viewable on the frontend
-        $this->_cpt_object = get_post_type_object($post->post_type);
-        $message           = $message === 1 && ! $this->_cpt_object->publicly_queryable ? 4 : $message;
-        $query_args = array_merge(array('message' => $message), $query_args);
-        $this->_process_notices($query_args, true);
-        return self::add_query_args_and_nonce($query_args, $admin_url);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This method is called to inject nav tabs on core WP cpt pages
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function inject_nav_tabs()
-    {
-        //can we hijack and insert the nav_tabs?
-        $nav_tabs = $this->_get_main_nav_tabs();
-        //first close off existing form tag
-        $html = '>';
-        $html .= $nav_tabs;
-        //now let's handle the remaining tag ( missing ">" is CORRECT )
-        $html .= '<span></span';
-        echo $html;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * This just sets up the post update messages when an update form is loaded
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @param  array $messages the original messages array
-     * @return array           the new messages array
-     */
-    public function post_update_messages($messages)
-    {
-        global $post;
-        $id = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? $this->_req_data['post'] : null;
-        $id = empty($id) && is_object($post) ? $post->ID : null;
-        //		$post_type = $post ? $post->post_type : false;
-        /*$current_route = isset($this->_req_data['current_route']) ? $this->_req_data['current_route'] : 'shouldneverwork';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This allows child classes to modify the default editor title that appears when people add a new or edit an
+	 * existing CPT item.     * This uses the _labels property set by the child class via _define_page_props. Just make
+	 * sure you have a key in _labels property that equals 'editor_title' and the value can be whatever you want the
+	 * default to be.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $title The new title (or existing if there is no editor_title defined)
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function add_custom_editor_default_title($title)
+	{
+		return isset($this->_labels['editor_title'][$this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]])
+			? $this->_labels['editor_title'][$this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action]]
+			: $title;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * hooks into the wp_get_shortlink button and makes sure that the shortlink gets generated
+	 *
+	 * @param string $shortlink   The already generated shortlink
+	 * @param int    $id          Post ID for this item
+	 * @param string $context     The context for the link
+	 * @param bool   $allow_slugs Whether to allow post slugs in the shortlink.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function add_shortlink_button_to_editor($shortlink, $id, $context, $allow_slugs)
+	{
+		if ( ! empty($id) && get_option('permalink_structure') !== '') {
+			$post = get_post($id);
+			if (isset($post->post_type) && $this->page_slug === $post->post_type) {
+				$shortlink = home_url('?p=' . $post->ID);
+			}
+		}
+		return $shortlink;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * overriding the parent route_admin_request method so we DON'T run the route twice on cpt core page loads (it's
+	 * already run in modify_current_screen())
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function route_admin_request()
+	{
+		if ($this->_cpt_route) {
+			return;
+		}
+		try {
+			$this->_route_admin_request();
+		} catch (EE_Error $e) {
+			$e->get_error();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Add a hidden form input to cpt core pages so that we know to do redirects to our routes on saves
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function cpt_post_form_hidden_input()
+	{
+		echo '<input type="hidden" name="ee_cpt_item_redirect_url" value="' . $this->_admin_base_url . '" />';
+		//we're also going to add the route value and the current page so we can direct autosave parsing correctly
+		echo '<div id="ee-cpt-hidden-inputs">';
+		echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_route" name="current_route" value="' . $this->_current_view . '" />';
+		echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_page" name="current_page" value="' . $this->page_slug . '" />';
+		echo '</div>';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This allows us to redirect the location of revision restores when they happen so it goes to our CPT routes.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $location Original location url
+	 * @param  int    $status   Status for http header
+	 * @return string           new (or original) url to redirect to.
+	 */
+	public function revision_redirect($location, $status)
+	{
+		//get revision
+		$rev_id = isset($this->_req_data['revision']) ? $this->_req_data['revision'] : null;
+		//can't do anything without revision so let's get out if not present
+		if (empty($rev_id)) {
+			return $location;
+		}
+		//get rev_post_data
+		$rev = get_post($rev_id);
+		$admin_url = $this->_admin_base_url;
+		$query_args = array(
+			'action'   => 'edit',
+			'post'     => $rev->post_parent,
+			'revision' => $rev_id,
+			'message'  => 5,
+		);
+		$this->_process_notices($query_args, true);
+		return self::add_query_args_and_nonce($query_args, $admin_url);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Modify the edit post link generated by wp core function so that EE CPTs get setup differently.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $link    the original generated link
+	 * @param  int    $id      post id
+	 * @param  string $context optional, defaults to display.  How to write the '&'
+	 * @return string          the link
+	 */
+	public function modify_edit_post_link($link, $id, $context)
+	{
+		$post = get_post($id);
+		if ( ! isset($this->_req_data['action'])
+			 || ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
+			 || $post->post_type !== $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']]
+		) {
+			return $link;
+		}
+		$query_args = array(
+			'action' => isset($this->_cpt_edit_routes[$post->post_type])
+				? $this->_cpt_edit_routes[$post->post_type]
+				: 'edit',
+			'post'   => $id,
+		);
+		return self::add_query_args_and_nonce($query_args, $this->_admin_base_url);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Modify the trash link on our cpt edit pages so it has the required query var for triggering redirect properly on
+	 * our routes.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $delete_link  original delete link
+	 * @param  int    $post_id      id of cpt object
+	 * @param  bool   $force_delete whether this is forcing a hard delete instead of trash
+	 * @return string new delete link
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function modify_delete_post_link($delete_link, $post_id, $force_delete)
+	{
+		$post = get_post($post_id);
+
+		if (empty($this->_req_data['action'])
+			|| ! isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
+			|| ! $post instanceof WP_Post
+			|| $post->post_type !== $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']]
+		) {
+			return $delete_link;
+		}
+		$this->_set_model_object($post->ID, true);
+
+		//returns something like `trash_event` or `trash_attendee` or `trash_venue`
+		$action = 'trash_' . str_replace('ee_', '', strtolower(get_class($this->_cpt_model_obj)));
+
+		return EE_Admin_Page::add_query_args_and_nonce(
+			array(
+				'page' => $this->_req_data['page'],
+				'action' => $action,
+				$this->_cpt_model_obj->get_model()->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
+					=> $post->ID
+			),
+			admin_url()
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is the callback for the 'redirect_post_location' filter in wp-admin/post.php
+	 * so that we can hijack the default redirect locations for wp custom post types
+	 * that WE'RE using and send back to OUR routes.  This should only be hooked in on the right route.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $location This is the incoming currently set redirect location
+	 * @param  string $post_id  This is the 'ID' value of the wp_posts table
+	 * @return string           the new location to redirect to
+	 */
+	public function cpt_post_location_redirect($location, $post_id)
+	{
+		//we DO have a match so let's setup the url
+		//we have to get the post to determine our route
+		$post       = get_post($post_id);
+		$edit_route = $this->_cpt_edit_routes[$post->post_type];
+		//shared query_args
+		$query_args = array('action' => $edit_route, 'post' => $post_id);
+		$admin_url  = $this->_admin_base_url;
+		if (isset($this->_req_data['save']) || isset($this->_req_data['publish'])) {
+			$status = get_post_status($post_id);
+			if (isset($this->_req_data['publish'])) {
+				switch ($status) {
+					case 'pending':
+						$message = 8;
+						break;
+					case 'future':
+						$message = 9;
+						break;
+					default:
+						$message = 6;
+				}
+			} else {
+				$message = 'draft' === $status ? 10 : 1;
+			}
+		} else if (isset($this->_req_data['addmeta']) && $this->_req_data['addmeta']) {
+			$message = 2;
+			//			$append = '#postcustom';
+		} else if (isset($this->_req_data['deletemeta']) && $this->_req_data['deletemeta']) {
+			$message = 3;
+			//			$append = '#postcustom';
+		} elseif ($this->_req_data['action'] === 'post-quickpress-save-cont') {
+			$message = 7;
+		} else {
+			$message = 4;
+		}
+		//change the message if the post type is not viewable on the frontend
+		$this->_cpt_object = get_post_type_object($post->post_type);
+		$message           = $message === 1 && ! $this->_cpt_object->publicly_queryable ? 4 : $message;
+		$query_args = array_merge(array('message' => $message), $query_args);
+		$this->_process_notices($query_args, true);
+		return self::add_query_args_and_nonce($query_args, $admin_url);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This method is called to inject nav tabs on core WP cpt pages
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function inject_nav_tabs()
+	{
+		//can we hijack and insert the nav_tabs?
+		$nav_tabs = $this->_get_main_nav_tabs();
+		//first close off existing form tag
+		$html = '>';
+		$html .= $nav_tabs;
+		//now let's handle the remaining tag ( missing ">" is CORRECT )
+		$html .= '<span></span';
+		echo $html;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This just sets up the post update messages when an update form is loaded
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param  array $messages the original messages array
+	 * @return array           the new messages array
+	 */
+	public function post_update_messages($messages)
+	{
+		global $post;
+		$id = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? $this->_req_data['post'] : null;
+		$id = empty($id) && is_object($post) ? $post->ID : null;
+		//		$post_type = $post ? $post->post_type : false;
+		/*$current_route = isset($this->_req_data['current_route']) ? $this->_req_data['current_route'] : 'shouldneverwork';
 
         $route_to_check = $post_type && isset( $this->_cpt_routes[$current_route]) ? $this->_cpt_routes[$current_route] : '';/**/
-        $messages[$post->post_type] = array(
-            0 => '', //Unused. Messages start at index 1.
-            1 => sprintf(
-                __('%1$s updated. %2$sView %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)) . '">',
-                '</a>'
-            ),
-            2 => __('Custom field updated'),
-            3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
-            4 => sprintf(__('%1$s updated.', 'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
-            5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf(__('%s restored to revision from %s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name, wp_post_revision_title((int)$_GET['revision'], false))
-                : false,
-            6 => sprintf(
-                __('%1$s published. %2$sView %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)) . '">',
-                '</a>'
-            ),
-            7 => sprintf(__('%1$s saved.', 'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
-            8 => sprintf(
-                __('%1$s submitted. %2$sPreview %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))) . '">',
-                '</a>'
-            ),
-            9 => sprintf(
-                __('%1$s scheduled for: %2$s. %3$s">Preview %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<strong>' . date_i18n(__('M j, Y @ G:i'), strtotime($post->post_date)) . '</strong>',
-                '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)),
-                '</a>'
-            ),
-            10 => sprintf(
-                __('%1$s draft updated. %2$s">Preview page%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))),
-                '</a>'
-            ),
-        );
-        return $messages;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * default method for the 'create_new' route for cpt admin pages.
-     * For reference what to include in here, see wp-admin/post-new.php
-     *
-     * @access  protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _create_new_cpt_item()
-    {
-        // gather template vars for WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php'
-        global $post, $title, $is_IE, $post_type, $post_type_object;
-        $post_type        = $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action];
-        $post_type_object = $this->_cpt_object;
-        $title            = $post_type_object->labels->add_new_item;
-        $post    = $post = get_default_post_to_edit($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action], true);
-        add_action('admin_print_styles', array($this, 'add_new_admin_page_global'));
-        //modify the default editor title field with default title.
-        add_filter('enter_title_here', array($this, 'add_custom_editor_default_title'), 10);
-        $this->loadEditorTemplate(true);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Enqueues auto-save and loads the editor template
-     *
-     * @param bool $creating
-     */
-    private function loadEditorTemplate($creating = true) {
-        global $post, $title, $is_IE, $post_type, $post_type_object;
-        //these vars are used by the template
-        $editing = true;
-        $post_ID = $post->ID;
-        if (apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___create_new_cpt_item__replace_editor', false, $post) === false) {
-            //only enqueue autosave when creating event (necessary to get permalink/url generated)
-            //otherwise EE doesn't support autosave fully, so to prevent user confusion we disable it in edit context.
-            if ($creating) {
-                wp_enqueue_script('autosave');
-            } else {
-                if (isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
-                    && ! isset($this->_labels['hide_add_button_on_cpt_route'][$this->_req_data['action']])
-                ) {
-                    $create_new_action = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___edit_cpt_item__create_new_action',
-                        'create_new', $this);
-                    $post_new_file = EE_Admin_Page::add_query_args_and_nonce(array(
-                        'action' => $create_new_action,
-                        'page'   => $this->page_slug,
-                    ), 'admin.php');
-                }
-            }
-            include_once WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php';
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    public function add_new_admin_page_global()
-    {
-        $admin_page = ! empty($this->_req_data['post']) ? 'post-php' : 'post-new-php';
-        ?>
+		$messages[$post->post_type] = array(
+			0 => '', //Unused. Messages start at index 1.
+			1 => sprintf(
+				__('%1$s updated. %2$sView %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
+				'<a href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)) . '">',
+				'</a>'
+			),
+			2 => __('Custom field updated'),
+			3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
+			4 => sprintf(__('%1$s updated.', 'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
+			5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf(__('%s restored to revision from %s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name, wp_post_revision_title((int)$_GET['revision'], false))
+				: false,
+			6 => sprintf(
+				__('%1$s published. %2$sView %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
+				'<a href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)) . '">',
+				'</a>'
+			),
+			7 => sprintf(__('%1$s saved.', 'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
+			8 => sprintf(
+				__('%1$s submitted. %2$sPreview %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
+				'<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))) . '">',
+				'</a>'
+			),
+			9 => sprintf(
+				__('%1$s scheduled for: %2$s. %3$s">Preview %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
+				'<strong>' . date_i18n(__('M j, Y @ G:i'), strtotime($post->post_date)) . '</strong>',
+				'<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)),
+				'</a>'
+			),
+			10 => sprintf(
+				__('%1$s draft updated. %2$s">Preview page%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
+				'<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))),
+				'</a>'
+			),
+		);
+		return $messages;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * default method for the 'create_new' route for cpt admin pages.
+	 * For reference what to include in here, see wp-admin/post-new.php
+	 *
+	 * @access  protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _create_new_cpt_item()
+	{
+		// gather template vars for WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php'
+		global $post, $title, $is_IE, $post_type, $post_type_object;
+		$post_type        = $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action];
+		$post_type_object = $this->_cpt_object;
+		$title            = $post_type_object->labels->add_new_item;
+		$post    = $post = get_default_post_to_edit($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action], true);
+		add_action('admin_print_styles', array($this, 'add_new_admin_page_global'));
+		//modify the default editor title field with default title.
+		add_filter('enter_title_here', array($this, 'add_custom_editor_default_title'), 10);
+		$this->loadEditorTemplate(true);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Enqueues auto-save and loads the editor template
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $creating
+	 */
+	private function loadEditorTemplate($creating = true) {
+		global $post, $title, $is_IE, $post_type, $post_type_object;
+		//these vars are used by the template
+		$editing = true;
+		$post_ID = $post->ID;
+		if (apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___create_new_cpt_item__replace_editor', false, $post) === false) {
+			//only enqueue autosave when creating event (necessary to get permalink/url generated)
+			//otherwise EE doesn't support autosave fully, so to prevent user confusion we disable it in edit context.
+			if ($creating) {
+				wp_enqueue_script('autosave');
+			} else {
+				if (isset($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_data['action']])
+					&& ! isset($this->_labels['hide_add_button_on_cpt_route'][$this->_req_data['action']])
+				) {
+					$create_new_action = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___edit_cpt_item__create_new_action',
+						'create_new', $this);
+					$post_new_file = EE_Admin_Page::add_query_args_and_nonce(array(
+						'action' => $create_new_action,
+						'page'   => $this->page_slug,
+					), 'admin.php');
+				}
+			}
+			include_once WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php';
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	public function add_new_admin_page_global()
+	{
+		$admin_page = ! empty($this->_req_data['post']) ? 'post-php' : 'post-new-php';
+		?>
         <script type="text/javascript">
             adminpage = '<?php echo $admin_page; ?>';
         </script>
         <?php
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * default method for the 'edit' route for cpt admin pages
-     * For reference on what to put in here, refer to wp-admin/post.php
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return string   template for edit cpt form
-     */
-    protected function _edit_cpt_item()
-    {
-        global $post, $title, $is_IE, $post_type, $post_type_object;
-        $post_id = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? $this->_req_data['post'] : null;
-        $post = ! empty($post_id) ? get_post($post_id, OBJECT, 'edit') : null;
-        if (empty ($post)) {
-            wp_die(__('You attempted to edit an item that doesn&#8217;t exist. Perhaps it was deleted?'));
-        }
-        if ( ! empty($_GET['get-post-lock'])) {
-            wp_set_post_lock($post_id);
-            wp_redirect(get_edit_post_link($post_id, 'url'));
-            exit();
-        }
-
-        // template vars for WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php'
-        $post_type        = $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action];
-        $post_type_object = $this->_cpt_object;
-
-        if ( ! wp_check_post_lock($post->ID)) {
-            wp_set_post_lock($post->ID);
-        }
-        add_action('admin_footer', '_admin_notice_post_locked');
-        if (post_type_supports($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action], 'comments')) {
-            wp_enqueue_script('admin-comments');
-            enqueue_comment_hotkeys_js();
-        }
-        add_action('admin_print_styles', array($this, 'add_new_admin_page_global'));
-        //modify the default editor title field with default title.
-        add_filter('enter_title_here', array($this, 'add_custom_editor_default_title'), 10);
-        $this->loadEditorTemplate(false);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * some getters
-     */
-    /**
-     * This returns the protected _cpt_model_obj property
-     *
-     * @return EE_CPT_Base
-     */
-    public function get_cpt_model_obj()
-    {
-        return $this->_cpt_model_obj;
-    }
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * default method for the 'edit' route for cpt admin pages
+	 * For reference on what to put in here, refer to wp-admin/post.php
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return string   template for edit cpt form
+	 */
+	protected function _edit_cpt_item()
+	{
+		global $post, $title, $is_IE, $post_type, $post_type_object;
+		$post_id = isset($this->_req_data['post']) ? $this->_req_data['post'] : null;
+		$post = ! empty($post_id) ? get_post($post_id, OBJECT, 'edit') : null;
+		if (empty ($post)) {
+			wp_die(__('You attempted to edit an item that doesn&#8217;t exist. Perhaps it was deleted?'));
+		}
+		if ( ! empty($_GET['get-post-lock'])) {
+			wp_set_post_lock($post_id);
+			wp_redirect(get_edit_post_link($post_id, 'url'));
+			exit();
+		}
+
+		// template vars for WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php'
+		$post_type        = $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action];
+		$post_type_object = $this->_cpt_object;
+
+		if ( ! wp_check_post_lock($post->ID)) {
+			wp_set_post_lock($post->ID);
+		}
+		add_action('admin_footer', '_admin_notice_post_locked');
+		if (post_type_supports($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action], 'comments')) {
+			wp_enqueue_script('admin-comments');
+			enqueue_comment_hotkeys_js();
+		}
+		add_action('admin_print_styles', array($this, 'add_new_admin_page_global'));
+		//modify the default editor title field with default title.
+		add_filter('enter_title_here', array($this, 'add_custom_editor_default_title'), 10);
+		$this->loadEditorTemplate(false);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * some getters
+	 */
+	/**
+	 * This returns the protected _cpt_model_obj property
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_CPT_Base
+	 */
+	public function get_cpt_model_obj()
+	{
+		return $this->_cpt_model_obj;
+	}
 
 }

Spacing +25 added lines, -25 removed lines

@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ 
      */
     protected function _register_autosave_containers($ids)
     {
-        $this->_autosave_containers = array_merge($this->_autosave_fields, (array)$ids);
+        $this->_autosave_containers = array_merge($this->_autosave_fields, (array) $ids);
     }
 
 
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ 
         //filter _autosave_containers
         $containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
             $this->_autosave_containers, $this);
-        $containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__' . get_class($this) . '___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
+        $containers = apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__'.get_class($this).'___load_autosave_scripts_styles__containers',
             $containers, $this);
 
         wp_localize_script('event_editor_js', 'EE_AUTOSAVE_IDS',
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ 
         // This is for any plugins that are doing things properly
         // and hooking into the load page hook for core wp cpt routes.
         global $pagenow;
-        do_action('load-' . $pagenow);
+        do_action('load-'.$pagenow);
         $this->modify_current_screen();
         add_action('admin_enqueue_scripts', array($this, 'setup_autosave_hooks'), 30);
         //we route REALLY early.
@@ -429,8 +429,8 @@ 
                 'admin.php?page=espresso_registrations&action=contact_list',
             ),
             1 => array(
-                'edit.php?post_type=' . $this->_cpt_object->name,
-                'admin.php?page=' . $this->_cpt_object->name,
+                'edit.php?post_type='.$this->_cpt_object->name,
+                'admin.php?page='.$this->_cpt_object->name,
             ),
         );
         foreach ($routes_to_match as $route_matches) {
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@ 
         $cpt_has_support = ! empty($cpt_args['page_templates']);
 
         //if the installed version of WP is > 4.7 we do some additional checks.
-        if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7','>=')) {
+        if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7', '>=')) {
             $post_templates = wp_get_theme()->get_post_templates();
             //if there are $post_templates for this cpt, then we return false for this method because
             //that means we aren't going to load our page template manager and leave that up to the native
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ 
         global $post;
         $template = '';
 
-        if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7','>=')) {
+        if (RecommendedVersions::compareWordPressVersion('4.7', '>=')) {
             $page_template_count = count(get_page_templates());
         } else {
             $page_template_count = count(get_page_templates($post));
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ 
         $post = get_post($id);
         if ('publish' !== get_post_status($post)) {
             //include shims for the `get_preview_post_link` function
-            require_once( EE_CORE . 'wordpress-shims.php' );
+            require_once(EE_CORE.'wordpress-shims.php');
             $return .= '<span_id="view-post-btn"><a target="_blank" href="'
                        . get_preview_post_link($id)
                        . '" class="button button-small">'
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ 
             $template_args['statuses']         = $statuses;
         }
 
-        $template = EE_ADMIN_TEMPLATE . 'status_dropdown.template.php';
+        $template = EE_ADMIN_TEMPLATE.'status_dropdown.template.php';
         EEH_Template::display_template($template, $template_args);
     }
 
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ 
             $this->_template_args['success'] = true;
         }
         do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__global_after', $this);
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__after_' . get_class($this), $this);
+        do_action('AHEE__EE_Admin_Page_CPT__do_extra_autosave_stuff__after_'.get_class($this), $this);
         //now let's return json
         $this->_return_json();
     }
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ 
         //global action
         do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
         //class specific action so you can limit hooking into a specific page.
-        do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT_' . get_class($this) . '__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
+        do_action('AHEE_EE_Admin_Page_CPT_'.get_class($this).'__restore_revision', $post_id, $revision_id);
     }
 
 
@@ -1091,7 +1091,7 @@ 
         if ( ! empty($id) && get_option('permalink_structure') !== '') {
             $post = get_post($id);
             if (isset($post->post_type) && $this->page_slug === $post->post_type) {
-                $shortlink = home_url('?p=' . $post->ID);
+                $shortlink = home_url('?p='.$post->ID);
             }
         }
         return $shortlink;
@@ -1126,11 +1126,11 @@ 
      */
     public function cpt_post_form_hidden_input()
     {
-        echo '<input type="hidden" name="ee_cpt_item_redirect_url" value="' . $this->_admin_base_url . '" />';
+        echo '<input type="hidden" name="ee_cpt_item_redirect_url" value="'.$this->_admin_base_url.'" />';
         //we're also going to add the route value and the current page so we can direct autosave parsing correctly
         echo '<div id="ee-cpt-hidden-inputs">';
-        echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_route" name="current_route" value="' . $this->_current_view . '" />';
-        echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_page" name="current_page" value="' . $this->page_slug . '" />';
+        echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_route" name="current_route" value="'.$this->_current_view.'" />';
+        echo '<input type="hidden" id="current_page" name="current_page" value="'.$this->page_slug.'" />';
         echo '</div>';
     }
 
@@ -1217,7 +1217,7 @@ 
         $this->_set_model_object($post->ID, true);
 
         //returns something like `trash_event` or `trash_attendee` or `trash_venue`
-        $action = 'trash_' . str_replace('ee_', '', strtolower(get_class($this->_cpt_model_obj)));
+        $action = 'trash_'.str_replace('ee_', '', strtolower(get_class($this->_cpt_model_obj)));
 
         return EE_Admin_Page::add_query_args_and_nonce(
             array(
@@ -1328,39 +1328,39 @@ 
             1 => sprintf(
                 __('%1$s updated. %2$sView %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
                 $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)) . '">',
+                '<a href="'.esc_url(get_permalink($id)).'">',
                 '</a>'
             ),
             2 => __('Custom field updated'),
             3 => __('Custom field deleted.'),
             4 => sprintf(__('%1$s updated.', 'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
             5 => isset($_GET['revision']) ? sprintf(__('%s restored to revision from %s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name, wp_post_revision_title((int)$_GET['revision'], false))
+                $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name, wp_post_revision_title((int) $_GET['revision'], false))
                 : false,
             6 => sprintf(
                 __('%1$s published. %2$sView %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
                 $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)) . '">',
+                '<a href="'.esc_url(get_permalink($id)).'">',
                 '</a>'
             ),
             7 => sprintf(__('%1$s saved.', 'event_espresso'), $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name),
             8 => sprintf(
                 __('%1$s submitted. %2$sPreview %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
                 $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))) . '">',
+                '<a target="_blank" href="'.esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))).'">',
                 '</a>'
             ),
             9 => sprintf(
                 __('%1$s scheduled for: %2$s. %3$s">Preview %1$s%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
                 $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<strong>' . date_i18n(__('M j, Y @ G:i'), strtotime($post->post_date)) . '</strong>',
-                '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(get_permalink($id)),
+                '<strong>'.date_i18n(__('M j, Y @ G:i'), strtotime($post->post_date)).'</strong>',
+                '<a target="_blank" href="'.esc_url(get_permalink($id)),
                 '</a>'
             ),
             10 => sprintf(
                 __('%1$s draft updated. %2$s">Preview page%3$s', 'event_espresso'),
                 $this->_cpt_object->labels->singular_name,
-                '<a target="_blank" href="' . esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))),
+                '<a target="_blank" href="'.esc_url(add_query_arg('preview', 'true', get_permalink($id))),
                 '</a>'
             ),
         );
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ 
         $post_type        = $this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action];
         $post_type_object = $this->_cpt_object;
         $title            = $post_type_object->labels->add_new_item;
-        $post    = $post = get_default_post_to_edit($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action], true);
+        $post = $post = get_default_post_to_edit($this->_cpt_routes[$this->_req_action], true);
         add_action('admin_print_styles', array($this, 'add_new_admin_page_global'));
         //modify the default editor title field with default title.
         add_filter('enter_title_here', array($this, 'add_custom_editor_default_title'), 10);
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ 
                     ), 'admin.php');
                 }
             }
-            include_once WP_ADMIN_PATH . 'edit-form-advanced.php';
+            include_once WP_ADMIN_PATH.'edit-form-advanced.php';
         }
     }
 

core/db_classes/EE_Base_Class.class.php

Indentation +3141 added lines, -3141 removed lines

@@ -15,3147 +15,3147 @@
 abstract class EE_Base_Class
 {
 
-    /**
-     * This is an array of the original properties and values provided during construction
-     * of this model object. (keys are model field names, values are their values).
-     * This list is important to remember so that when we are merging data from the db, we know
-     * which values to override and which to not override.
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor;
-
-    /**
-     * Timezone
-     * This gets set by the "set_timezone()" method so that we know what timezone incoming strings|timestamps are in.
-     * This can also be used before a get to set what timezone you want strings coming out of the object to be in.  NOT
-     * all EE_Base_Class child classes use this property but any that use a EE_Datetime_Field data type will have
-     * access to it.
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_timezone;
-
-    /**
-     * date format
-     * pattern or format for displaying dates
-     *
-     * @var string $_dt_frmt
-     */
-    protected $_dt_frmt;
-
-    /**
-     * time format
-     * pattern or format for displaying time
-     *
-     * @var string $_tm_frmt
-     */
-    protected $_tm_frmt;
-
-    /**
-     * This property is for holding a cached array of object properties indexed by property name as the key.
-     * The purpose of this is for setting a cache on properties that may have calculated values after a
-     * prepare_for_get.  That way the cache can be checked first and the calculated property returned instead of having
-     * to recalculate. Used by _set_cached_property() and _get_cached_property() methods.
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_cached_properties = array();
-
-    /**
-     * An array containing keys of the related model, and values are either an array of related mode objects or a
-     * single
-     * related model object. see the model's _model_relations. The keys should match those specified. And if the
-     * relation is of type EE_Belongs_To (or one of its children), then there should only be ONE related model object,
-     * all others have an array)
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_model_relations = array();
-
-    /**
-     * Array where keys are field names (see the model's _fields property) and values are their values. To see what
-     * their types should be, look at what that field object returns on its prepare_for_get and prepare_for_set methods)
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $_fields = array();
-
-    /**
-     * @var boolean indicating whether or not this model object is intended to ever be saved
-     * For example, we might create model objects intended to only be used for the duration
-     * of this request and to be thrown away, and if they were accidentally saved
-     * it would be a bug.
-     */
-    protected $_allow_persist = true;
-
-    /**
-     * @var boolean indicating whether or not this model object's properties have changed since construction
-     */
-    protected $_has_changes = false;
-
-    /**
-     * @var EEM_Base
-     */
-    protected $_model;
-
-    /**
-     * This is a cache of results from custom selections done on a query that constructs this entity. The only purpose
-     * for these values is for retrieval of the results, they are not further queryable and they are not persisted to
-     * the db.  They also do not automatically update if there are any changes to the data that produced their results.
-     * The format is a simple array of field_alias => field_value.  So for instance if a custom select was something
-     * like,  "Select COUNT(Registration.REG_ID) as Registration_Count ...", then the resulting value will be in this
-     * array as:
-     * array(
-     *  'Registration_Count' => 24
-     * );
-     * Note: if the custom select configuration for the query included a data type, the value will be in the data type
-     * provided for the query (@see EventEspresso\core\domain\values\model\CustomSelects::__construct phpdocs for more
-     * info)
-     *
-     * @var array
-     */
-    protected $custom_selection_results = array();
-
-
-    /**
-     * basic constructor for Event Espresso classes, performs any necessary initialization, and verifies it's children
-     * play nice
-     *
-     * @param array   $fieldValues                             where each key is a field (ie, array key in the 2nd
-     *                                                         layer of the model's _fields array, (eg, EVT_ID,
-     *                                                         TXN_amount, QST_name, etc) and values are their values
-     * @param boolean $bydb                                    a flag for setting if the class is instantiated by the
-     *                                                         corresponding db model or not.
-     * @param string  $timezone                                indicate what timezone you want any datetime fields to
-     *                                                         be in when instantiating a EE_Base_Class object.
-     * @param array   $date_formats                            An array of date formats to set on construct where first
-     *                                                         value is the date_format and second value is the time
-     *                                                         format.
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    protected function __construct($fieldValues = array(), $bydb = false, $timezone = '', $date_formats = array())
-    {
-        $className = get_class($this);
-        do_action("AHEE__{$className}__construct", $this, $fieldValues);
-        $model        = $this->get_model();
-        $model_fields = $model->field_settings(false);
-        // ensure $fieldValues is an array
-        $fieldValues = is_array($fieldValues) ? $fieldValues : array($fieldValues);
-        // verify client code has not passed any invalid field names
-        foreach ($fieldValues as $field_name => $field_value) {
-            if (! isset($model_fields[ $field_name ])) {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            'Invalid field (%s) passed to constructor of %s. Allowed fields are :%s',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        $field_name,
-                        get_class($this),
-                        implode(', ', array_keys($model_fields))
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        $this->_timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_valid_timezone_string($timezone);
-        if (! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
-            list($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt) = $date_formats;
-        } else {
-            //set default formats for date and time
-            $this->_dt_frmt = (string) get_option('date_format', 'Y-m-d');
-            $this->_tm_frmt = (string) get_option('time_format', 'g:i a');
-        }
-        //if db model is instantiating
-        if ($bydb) {
-            //client code has indicated these field values are from the database
-            foreach ($model_fields as $fieldName => $field) {
-                $this->set_from_db(
-                    $fieldName,
-                    isset($fieldValues[ $fieldName ]) ? $fieldValues[ $fieldName ] : null
-                );
-            }
-        } else {
-            //we're constructing a brand
-            //new instance of the model object. Generally, this means we'll need to do more field validation
-            foreach ($model_fields as $fieldName => $field) {
-                $this->set(
-                    $fieldName,
-                    isset($fieldValues[ $fieldName ]) ? $fieldValues[ $fieldName ] : null, true
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        //remember what values were passed to this constructor
-        $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = $fieldValues;
-        //remember in entity mapper
-        if (! $bydb && $model->has_primary_key_field() && $this->ID()) {
-            $model->add_to_entity_map($this);
-        }
-        //setup all the relations
-        foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
-            if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ] = null;
-            } else {
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ] = array();
-            }
-        }
-        /**
-         * Action done at the end of each model object construction
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $this the model object just created
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__construct__finished', $this);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets whether or not this model object is allowed to persist/be saved to the database.
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function allow_persist()
-    {
-        return $this->_allow_persist;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets whether or not this model object should be allowed to be saved to the DB.
-     * Normally once this is set to FALSE you wouldn't set it back to TRUE, unless
-     * you got new information that somehow made you change your mind.
-     *
-     * @param boolean $allow_persist
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function set_allow_persist($allow_persist)
-    {
-        return $this->_allow_persist = $allow_persist;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the field's original value when this object was constructed during this request.
-     * This can be helpful when determining if a model object has changed or not
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @return mixed|null
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_original($field_name)
-    {
-        if (isset($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[ $field_name ])
-            && $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name)
-        ) {
-            return $field_settings->prepare_for_get($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[ $field_name ]);
-        }
-        return null;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param EE_Base_Class $obj
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_class($obj)
-    {
-        return get_class($obj);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Overrides parent because parent expects old models.
-     * This also doesn't do any validation, and won't work for serialized arrays
-     *
-     * @param    string $field_name
-     * @param    mixed  $field_value
-     * @param bool      $use_default
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function set($field_name, $field_value, $use_default = false)
-    {
-        // if not using default and nothing has changed, and object has already been setup (has ID),
-        // then don't do anything
-        if (
-            ! $use_default
-            && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] === $field_value
-            && $this->ID()
-        ) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $model              = $this->get_model();
-        $this->_has_changes = true;
-        $field_obj          = $model->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Model_Field_Base) {
-            //			if ( method_exists( $field_obj, 'set_timezone' )) {
-            if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
-                $field_obj->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
-                $field_obj->set_date_format($this->_dt_frmt);
-                $field_obj->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt);
-            }
-            $holder_of_value = $field_obj->prepare_for_set($field_value);
-            //should the value be null?
-            if (($field_value === null || $holder_of_value === null || $holder_of_value === '') && $use_default) {
-                $this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $field_obj->get_default_value();
-                /**
-                 * To save having to refactor all the models, if a default value is used for a
-                 * EE_Datetime_Field, and that value is not null nor is it a DateTime
-                 * object.  Then let's do a set again to ensure that it becomes a DateTime
-                 * object.
-                 *
-                 * @since 4.6.10+
-                 */
-                if (
-                    $field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field
-                    && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] !== null
-                    && ! $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime
-                ) {
-                    empty($this->_fields[ $field_name ])
-                        ? $this->set($field_name, time())
-                        : $this->set($field_name, $this->_fields[ $field_name ]);
-                }
-            } else {
-                $this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $holder_of_value;
-            }
-            //if we're not in the constructor...
-            //now check if what we set was a primary key
-            if (
-                //note: props_n_values_provided_in_constructor is only set at the END of the constructor
-                $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor
-                && $field_value
-                && $field_name === $model->primary_key_name()
-            ) {
-                //if so, we want all this object's fields to be filled either with
-                //what we've explicitly set on this model
-                //or what we have in the db
-                // echo "setting primary key!";
-                $fields_on_model = self::_get_model(get_class($this))->field_settings();
-                $obj_in_db       = self::_get_model(get_class($this))->get_one_by_ID($field_value);
-                foreach ($fields_on_model as $field_obj) {
-                    if (! array_key_exists($field_obj->get_name(), $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor)
-                        && $field_obj->get_name() !== $field_name
-                    ) {
-                        $this->set($field_obj->get_name(), $obj_in_db->get($field_obj->get_name()));
-                    }
-                }
-                //oh this model object has an ID? well make sure its in the entity mapper
-                $model->add_to_entity_map($this);
-            }
-            //let's unset any cache for this field_name from the $_cached_properties property.
-            $this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
-        } else {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        'A valid EE_Model_Field_Base could not be found for the given field name: %s',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $field_name
-                )
-            );
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Set custom select values for model.
-     *
-     * @param array $custom_select_values
-     */
-    public function setCustomSelectsValues(array $custom_select_values)
-    {
-        $this->custom_selection_results = $custom_select_values;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the custom select value for the provided alias if its set.
-     * If not set, returns null.
-     *
-     * @param string $alias
-     * @return string|int|float|null
-     */
-    public function getCustomSelect($alias)
-    {
-        return isset($this->custom_selection_results[ $alias ])
-            ? $this->custom_selection_results[ $alias ]
-            : null;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This sets the field value on the db column if it exists for the given $column_name or
-     * saves it to EE_Extra_Meta if the given $column_name does not match a db column.
-     *
-     * @see EE_message::get_column_value for related documentation on the necessity of this method.
-     * @param string $field_name  Must be the exact column name.
-     * @param mixed  $field_value The value to set.
-     * @return int|bool @see EE_Base_Class::update_extra_meta() for return docs.
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function set_field_or_extra_meta($field_name, $field_value)
-    {
-        if ($this->get_model()->has_field($field_name)) {
-            $this->set($field_name, $field_value);
-            return true;
-        }
-        //ensure this object is saved first so that extra meta can be properly related.
-        $this->save();
-        return $this->update_extra_meta($field_name, $field_value);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This retrieves the value of the db column set on this class or if that's not present
-     * it will attempt to retrieve from extra_meta if found.
-     * Example Usage:
-     * Via EE_Message child class:
-     * Due to the dynamic nature of the EE_messages system, EE_messengers will always have a "to",
-     * "from", "subject", and "content" field (as represented in the EE_Message schema), however they may
-     * also have additional main fields specific to the messenger.  The system accommodates those extra
-     * fields through the EE_Extra_Meta table.  This method allows for EE_messengers to retrieve the
-     * value for those extra fields dynamically via the EE_message object.
-     *
-     * @param  string $field_name expecting the fully qualified field name.
-     * @return mixed|null  value for the field if found.  null if not found.
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_field_or_extra_meta($field_name)
-    {
-        if ($this->get_model()->has_field($field_name)) {
-            $column_value = $this->get($field_name);
-        } else {
-            //This isn't a column in the main table, let's see if it is in the extra meta.
-            $column_value = $this->get_extra_meta($field_name, true, null);
-        }
-        return $column_value;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * See $_timezone property for description of what the timezone property is for.  This SETS the timezone internally
-     * for being able to reference what timezone we are running conversions on when converting TO the internal timezone
-     * (UTC Unix Timestamp) for the object OR when converting FROM the internal timezone (UTC Unix Timestamp). This is
-     * available to all child classes that may be using the EE_Datetime_Field for a field data type.
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @param string $timezone A valid timezone string as described by @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
-     * @return void
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function set_timezone($timezone = '')
-    {
-        $this->_timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_valid_timezone_string($timezone);
-        //make sure we clear all cached properties because they won't be relevant now
-        $this->_clear_cached_properties();
-        //make sure we update field settings and the date for all EE_Datetime_Fields
-        $model_fields = $this->get_model()->field_settings(false);
-        foreach ($model_fields as $field_name => $field_obj) {
-            if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
-                $field_obj->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
-                if (isset($this->_fields[ $field_name ]) && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime) {
-                    $this->_fields[ $field_name ]->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($this->_timezone));
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This just returns whatever is set for the current timezone.
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return string timezone string
-     */
-    public function get_timezone()
-    {
-        return $this->_timezone;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This sets the internal date format to what is sent in to be used as the new default for the class
-     * internally instead of wp set date format options
-     *
-     * @since 4.6
-     * @param string $format should be a format recognizable by PHP date() functions.
-     */
-    public function set_date_format($format)
-    {
-        $this->_dt_frmt = $format;
-        //clear cached_properties because they won't be relevant now.
-        $this->_clear_cached_properties();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This sets the internal time format string to what is sent in to be used as the new default for the
-     * class internally instead of wp set time format options.
-     *
-     * @since 4.6
-     * @param string $format should be a format recognizable by PHP date() functions.
-     */
-    public function set_time_format($format)
-    {
-        $this->_tm_frmt = $format;
-        //clear cached_properties because they won't be relevant now.
-        $this->_clear_cached_properties();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This returns the current internal set format for the date and time formats.
-     *
-     * @param bool $full           if true (default), then return the full format.  Otherwise will return an array
-     *                             where the first value is the date format and the second value is the time format.
-     * @return mixed string|array
-     */
-    public function get_format($full = true)
-    {
-        return $full ? $this->_dt_frmt . ' ' . $this->_tm_frmt : array($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * cache
-     * stores the passed model object on the current model object.
-     * In certain circumstances, we can use this cached model object instead of querying for another one entirely.
-     *
-     * @param string        $relationName    one of the keys in the _model_relations array on the model. Eg
-     *                                       'Registration' associated with this model object
-     * @param EE_Base_Class $object_to_cache that has a relation to this model object. (Eg, if this is a Transaction,
-     *                                       that could be a payment or a registration)
-     * @param null          $cache_id        a string or number that will be used as the key for any Belongs_To_Many
-     *                                       items which will be stored in an array on this object
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return mixed    index into cache, or just TRUE if the relation is of type Belongs_To (because there's only one
-     *                                       related thing, no array)
-     */
-    public function cache($relationName = '', $object_to_cache = null, $cache_id = null)
-    {
-        // its entirely possible that there IS no related object yet in which case there is nothing to cache.
-        if (! $object_to_cache instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-            return false;
-        }
-        // also get "how" the object is related, or throw an error
-        if (! $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName)) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__('There is no relationship to %s on a %s. Cannot cache it', 'event_espresso'),
-                    $relationName,
-                    get_class($this)
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        // how many things are related ?
-        if ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-            // if it's a "belongs to" relationship, then there's only one related model object
-            // eg, if this is a registration, there's only 1 attendee for it
-            // so for these model objects just set it to be cached
-            $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $object_to_cache;
-            $return                                  = true;
-        } else {
-            // otherwise, this is the "many" side of a one to many relationship,
-            // so we'll add the object to the array of related objects for that type.
-            // eg: if this is an event, there are many registrations for that event,
-            // so we cache the registrations in an array
-            if (! is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])) {
-                // if for some reason, the cached item is a model object,
-                // then stick that in the array, otherwise start with an empty array
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]
-                                                           instanceof
-                                                           EE_Base_Class
-                    ? array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) : array();
-            }
-            // first check for a cache_id which is normally empty
-            if (! empty($cache_id)) {
-                // if the cache_id exists, then it means we are purposely trying to cache this
-                // with a known key that can then be used to retrieve the object later on
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $cache_id ] = $object_to_cache;
-                $return                                               = $cache_id;
-            } elseif ($object_to_cache->ID()) {
-                // OR the cached object originally came from the db, so let's just use it's PK for an ID
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $object_to_cache->ID() ] = $object_to_cache;
-                $return                                                            = $object_to_cache->ID();
-            } else {
-                // OR it's a new object with no ID, so just throw it in the array with an auto-incremented ID
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][] = $object_to_cache;
-                // move the internal pointer to the end of the array
-                end($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]);
-                // and grab the key so that we can return it
-                $return = key($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]);
-            }
-        }
-        return $return;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * For adding an item to the cached_properties property.
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @param string      $fieldname the property item the corresponding value is for.
-     * @param mixed       $value     The value we are caching.
-     * @param string|null $cache_type
-     * @return void
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _set_cached_property($fieldname, $value, $cache_type = null)
-    {
-        //first make sure this property exists
-        $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($fieldname);
-        $cache_type                                            = empty($cache_type) ? 'standard' : $cache_type;
-        $this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ] = $value;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This returns the value cached property if it exists OR the actual property value if the cache doesn't exist.
-     * This also SETS the cache if we return the actual property!
-     *
-     * @param string $fieldname        the name of the property we're trying to retrieve
-     * @param bool   $pretty
-     * @param string $extra_cache_ref  This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
-     *                                 (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
-     *                                 - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
-     *                                 It can also accept certain pre-defined "schema" strings
-     *                                 to define how to output the property.
-     *                                 see the field's prepare_for_pretty_echoing for what strings can be used
-     * @return mixed                   whatever the value for the property is we're retrieving
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _get_cached_property($fieldname, $pretty = false, $extra_cache_ref = null)
-    {
-        //verify the field exists
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        $model->field_settings_for($fieldname);
-        $cache_type = $pretty ? 'pretty' : 'standard';
-        $cache_type .= ! empty($extra_cache_ref) ? '_' . $extra_cache_ref : '';
-        if (isset($this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ])) {
-            return $this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ];
-        }
-        $value = $this->_get_fresh_property($fieldname, $pretty, $extra_cache_ref);
-        $this->_set_cached_property($fieldname, $value, $cache_type);
-        return $value;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * If the cache didn't fetch the needed item, this fetches it.
-     *
-     * @param string $fieldname
-     * @param bool   $pretty
-     * @param string $extra_cache_ref
-     * @return mixed
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    protected function _get_fresh_property($fieldname, $pretty = false, $extra_cache_ref = null)
-    {
-        $field_obj = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($fieldname);
-        // If this is an EE_Datetime_Field we need to make sure timezone, formats, and output are correct
-        if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
-            $this->_prepare_datetime_field($field_obj, $pretty, $extra_cache_ref);
-        }
-        if (! isset($this->_fields[ $fieldname ])) {
-            $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = null;
-        }
-        $value = $pretty
-            ? $field_obj->prepare_for_pretty_echoing($this->_fields[ $fieldname ], $extra_cache_ref)
-            : $field_obj->prepare_for_get($this->_fields[ $fieldname ]);
-        return $value;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * set timezone, formats, and output for EE_Datetime_Field objects
-     *
-     * @param \EE_Datetime_Field $datetime_field
-     * @param bool               $pretty
-     * @param null               $date_or_time
-     * @return void
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _prepare_datetime_field(
-        EE_Datetime_Field $datetime_field,
-        $pretty = false,
-        $date_or_time = null
-    ) {
-        $datetime_field->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
-        $datetime_field->set_date_format($this->_dt_frmt, $pretty);
-        $datetime_field->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt, $pretty);
-        //set the output returned
-        switch ($date_or_time) {
-            case 'D' :
-                $datetime_field->set_date_time_output('date');
-                break;
-            case 'T' :
-                $datetime_field->set_date_time_output('time');
-                break;
-            default :
-                $datetime_field->set_date_time_output();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This just takes care of clearing out the cached_properties
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _clear_cached_properties()
-    {
-        $this->_cached_properties = array();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This just clears out ONE property if it exists in the cache
-     *
-     * @param  string $property_name the property to remove if it exists (from the _cached_properties array)
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _clear_cached_property($property_name)
-    {
-        if (isset($this->_cached_properties[ $property_name ])) {
-            unset($this->_cached_properties[ $property_name ]);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Ensures that this related thing is a model object.
-     *
-     * @param mixed  $object_or_id EE_base_Class/int/string either a related model object, or its ID
-     * @param string $model_name   name of the related thing, eg 'Attendee',
-     * @return EE_Base_Class
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function ensure_related_thing_is_model_obj($object_or_id, $model_name)
-    {
-        $other_model_instance = self::_get_model_instance_with_name(
-            self::_get_model_classname($model_name),
-            $this->_timezone
-        );
-        return $other_model_instance->ensure_is_obj($object_or_id);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Forgets the cached model of the given relation Name. So the next time we request it,
-     * we will fetch it again from the database. (Handy if you know it's changed somehow).
-     * If a specific object is supplied, and the relationship to it is either a HasMany or HABTM,
-     * then only remove that one object from our cached array. Otherwise, clear the entire list
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName                         one of the keys in the _model_relations array on the model.
-     *                                                     Eg 'Registration'
-     * @param mixed  $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array or an index into the array of cached things, or NULL
-     *                                                     if you intend to use $clear_all = TRUE, or the relation only
-     *                                                     has 1 object anyways (ie, it's a BelongsToRelation)
-     * @param bool   $clear_all                            This flags clearing the entire cache relation property if
-     *                                                     this is HasMany or HABTM.
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return EE_Base_Class | boolean from which was cleared from the cache, or true if we requested to remove a
-     *                                                     relation from all
-     */
-    public function clear_cache($relationName, $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array = null, $clear_all = false)
-    {
-        $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName);
-        $index_in_cache        = '';
-        if (! $relationship_to_model) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__('There is no relationship to %s on a %s. Cannot clear that cache', 'event_espresso'),
-                    $relationName,
-                    get_class($this)
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        if ($clear_all) {
-            $obj_removed                             = true;
-            $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = null;
-        } elseif ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-            $obj_removed                             = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ];
-            $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = null;
-        } else {
-            if ($object_to_remove_or_index_into_array instanceof EE_Base_Class
-                && $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID()
-            ) {
-                $index_in_cache = $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID();
-                if (is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
-                    && ! isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ])
-                ) {
-                    $index_found_at = null;
-                    //find this object in the array even though it has a different key
-                    foreach ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] as $index => $obj) {
-                        /** @noinspection TypeUnsafeComparisonInspection */
-                        if (
-                            $obj instanceof EE_Base_Class
-                            && (
-                                $obj == $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array
-                                || $obj->ID() === $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID()
-                            )
-                        ) {
-                            $index_found_at = $index;
-                            break;
-                        }
-                    }
-                    if ($index_found_at) {
-                        $index_in_cache = $index_found_at;
-                    } else {
-                        //it wasn't found. huh. well obviously it doesn't need to be removed from teh cache
-                        //if it wasn't in it to begin with. So we're done
-                        return $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array;
-                    }
-                }
-            } elseif ($object_to_remove_or_index_into_array instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-                //so they provided a model object, but it's not yet saved to the DB... so let's go hunting for it!
-                foreach ($this->get_all_from_cache($relationName) as $index => $potentially_obj_we_want) {
-                    /** @noinspection TypeUnsafeComparisonInspection */
-                    if ($potentially_obj_we_want == $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array) {
-                        $index_in_cache = $index;
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {
-                $index_in_cache = $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array;
-            }
-            //supposedly we've found it. But it could just be that the client code
-            //provided a bad index/object
-            if (isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ])) {
-                $obj_removed = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ];
-                unset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ]);
-            } else {
-                //that thing was never cached anyways.
-                $obj_removed = null;
-            }
-        }
-        return $obj_removed;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * update_cache_after_object_save
-     * Allows a cached item to have it's cache ID (within the array of cached items) reset using the new ID it has
-     * obtained after being saved to the db
-     *
-     * @param string        $relationName       - the type of object that is cached
-     * @param EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object - the newly saved object to be re-cached
-     * @param string        $current_cache_id   - the ID that was used when originally caching the object
-     * @return boolean TRUE on success, FALSE on fail
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function update_cache_after_object_save(
-        $relationName,
-        EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object,
-        $current_cache_id = ''
-    ) {
-        // verify that incoming object is of the correct type
-        $obj_class = 'EE_' . $relationName;
-        if ($newly_saved_object instanceof $obj_class) {
-            /* @type EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object */
-            // now get the type of relation
-            $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName);
-            // if this is a 1:1 relationship
-            if ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                // then just replace the cached object with the newly saved object
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $newly_saved_object;
-                return true;
-                // or if it's some kind of sordid feral polyamorous relationship...
-            }
-            if (is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
-                      && isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $current_cache_id ])
-            ) {
-                // then remove the current cached item
-                unset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $current_cache_id ]);
-                // and cache the newly saved object using it's new ID
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $newly_saved_object->ID() ] = $newly_saved_object;
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Fetches a single EE_Base_Class on that relation. (If the relation is of type
-     * BelongsTo, it will only ever have 1 object. However, other relations could have an array of objects)
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName
-     * @return EE_Base_Class
-     */
-    public function get_one_from_cache($relationName)
-    {
-        $cached_array_or_object = isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
-            ? $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]
-            : null;
-        if (is_array($cached_array_or_object)) {
-            return array_shift($cached_array_or_object);
-        }
-        return $cached_array_or_object;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Fetches a single EE_Base_Class on that relation. (If the relation is of type
-     * BelongsTo, it will only ever have 1 object. However, other relations could have an array of objects)
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return EE_Base_Class[] NOT necessarily indexed by primary keys
-     */
-    public function get_all_from_cache($relationName)
-    {
-        $objects = isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) ? $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] : array();
-        // if the result is not an array, but exists, make it an array
-        $objects = is_array($objects) ? $objects : array($objects);
-        //bugfix for https://events.codebasehq.com/projects/event-espresso/tickets/7143
-        //basically, if this model object was stored in the session, and these cached model objects
-        //already have IDs, let's make sure they're in their model's entity mapper
-        //otherwise we will have duplicates next time we call
-        // EE_Registry::instance()->load_model( $relationName )->get_one_by_ID( $result->ID() );
-        $model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($relationName);
-        foreach ($objects as $model_object) {
-            if ($model instanceof EEM_Base && $model_object instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-                //ensure its in the map if it has an ID; otherwise it will be added to the map when its saved
-                if ($model_object->ID()) {
-                    $model->add_to_entity_map($model_object);
-                }
-            } else {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            'Error retrieving related model objects. Either $1%s is not a model or $2%s is not a model object',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        $relationName,
-                        gettype($model_object)
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        return $objects;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the next x number of EE_Base_Class objects in sequence from this object as found in the database
-     * matching the given query conditions.
-     *
-     * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
-     * @param int   $limit              How many objects to return.
-     * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
-     * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
-     *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
-     * @return array|EE_Base_Class[]
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function next_x($field_to_order_by = null, $limit = 1, $query_params = array(), $columns_to_select = null)
-    {
-        $model         = $this->get_model();
-        $field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
-            ? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
-            : $field_to_order_by;
-        $current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
-        if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
-            return array();
-        }
-        return $model->next_x($current_value, $field, $limit, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the previous x number of EE_Base_Class objects in sequence from this object as found in the database
-     * matching the given query conditions.
-     *
-     * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
-     * @param int   $limit              How many objects to return.
-     * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
-     * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
-     *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
-     * @return array|EE_Base_Class[]
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function previous_x(
-        $field_to_order_by = null,
-        $limit = 1,
-        $query_params = array(),
-        $columns_to_select = null
-    ) {
-        $model         = $this->get_model();
-        $field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
-            ? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
-            : $field_to_order_by;
-        $current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
-        if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
-            return array();
-        }
-        return $model->previous_x($current_value, $field, $limit, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the next EE_Base_Class object in sequence from this object as found in the database
-     * matching the given query conditions.
-     *
-     * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
-     * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
-     * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
-     *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
-     * @return array|EE_Base_Class
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function next($field_to_order_by = null, $query_params = array(), $columns_to_select = null)
-    {
-        $model         = $this->get_model();
-        $field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
-            ? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
-            : $field_to_order_by;
-        $current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
-        if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
-            return array();
-        }
-        return $model->next($current_value, $field, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the previous EE_Base_Class object in sequence from this object as found in the database
-     * matching the given query conditions.
-     *
-     * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
-     * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
-     * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an EE_Base_Class object is returned, otherwise
-     *                                  you can indicate just the column you want returned
-     * @return array|EE_Base_Class
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function previous($field_to_order_by = null, $query_params = array(), $columns_to_select = null)
-    {
-        $model         = $this->get_model();
-        $field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
-            ? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
-            : $field_to_order_by;
-        $current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
-        if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
-            return array();
-        }
-        return $model->previous($current_value, $field, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Overrides parent because parent expects old models.
-     * This also doesn't do any validation, and won't work for serialized arrays
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @param mixed  $field_value_from_db
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function set_from_db($field_name, $field_value_from_db)
-    {
-        $field_obj = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Model_Field_Base) {
-            //you would think the DB has no NULLs for non-null label fields right? wrong!
-            //eg, a CPT model object could have an entry in the posts table, but no
-            //entry in the meta table. Meaning that all its columns in the meta table
-            //are null! yikes! so when we find one like that, use defaults for its meta columns
-            if ($field_value_from_db === null) {
-                if ($field_obj->is_nullable()) {
-                    //if the field allows nulls, then let it be null
-                    $field_value = null;
-                } else {
-                    $field_value = $field_obj->get_default_value();
-                }
-            } else {
-                $field_value = $field_obj->prepare_for_set_from_db($field_value_from_db);
-            }
-            $this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $field_value;
-            $this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * verifies that the specified field is of the correct type
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @param string $extra_cache_ref This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
-     *                                (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
-     *                                - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
-     * @return mixed
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get($field_name, $extra_cache_ref = null)
-    {
-        return $this->_get_cached_property($field_name, false, $extra_cache_ref);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This method simply returns the RAW unprocessed value for the given property in this class
-     *
-     * @param  string $field_name A valid fieldname
-     * @return mixed              Whatever the raw value stored on the property is.
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error if fieldSettings is misconfigured or the field doesn't exist.
-     */
-    public function get_raw($field_name)
-    {
-        $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        return $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime
-            ? $this->_fields[ $field_name ]->format('U')
-            : $this->_fields[ $field_name ];
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is used to return the internal DateTime object used for a field that is a
-     * EE_Datetime_Field.
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name               The field name retrieving the DateTime object.
-     * @return mixed null | false | DateTime  If the requested field is NOT a EE_Datetime_Field then
-     * @throws EE_Error an error is set and false returned.  If the field IS an
-     *                                         EE_Datetime_Field and but the field value is null, then
-     *                                         just null is returned (because that indicates that likely
-     *                                         this field is nullable).
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function get_DateTime_object($field_name)
-    {
-        $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        if (! $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
-            EE_Error::add_error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        'The field %s is not an EE_Datetime_Field field.  There is no DateTime object stored on this field type.',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $field_name
-                ),
-                __FILE__,
-                __FUNCTION__,
-                __LINE__
-            );
-            return false;
-        }
-        return isset($this->_fields[$field_name]) && $this->_fields[$field_name] instanceof DateTime
-            ? clone $this->_fields[$field_name]
-            : null;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * To be used in template to immediately echo out the value, and format it for output.
-     * Eg, should call stripslashes and whatnot before echoing
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name      the name of the field as it appears in the DB
-     * @param string $extra_cache_ref This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
-     *                                (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
-     *                                - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
-     * @return void
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function e($field_name, $extra_cache_ref = null)
-    {
-        echo $this->get_pretty($field_name, $extra_cache_ref);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Exactly like e(), echoes out the field, but sets its schema to 'form_input', so that it
-     * can be easily used as the value of form input.
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @return void
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function f($field_name)
-    {
-        $this->e($field_name, 'form_input');
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Same as `f()` but just returns the value instead of echoing it
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @return string
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_f($field_name)
-    {
-        return (string) $this->get_pretty($field_name, 'form_input');
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a pretty view of the field's value. $extra_cache_ref can specify different formats for this.
-     * The $extra_cache_ref will be passed to the model field's prepare_for_pretty_echoing, so consult the field's class
-     * to see what options are available.
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @param string $extra_cache_ref This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
-     *                                (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
-     *                                - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
-     * @return mixed
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_pretty($field_name, $extra_cache_ref = null)
-    {
-        return $this->_get_cached_property($field_name, true, $extra_cache_ref);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This simply returns the datetime for the given field name
-     * Note: this protected function is called by the wrapper get_date or get_time or get_datetime functions
-     * (and the equivalent e_date, e_time, e_datetime).
-     *
-     * @access   protected
-     * @param string   $field_name   Field on the instantiated EE_Base_Class child object
-     * @param string   $dt_frmt      valid datetime format used for date
-     *                               (if '' then we just use the default on the field,
-     *                               if NULL we use the last-used format)
-     * @param string   $tm_frmt      Same as above except this is for time format
-     * @param string   $date_or_time if NULL then both are returned, otherwise "D" = only date and "T" = only time.
-     * @param  boolean $echo         Whether the dtt is echoing using pretty echoing or just returned using vanilla get
-     * @return string|bool|EE_Error string on success, FALSE on fail, or EE_Error Exception is thrown
-     *                               if field is not a valid dtt field, or void if echoing
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt = '', $tm_frmt = '', $date_or_time = '', $echo = false)
-    {
-        // clear cached property
-        $this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
-        //reset format properties because they are used in get()
-        $this->_dt_frmt = $dt_frmt !== '' ? $dt_frmt : $this->_dt_frmt;
-        $this->_tm_frmt = $tm_frmt !== '' ? $tm_frmt : $this->_tm_frmt;
-        if ($echo) {
-            $this->e($field_name, $date_or_time);
-            return '';
-        }
-        return $this->get($field_name, $date_or_time);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * below are wrapper functions for the various datetime outputs that can be obtained for JUST returning the date
-     * portion of a datetime value. (note the only difference between get_ and e_ is one returns the value and the
-     * other echoes the pretty value for dtt)
-     *
-     * @param  string $field_name name of model object datetime field holding the value
-     * @param  string $format     format for the date returned (if NULL we use default in dt_frmt property)
-     * @return string            datetime value formatted
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_date($field_name, $format = '')
-    {
-        return $this->_get_datetime($field_name, $format, null, 'D');
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param        $field_name
-     * @param string $format
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function e_date($field_name, $format = '')
-    {
-        $this->_get_datetime($field_name, $format, null, 'D', true);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * below are wrapper functions for the various datetime outputs that can be obtained for JUST returning the time
-     * portion of a datetime value. (note the only difference between get_ and e_ is one returns the value and the
-     * other echoes the pretty value for dtt)
-     *
-     * @param  string $field_name name of model object datetime field holding the value
-     * @param  string $format     format for the time returned ( if NULL we use default in tm_frmt property)
-     * @return string             datetime value formatted
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_time($field_name, $format = '')
-    {
-        return $this->_get_datetime($field_name, null, $format, 'T');
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param        $field_name
-     * @param string $format
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function e_time($field_name, $format = '')
-    {
-        $this->_get_datetime($field_name, null, $format, 'T', true);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * below are wrapper functions for the various datetime outputs that can be obtained for returning the date AND
-     * time portion of a datetime value. (note the only difference between get_ and e_ is one returns the value and the
-     * other echoes the pretty value for dtt)
-     *
-     * @param  string $field_name name of model object datetime field holding the value
-     * @param  string $dt_frmt    format for the date returned (if NULL we use default in dt_frmt property)
-     * @param  string $tm_frmt    format for the time returned (if NULL we use default in tm_frmt property)
-     * @return string             datetime value formatted
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt = '', $tm_frmt = '')
-    {
-        return $this->_get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt, $tm_frmt);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $field_name
-     * @param string $dt_frmt
-     * @param string $tm_frmt
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function e_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt = '', $tm_frmt = '')
-    {
-        $this->_get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt, $tm_frmt, null, true);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Get the i8ln value for a date using the WordPress @see date_i18n function.
-     *
-     * @param string $field_name The EE_Datetime_Field reference for the date being retrieved.
-     * @param string $format     PHP valid date/time string format.  If none is provided then the internal set format
-     *                           on the object will be used.
-     * @return string Date and time string in set locale or false if no field exists for the given
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     *                           field name.
-     */
-    public function get_i18n_datetime($field_name, $format = '')
-    {
-        $format = empty($format) ? $this->_dt_frmt . ' ' . $this->_tm_frmt : $format;
-        return date_i18n(
-            $format,
-            EEH_DTT_Helper::get_timestamp_with_offset(
-                $this->get_raw($field_name),
-                $this->_timezone
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This method validates whether the given field name is a valid field on the model object as well as it is of a
-     * type EE_Datetime_Field.  On success there will be returned the field settings.  On fail an EE_Error exception is
-     * thrown.
-     *
-     * @param  string $field_name The field name being checked
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return EE_Datetime_Field
-     */
-    protected function _get_dtt_field_settings($field_name)
-    {
-        $field = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        //check if field is dtt
-        if ($field instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
-            return $field;
-        }
-        throw new EE_Error(
-            sprintf(
-                esc_html__(
-                    'The field name "%s" has been requested for the EE_Base_Class datetime functions and it is not a valid EE_Datetime_Field.  Please check the spelling of the field and make sure it has been setup as a EE_Datetime_Field in the %s model constructor',
-                    'event_espresso'
-                ),
-                $field_name,
-                self::_get_model_classname(get_class($this))
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * NOTE ABOUT BELOW:
-     * These convenience date and time setters are for setting date and time independently.  In other words you might
-     * want to change the time on a datetime_field but leave the date the same (or vice versa). IF on the other hand
-     * you want to set both date and time at the same time, you can just use the models default set($fieldname,$value)
-     * method and make sure you send the entire datetime value for setting.
-     */
-    /**
-     * sets the time on a datetime property
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @param string|Datetime $time      a valid time string for php datetime functions (or DateTime object)
-     * @param string          $fieldname the name of the field the time is being set on (must match a EE_Datetime_Field)
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _set_time_for($time, $fieldname)
-    {
-        $this->_set_date_time('T', $time, $fieldname);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * sets the date on a datetime property
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @param string|DateTime $date      a valid date string for php datetime functions ( or DateTime object)
-     * @param string          $fieldname the name of the field the date is being set on (must match a EE_Datetime_Field)
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _set_date_for($date, $fieldname)
-    {
-        $this->_set_date_time('D', $date, $fieldname);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This takes care of setting a date or time independently on a given model object property. This method also
-     * verifies that the given fieldname matches a model object property and is for a EE_Datetime_Field field
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @param string          $what           "T" for time, 'B' for both, 'D' for Date.
-     * @param string|DateTime $datetime_value A valid Date or Time string (or DateTime object)
-     * @param string          $fieldname      the name of the field the date OR time is being set on (must match a
-     *                                        EE_Datetime_Field property)
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _set_date_time($what = 'T', $datetime_value, $fieldname)
-    {
-        $field = $this->_get_dtt_field_settings($fieldname);
-        $field->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
-        $field->set_date_format($this->_dt_frmt);
-        $field->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt);
-        switch ($what) {
-            case 'T' :
-                $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_time(
-                    $datetime_value,
-                    $this->_fields[ $fieldname ]
-                );
-                break;
-            case 'D' :
-                $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_date(
-                    $datetime_value,
-                    $this->_fields[ $fieldname ]
-                );
-                break;
-            case 'B' :
-                $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set($datetime_value);
-                break;
-        }
-        $this->_clear_cached_property($fieldname);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This will return a timestamp for the website timezone but ONLY when the current website timezone is different
-     * than the timezone set for the website. NOTE, this currently only works well with methods that return values.  If
-     * you use it with methods that echo values the $_timestamp property may not get reset to its original value and
-     * that could lead to some unexpected results!
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @param string $field_name               This is the name of the field on the object that contains the date/time
-     *                                         value being returned.
-     * @param string $callback                 must match a valid method in this class (defaults to get_datetime)
-     * @param mixed (array|string) $args       This is the arguments that will be passed to the callback.
-     * @param string $prepend                  You can include something to prepend on the timestamp
-     * @param string $append                   You can include something to append on the timestamp
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return string timestamp
-     */
-    public function display_in_my_timezone(
-        $field_name,
-        $callback = 'get_datetime',
-        $args = null,
-        $prepend = '',
-        $append = ''
-    ) {
-        $timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_timezone();
-        if ($timezone === $this->_timezone) {
-            return '';
-        }
-        $original_timezone = $this->_timezone;
-        $this->set_timezone($timezone);
-        $fn   = (array) $field_name;
-        $args = array_merge($fn, (array) $args);
-        if (! method_exists($this, $callback)) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        'The method named "%s" given as the callback param in "display_in_my_timezone" does not exist.  Please check your spelling',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $callback
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        $args   = (array) $args;
-        $return = $prepend . call_user_func_array(array($this, $callback), $args) . $append;
-        $this->set_timezone($original_timezone);
-        return $return;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Deletes this model object.
-     * This calls the `EE_Base_Class::_delete` method.  Child classes wishing to change default behaviour should
-     * override
-     * `EE_Base_Class::_delete` NOT this class.
-     *
-     * @return boolean | int
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function delete()
-    {
-        /**
-         * Called just before the `EE_Base_Class::_delete` method call.
-         * Note:
-         * `EE_Base_Class::_delete` might be overridden by child classes so any client code hooking into these actions
-         * should be aware that `_delete` may not always result in a permanent delete.
-         * For example, `EE_Soft_Delete_Base_Class::_delete`
-         * soft deletes (trash) the object and does not permanently delete it.
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object about to be 'deleted'
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete__before', $this);
-        $result = $this->_delete();
-        /**
-         * Called just after the `EE_Base_Class::_delete` method call.
-         * Note:
-         * `EE_Base_Class::_delete` might be overridden by child classes so any client code hooking into these actions
-         * should be aware that `_delete` may not always result in a permanent delete.
-         * For example `EE_Soft_Base_Class::_delete`
-         * soft deletes (trash) the object and does not permanently delete it.
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object that was just 'deleted'
-         * @param boolean       $result
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete__end', $this, $result);
-        return $result;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Calls the specific delete method for the instantiated class.
-     * This method is called by the public `EE_Base_Class::delete` method.  Any child classes desiring to override
-     * default functionality for "delete" (which is to call `permanently_delete`) should override this method NOT
-     * `EE_Base_Class::delete`
-     *
-     * @return bool|int
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _delete()
-    {
-        return $this->delete_permanently();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Deletes this model object permanently from db
-     * (but keep in mind related models may block the delete and return an error)
-     *
-     * @return bool | int
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function delete_permanently()
-    {
-        /**
-         * Called just before HARD deleting a model object
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object about to be 'deleted'
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete_permanently__before', $this);
-        $model  = $this->get_model();
-        $result = $model->delete_permanently_by_ID($this->ID());
-        $this->refresh_cache_of_related_objects();
-        /**
-         * Called just after HARD deleting a model object
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object that was just 'deleted'
-         * @param boolean       $result
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete_permanently__end', $this, $result);
-        return $result;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * When this model object is deleted, it may still be cached on related model objects. This clears the cache of
-     * related model objects
-     *
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function refresh_cache_of_related_objects()
-    {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
-            if (! empty($this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ])) {
-                $related_objects = $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ];
-                if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                    //this relation only stores a single model object, not an array
-                    //but let's make it consistent
-                    $related_objects = array($related_objects);
-                }
-                foreach ($related_objects as $related_object) {
-                    //only refresh their cache if they're in memory
-                    if ($related_object instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-                        $related_object->clear_cache(
-                            $model->get_this_model_name(),
-                            $this
-                        );
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     *        Saves this object to the database. An array may be supplied to set some values on this
-     * object just before saving.
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @param array $set_cols_n_values keys are field names, values are their new values,
-     *                                 if provided during the save() method (often client code will change the fields'
-     *                                 values before calling save)
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return int , 1 on a successful update, the ID of the new entry on insert; 0 on failure or if the model object
-     *                                 isn't allowed to persist (as determined by EE_Base_Class::allow_persist())
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function save($set_cols_n_values = array())
-    {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        /**
-         * Filters the fields we're about to save on the model object
-         *
-         * @param array         $set_cols_n_values
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object
-         */
-        $set_cols_n_values = (array) apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__set_cols_n_values',
-            $set_cols_n_values,
-            $this
-        );
-        //set attributes as provided in $set_cols_n_values
-        foreach ($set_cols_n_values as $column => $value) {
-            $this->set($column, $value);
-        }
-        // no changes ? then don't do anything
-        if (! $this->_has_changes && $this->ID() && $model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        /**
-         * Saving a model object.
-         * Before we perform a save, this action is fired.
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object the model object about to be saved.
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__begin', $this);
-        if (! $this->allow_persist()) {
-            return 0;
-        }
-        // now get current attribute values
-        $save_cols_n_values = $this->_fields;
-        // if the object already has an ID, update it. Otherwise, insert it
-        // also: change the assumption about values passed to the model NOT being prepare dby the model object.
-        // They have been
-        $old_assumption_concerning_value_preparation = $model
-            ->get_assumption_concerning_values_already_prepared_by_model_object();
-        $model->assume_values_already_prepared_by_model_object(true);
-        //does this model have an autoincrement PK?
-        if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
-            if ($model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
-                //ok check if it's set, if so: update; if not, insert
-                if (! empty($save_cols_n_values[ $model->primary_key_name() ])) {
-                    $results = $model->update_by_ID($save_cols_n_values, $this->ID());
-                } else {
-                    unset($save_cols_n_values[ $model->primary_key_name() ]);
-                    $results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
-                    if ($results) {
-                        //if successful, set the primary key
-                        //but don't use the normal SET method, because it will check if
-                        //an item with the same ID exists in the mapper & db, then
-                        //will find it in the db (because we just added it) and THAT object
-                        //will get added to the mapper before we can add this one!
-                        //but if we just avoid using the SET method, all that headache can be avoided
-                        $pk_field_name                   = $model->primary_key_name();
-                        $this->_fields[ $pk_field_name ] = $results;
-                        $this->_clear_cached_property($pk_field_name);
-                        $model->add_to_entity_map($this);
-                        $this->_update_cached_related_model_objs_fks();
-                    }
-                }
-            } else {//PK is NOT auto-increment
-                //so check if one like it already exists in the db
-                if ($model->exists_by_ID($this->ID())) {
-                    if (WP_DEBUG && ! $this->in_entity_map()) {
-                        throw new EE_Error(
-                            sprintf(
-                                esc_html__(
-                                    'Using a model object %1$s that is NOT in the entity map, can lead to unexpected errors. You should either: %4$s 1. Put it in the entity mapper by calling %2$s %4$s 2. Discard this model object and use what is in the entity mapper %4$s 3. Fetch from the database using %3$s',
-                                    'event_espresso'
-                                ),
-                                get_class($this),
-                                get_class($model) . '::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
-                                get_class($model) . '::instance()->get_one_by_ID()',
-                                '<br />'
-                            )
-                        );
-                    }
-                    $results = $model->update_by_ID($save_cols_n_values, $this->ID());
-                } else {
-                    $results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
-                    $this->_update_cached_related_model_objs_fks();
-                }
-            }
-        } else {//there is NO primary key
-            $already_in_db = false;
-            foreach ($model->unique_indexes() as $index) {
-                $uniqueness_where_params = array_intersect_key($save_cols_n_values, $index->fields());
-                if ($model->exists(array($uniqueness_where_params))) {
-                    $already_in_db = true;
-                }
-            }
-            if ($already_in_db) {
-                $combined_pk_fields_n_values = array_intersect_key($save_cols_n_values,
-                    $model->get_combined_primary_key_fields());
-                $results                     = $model->update(
-                    $save_cols_n_values,
-                    $combined_pk_fields_n_values
-                );
-            } else {
-                $results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
-            }
-        }
-        //restore the old assumption about values being prepared by the model object
-        $model->assume_values_already_prepared_by_model_object(
-                $old_assumption_concerning_value_preparation
-            );
-        /**
-         * After saving the model object this action is called
-         *
-         * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object which was just saved
-         * @param boolean|int   $results      if it were updated, TRUE or FALSE; if it were newly inserted
-         *                                    the new ID (or 0 if an error occurred and it wasn't updated)
-         */
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__end', $this, $results);
-        $this->_has_changes = false;
-        return $results;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Updates the foreign key on related models objects pointing to this to have this model object's ID
-     * as their foreign key.  If the cached related model objects already exist in the db, saves them (so that the DB
-     * is consistent) Especially useful in case we JUST added this model object ot the database and we want to let its
-     * cached relations with foreign keys to it know about that change. Eg: we've created a transaction but haven't
-     * saved it to the db. We also create a registration and don't save it to the DB, but we DO cache it on the
-     * transaction. Now, when we save the transaction, the registration's TXN_ID will be automatically updated, whether
-     * or not they exist in the DB (if they do, their DB records will be automatically updated)
-     *
-     * @return void
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _update_cached_related_model_objs_fks()
-    {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
-            if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Has_Many_Relation) {
-                foreach ($this->get_all_from_cache($relation_name) as $related_model_obj_in_cache) {
-                    $fk_to_this = $related_model_obj_in_cache->get_model()->get_foreign_key_to(
-                        $model->get_this_model_name()
-                    );
-                    $related_model_obj_in_cache->set($fk_to_this->get_name(), $this->ID());
-                    if ($related_model_obj_in_cache->ID()) {
-                        $related_model_obj_in_cache->save();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Saves this model object and its NEW cached relations to the database.
-     * (Meaning, for now, IT DOES NOT WORK if the cached items already exist in the DB.
-     * In order for that to work, we would need to mark model objects as dirty/clean...
-     * because otherwise, there's a potential for infinite looping of saving
-     * Saves the cached related model objects, and ensures the relation between them
-     * and this object and properly setup
-     *
-     * @return int ID of new model object on save; 0 on failure+
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function save_new_cached_related_model_objs()
-    {
-        //make sure this has been saved
-        if (! $this->ID()) {
-            $id = $this->save();
-        } else {
-            $id = $this->ID();
-        }
-        //now save all the NEW cached model objects  (ie they don't exist in the DB)
-        foreach ($this->get_model()->relation_settings() as $relationName => $relationObj) {
-            if ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) {
-                //is this a relation where we should expect just ONE related object (ie, EE_Belongs_To_relation)
-                //or MANY related objects (ie, EE_HABTM_Relation or EE_Has_Many_Relation)?
-                /* @var $related_model_obj EE_Base_Class */
-                if ($relationObj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                    //add a relation to that relation type (which saves the appropriate thing in the process)
-                    //but ONLY if it DOES NOT exist in the DB
-                    $related_model_obj = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ];
-                    //					if( ! $related_model_obj->ID()){
-                    $this->_add_relation_to($related_model_obj, $relationName);
-                    $related_model_obj->save_new_cached_related_model_objs();
-                    //					}
-                } else {
-                    foreach ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] as $related_model_obj) {
-                        //add a relation to that relation type (which saves the appropriate thing in the process)
-                        //but ONLY if it DOES NOT exist in the DB
-                        //						if( ! $related_model_obj->ID()){
-                        $this->_add_relation_to($related_model_obj, $relationName);
-                        $related_model_obj->save_new_cached_related_model_objs();
-                        //						}
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return $id;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * for getting a model while instantiated.
-     *
-     * @return EEM_Base | EEM_CPT_Base
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_model()
-    {
-        if (! $this->_model) {
-            $modelName    = self::_get_model_classname(get_class($this));
-            $this->_model = self::_get_model_instance_with_name($modelName, $this->_timezone);
-        } else {
-            $this->_model->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
-        }
-        return $this->_model;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param $props_n_values
-     * @param $classname
-     * @return mixed bool|EE_Base_Class|EEM_CPT_Base
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected static function _get_object_from_entity_mapper($props_n_values, $classname)
-    {
-        //TODO: will not work for Term_Relationships because they have no PK!
-        $primary_id_ref = self::_get_primary_key_name($classname);
-        if (
-            array_key_exists($primary_id_ref, $props_n_values)
-            && ! empty($props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ])
-        ) {
-            $id = $props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ];
-            return self::_get_model($classname)->get_from_entity_map($id);
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This is called by child static "new_instance" method and we'll check to see if there is an existing db entry for
-     * the primary key (if present in incoming values). If there is a key in the incoming array that matches the
-     * primary key for the model AND it is not null, then we check the db. If there's a an object we return it.  If not
-     * we return false.
-     *
-     * @param  array  $props_n_values   incoming array of properties and their values
-     * @param  string $classname        the classname of the child class
-     * @param null    $timezone
-     * @param array   $date_formats     incoming date_formats in an array where the first value is the
-     *                                  date_format and the second value is the time format
-     * @return mixed (EE_Base_Class|bool)
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    protected static function _check_for_object($props_n_values, $classname, $timezone = null, $date_formats = array())
-    {
-        $existing = null;
-        $model    = self::_get_model($classname, $timezone);
-        if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
-            $primary_id_ref = self::_get_primary_key_name($classname);
-            if (array_key_exists($primary_id_ref, $props_n_values)
-                && ! empty($props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ])
-            ) {
-                $existing = $model->get_one_by_ID(
-                    $props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ]
-                );
-            }
-        } elseif ($model->has_all_combined_primary_key_fields($props_n_values)) {
-            //no primary key on this model, but there's still a matching item in the DB
-            $existing = self::_get_model($classname, $timezone)->get_one_by_ID(
-                self::_get_model($classname, $timezone)
-                    ->get_index_primary_key_string($props_n_values)
-            );
-        }
-        if ($existing) {
-            //set date formats if present before setting values
-            if (! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
-                $existing->set_date_format($date_formats[0]);
-                $existing->set_time_format($date_formats[1]);
-            } else {
-                //set default formats for date and time
-                $existing->set_date_format(get_option('date_format'));
-                $existing->set_time_format(get_option('time_format'));
-            }
-            foreach ($props_n_values as $property => $field_value) {
-                $existing->set($property, $field_value);
-            }
-            return $existing;
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the EEM_*_Model for this class
-     *
-     * @access public now, as this is more convenient
-     * @param      $classname
-     * @param null $timezone
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return EEM_Base
-     */
-    protected static function _get_model($classname, $timezone = null)
-    {
-        //find model for this class
-        if (! $classname) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        'What were you thinking calling _get_model(%s)?? You need to specify the class name',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $classname
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        $modelName = self::_get_model_classname($classname);
-        return self::_get_model_instance_with_name($modelName, $timezone);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the model instance (eg instance of EEM_Attendee) given its classname (eg EE_Attendee)
-     *
-     * @param string $model_classname
-     * @param null   $timezone
-     * @return EEM_Base
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected static function _get_model_instance_with_name($model_classname, $timezone = null)
-    {
-        $model_classname = str_replace('EEM_', '', $model_classname);
-        $model           = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($model_classname);
-        $model->set_timezone($timezone);
-        return $model;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * If a model name is provided (eg Registration), gets the model classname for that model.
-     * Also works if a model class's classname is provided (eg EE_Registration).
-     *
-     * @param null $model_name
-     * @return string like EEM_Attendee
-     */
-    private static function _get_model_classname($model_name = null)
-    {
-        if (strpos($model_name, 'EE_') === 0) {
-            $model_classname = str_replace('EE_', 'EEM_', $model_name);
-        } else {
-            $model_classname = 'EEM_' . $model_name;
-        }
-        return $model_classname;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns the name of the primary key attribute
-     *
-     * @param null $classname
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return string
-     */
-    protected static function _get_primary_key_name($classname = null)
-    {
-        if (! $classname) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__('What were you thinking calling _get_primary_key_name(%s)', 'event_espresso'),
-                    $classname
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        return self::_get_model($classname)->get_primary_key_field()->get_name();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the value of the primary key.
-     * If the object hasn't yet been saved, it should be whatever the model field's default was
-     * (eg, if this were the EE_Event class, look at the primary key field on EEM_Event and see what its default value
-     * is. Usually defaults for integer primary keys are 0; string primary keys are usually NULL).
-     *
-     * @return mixed, if the primary key is of type INT it'll be an int. Otherwise it could be a string
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function ID()
-    {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        //now that we know the name of the variable, use a variable variable to get its value and return its
-        if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
-            return $this->_fields[ $model->primary_key_name() ];
-        }
-        return $model->get_index_primary_key_string($this->_fields);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a relationship to the specified EE_Base_Class object, given the relationship's name. Eg, if the current
-     * model is related to a group of events, the $relationName should be 'Event', and should be a key in the EE
-     * Model's $_model_relations array. If this model object doesn't exist in the DB, just caches the related thing
-     *
-     * @param mixed  $otherObjectModelObjectOrID       EE_Base_Class or the ID of the other object
-     * @param string $relationName                     eg 'Events','Question',etc.
-     *                                                 an attendee to a group, you also want to specify which role they
-     *                                                 will have in that group. So you would use this parameter to
-     *                                                 specify array('role-column-name'=>'role-id')
-     * @param array  $extra_join_model_fields_n_values You can optionally include an array of key=>value pairs that
-     *                                                 allow you to further constrict the relation to being added.
-     *                                                 However, keep in mind that the columns (keys) given must match a
-     *                                                 column on the JOIN table and currently only the HABTM models
-     *                                                 accept these additional conditions.  Also remember that if an
-     *                                                 exact match isn't found for these extra cols/val pairs, then a
-     *                                                 NEW row is created in the join table.
-     * @param null   $cache_id
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return EE_Base_Class the object the relation was added to
-     */
-    public function _add_relation_to(
-        $otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
-        $relationName,
-        $extra_join_model_fields_n_values = array(),
-        $cache_id = null
-    ) {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        //if this thing exists in the DB, save the relation to the DB
-        if ($this->ID()) {
-            $otherObject = $model->add_relationship_to(
-                $this,
-                $otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
-                $relationName,
-                $extra_join_model_fields_n_values
-            );
-            //clear cache so future get_many_related and get_first_related() return new results.
-            $this->clear_cache($relationName, $otherObject, true);
-            if ($otherObject instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-                $otherObject->clear_cache($model->get_this_model_name(), $this);
-            }
-        } else {
-            //this thing doesn't exist in the DB,  so just cache it
-            if (! $otherObjectModelObjectOrID instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            'Before a model object is saved to the database, calls to _add_relation_to must be passed an actual object, not just an ID. You provided %s as the model object to a %s',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        $otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
-                        get_class($this)
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-            $otherObject = $otherObjectModelObjectOrID;
-            $this->cache($relationName, $otherObjectModelObjectOrID, $cache_id);
-        }
-        if ($otherObject instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-            //fix the reciprocal relation too
-            if ($otherObject->ID()) {
-                //its saved so assumed relations exist in the DB, so we can just
-                //clear the cache so future queries use the updated info in the DB
-                $otherObject->clear_cache(
-                    $model->get_this_model_name(),
-                    null,
-                    true
-                );
-            } else {
-                //it's not saved, so it caches relations like this
-                $otherObject->cache($model->get_this_model_name(), $this);
-            }
-        }
-        return $otherObject;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Removes a relationship to the specified EE_Base_Class object, given the relationships' name. Eg, if the current
-     * model is related to a group of events, the $relationName should be 'Events', and should be a key in the EE
-     * Model's $_model_relations array. If this model object doesn't exist in the DB, just removes the related thing
-     * from the cache
-     *
-     * @param mixed  $otherObjectModelObjectOrID
-     *                EE_Base_Class or the ID of the other object, OR an array key into the cache if this isn't saved
-     *                to the DB yet
-     * @param string $relationName
-     * @param array  $where_query
-     *                You can optionally include an array of key=>value pairs that allow you to further constrict the
-     *                relation to being added. However, keep in mind that the columns (keys) given must match a column
-     *                on the JOIN table and currently only the HABTM models accept these additional conditions. Also
-     *                remember that if an exact match isn't found for these extra cols/val pairs, then a NEW row is
-     *                created in the join table.
-     * @return EE_Base_Class the relation was removed from
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function _remove_relation_to($otherObjectModelObjectOrID, $relationName, $where_query = array())
-    {
-        if ($this->ID()) {
-            //if this exists in the DB, save the relation change to the DB too
-            $otherObject = $this->get_model()->remove_relationship_to(
-                $this,
-                $otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
-                $relationName,
-                $where_query
-            );
-            $this->clear_cache(
-                $relationName,
-                $otherObject
-            );
-        } else {
-            //this doesn't exist in the DB, just remove it from the cache
-            $otherObject = $this->clear_cache(
-                $relationName,
-                $otherObjectModelObjectOrID
-            );
-        }
-        if ($otherObject instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
-            $otherObject->clear_cache(
-                $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
-                $this
-            );
-        }
-        return $otherObject;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Removes ALL the related things for the $relationName.
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName
-     * @param array  $where_query_params like EEM_Base::get_all's $query_params[0] (where conditions)
-     * @return EE_Base_Class
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function _remove_relations($relationName, $where_query_params = array())
-    {
-        if ($this->ID()) {
-            //if this exists in the DB, save the relation change to the DB too
-            $otherObjects = $this->get_model()->remove_relations(
-                $this,
-                $relationName,
-                $where_query_params
-            );
-            $this->clear_cache(
-                $relationName,
-                null,
-                true
-            );
-        } else {
-            //this doesn't exist in the DB, just remove it from the cache
-            $otherObjects = $this->clear_cache(
-                $relationName,
-                null,
-                true
-            );
-        }
-        if (is_array($otherObjects)) {
-            foreach ($otherObjects as $otherObject) {
-                $otherObject->clear_cache(
-                    $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
-                    $this
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        return $otherObjects;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the related model objects of the specified type. Eg, if the current class if
-     * EE_Event, you could call $this->get_many_related('Registration') to get an array of all the
-     * EE_Registration objects which related to this event. Note: by default, we remove the "default query params"
-     * because we want to get even deleted items etc.
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName key in the model's _model_relations array
-     * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all
-     * @return EE_Base_Class[]     Results not necessarily indexed by IDs, because some results might not have primary
-     *                             keys or might not be saved yet. Consider using EEM_Base::get_IDs() on these
-     *                             results if you want IDs
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_many_related($relationName, $query_params = array())
-    {
-        if ($this->ID()) {
-            //this exists in the DB, so get the related things from either the cache or the DB
-            //if there are query parameters, forget about caching the related model objects.
-            if ($query_params) {
-                $related_model_objects = $this->get_model()->get_all_related(
-                    $this,
-                    $relationName,
-                    $query_params
-                );
-            } else {
-                //did we already cache the result of this query?
-                $cached_results = $this->get_all_from_cache($relationName);
-                if (! $cached_results) {
-                    $related_model_objects = $this->get_model()->get_all_related(
-                        $this,
-                        $relationName,
-                        $query_params
-                    );
-                    //if no query parameters were passed, then we got all the related model objects
-                    //for that relation. We can cache them then.
-                    foreach ($related_model_objects as $related_model_object) {
-                        $this->cache($relationName, $related_model_object);
-                    }
-                } else {
-                    $related_model_objects = $cached_results;
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            //this doesn't exist in the DB, so just get the related things from the cache
-            $related_model_objects = $this->get_all_from_cache($relationName);
-        }
-        return $related_model_objects;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Instead of getting the related model objects, simply counts them. Ignores default_where_conditions by default,
-     * unless otherwise specified in the $query_params
-     *
-     * @param string $relation_name  model_name like 'Event', or 'Registration'
-     * @param array  $query_params   like EEM_Base::get_all's
-     * @param string $field_to_count name of field to count by. By default, uses primary key
-     * @param bool   $distinct       if we want to only count the distinct values for the column then you can trigger
-     *                               that by the setting $distinct to TRUE;
-     * @return int
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function count_related($relation_name, $query_params = array(), $field_to_count = null, $distinct = false)
-    {
-        return $this->get_model()->count_related(
-            $this,
-            $relation_name,
-            $query_params,
-            $field_to_count,
-            $distinct
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Instead of getting the related model objects, simply sums up the values of the specified field.
-     * Note: ignores default_where_conditions by default, unless otherwise specified in the $query_params
-     *
-     * @param string $relation_name model_name like 'Event', or 'Registration'
-     * @param array  $query_params  like EEM_Base::get_all's
-     * @param string $field_to_sum  name of field to count by.
-     *                              By default, uses primary key
-     *                              (which doesn't make much sense, so you should probably change it)
-     * @return int
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function sum_related($relation_name, $query_params = array(), $field_to_sum = null)
-    {
-        return $this->get_model()->sum_related(
-            $this,
-            $relation_name,
-            $query_params,
-            $field_to_sum
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the first (ie, one) related model object of the specified type.
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName key in the model's _model_relations array
-     * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all
-     * @return EE_Base_Class (not an array, a single object)
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_first_related($relationName, $query_params = array())
-    {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        if ($this->ID()) {//this exists in the DB, get from the cache OR the DB
-            //if they've provided some query parameters, don't bother trying to cache the result
-            //also make sure we're not caching the result of get_first_related
-            //on a relation which should have an array of objects (because the cache might have an array of objects)
-            if ($query_params
-                || ! $model->related_settings_for($relationName)
-                     instanceof
-                     EE_Belongs_To_Relation
-            ) {
-                $related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
-                    $this,
-                    $relationName,
-                    $query_params
-                );
-            } else {
-                //first, check if we've already cached the result of this query
-                $cached_result = $this->get_one_from_cache($relationName);
-                if (! $cached_result) {
-                    $related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
-                        $this,
-                        $relationName,
-                        $query_params
-                    );
-                    $this->cache($relationName, $related_model_object);
-                } else {
-                    $related_model_object = $cached_result;
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            $related_model_object = null;
-            // this doesn't exist in the Db,
-            // but maybe the relation is of type belongs to, and so the related thing might
-            if ($model->related_settings_for($relationName) instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                $related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
-                    $this,
-                    $relationName,
-                    $query_params
-                );
-            }
-            // this doesn't exist in the DB and apparently the thing it belongs to doesn't either,
-            // just get what's cached on this object
-            if (! $related_model_object) {
-                $related_model_object = $this->get_one_from_cache($relationName);
-            }
-        }
-        return $related_model_object;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Does a delete on all related objects of type $relationName and removes
-     * the current model object's relation to them. If they can't be deleted (because
-     * of blocking related model objects) does nothing. If the related model objects are
-     * soft-deletable, they will be soft-deleted regardless of related blocking model objects.
-     * If this model object doesn't exist yet in the DB, just removes its related things
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName
-     * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all's
-     * @return int how many deleted
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function delete_related($relationName, $query_params = array())
-    {
-        if ($this->ID()) {
-            $count = $this->get_model()->delete_related(
-                $this,
-                $relationName,
-                $query_params
-            );
-        } else {
-            $count = count($this->get_all_from_cache($relationName));
-            $this->clear_cache($relationName, null, true);
-        }
-        return $count;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Does a hard delete (ie, removes the DB row) on all related objects of type $relationName and removes
-     * the current model object's relation to them. If they can't be deleted (because
-     * of blocking related model objects) just does a soft delete on it instead, if possible.
-     * If the related thing isn't a soft-deletable model object, this function is identical
-     * to delete_related(). If this model object doesn't exist in the DB, just remove its related things
-     *
-     * @param string $relationName
-     * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all's
-     * @return int how many deleted (including those soft deleted)
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function delete_related_permanently($relationName, $query_params = array())
-    {
-        if ($this->ID()) {
-            $count = $this->get_model()->delete_related_permanently(
-                $this,
-                $relationName,
-                $query_params
-            );
-        } else {
-            $count = count($this->get_all_from_cache($relationName));
-        }
-        $this->clear_cache($relationName, null, true);
-        return $count;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * is_set
-     * Just a simple utility function children can use for checking if property exists
-     *
-     * @access  public
-     * @param  string $field_name property to check
-     * @return bool                              TRUE if existing,FALSE if not.
-     */
-    public function is_set($field_name)
-    {
-        return isset($this->_fields[ $field_name ]);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Just a simple utility function children can use for checking if property (or properties) exists and throwing an
-     * EE_Error exception if they don't
-     *
-     * @param  mixed (string|array) $properties properties to check
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return bool                              TRUE if existing, throw EE_Error if not.
-     */
-    protected function _property_exists($properties)
-    {
-        foreach ((array) $properties as $property_name) {
-            //first make sure this property exists
-            if (! $this->_fields[ $property_name ]) {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__(
-                            'Trying to retrieve a non-existent property (%s).  Double check the spelling please',
-                            'event_espresso'
-                        ),
-                        $property_name
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This simply returns an array of model fields for this object
-     *
-     * @return array
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function model_field_array()
-    {
-        $fields     = $this->get_model()->field_settings(false);
-        $properties = array();
-        //remove prepended underscore
-        foreach ($fields as $field_name => $settings) {
-            $properties[ $field_name ] = $this->get($field_name);
-        }
-        return $properties;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Very handy general function to allow for plugins to extend any child of EE_Base_Class.
-     * If a method is called on a child of EE_Base_Class that doesn't exist, this function is called
-     * (http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/php-magic-call) and passed the method's name and arguments.
-     * Instead of requiring a plugin to extend the EE_Base_Class
-     * (which works fine is there's only 1 plugin, but when will that happen?)
-     * they can add a hook onto 'filters_hook_espresso__{className}__{methodName}'
-     * (eg, filters_hook_espresso__EE_Answer__my_great_function)
-     * and accepts 2 arguments: the object on which the function was called,
-     * and an array of the original arguments passed to the function.
-     * Whatever their callback function returns will be returned by this function.
-     * Example: in functions.php (or in a plugin):
-     *      add_filter('FHEE__EE_Answer__my_callback','my_callback',10,3);
-     *      function my_callback($previousReturnValue,EE_Base_Class $object,$argsArray){
-     *          $returnString= "you called my_callback! and passed args:".implode(",",$argsArray);
-     *          return $previousReturnValue.$returnString;
-     *      }
-     * require('EE_Answer.class.php');
-     * $answer= EE_Answer::new_instance(array('REG_ID' => 2,'QST_ID' => 3,'ANS_value' => The answer is 42'));
-     * echo $answer->my_callback('monkeys',100);
-     * //will output "you called my_callback! and passed args:monkeys,100"
-     *
-     * @param string $methodName name of method which was called on a child of EE_Base_Class, but which
-     * @param array  $args       array of original arguments passed to the function
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @return mixed whatever the plugin which calls add_filter decides
-     */
-    public function __call($methodName, $args)
-    {
-        $className = get_class($this);
-        $tagName   = "FHEE__{$className}__{$methodName}";
-        if (! has_filter($tagName)) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        "Method %s on class %s does not exist! You can create one with the following code in functions.php or in a plugin: add_filter('%s','my_callback',10,3);function my_callback(\$previousReturnValue,EE_Base_Class \$object, \$argsArray){/*function body*/return \$whatever;}",
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $methodName,
-                    $className,
-                    $tagName
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        return apply_filters($tagName, null, $this, $args);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Similar to insert_post_meta, adds a record in the Extra_Meta model's table with the given key and value.
-     * A $previous_value can be specified in case there are many meta rows with the same key
-     *
-     * @param string $meta_key
-     * @param mixed  $meta_value
-     * @param mixed  $previous_value
-     * @return bool|int # of records updated (or BOOLEAN if we actually ended up inserting the extra meta row)
-     *                  NOTE: if the values haven't changed, returns 0
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function update_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value, $previous_value = null)
-    {
-        $query_params = array(
-            array(
-                'EXM_key'  => $meta_key,
-                'OBJ_ID'   => $this->ID(),
-                'EXM_type' => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
-            ),
-        );
-        if ($previous_value !== null) {
-            $query_params[0]['EXM_value'] = $meta_value;
-        }
-        $existing_rows_like_that = EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->get_all($query_params);
-        if (! $existing_rows_like_that) {
-            return $this->add_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value);
-        }
-        foreach ($existing_rows_like_that as $existing_row) {
-            $existing_row->save(array('EXM_value' => $meta_value));
-        }
-        return count($existing_rows_like_that);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a new extra meta record. If $unique is set to TRUE, we'll first double-check
-     * no other extra meta for this model object have the same key. Returns TRUE if the
-     * extra meta row was entered, false if not
-     *
-     * @param string  $meta_key
-     * @param mixed   $meta_value
-     * @param boolean $unique
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function add_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value, $unique = false)
-    {
-        if ($unique) {
-            $existing_extra_meta = EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->get_one(
-                array(
-                    array(
-                        'EXM_key'  => $meta_key,
-                        'OBJ_ID'   => $this->ID(),
-                        'EXM_type' => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
-                    ),
-                )
-            );
-            if ($existing_extra_meta) {
-                return false;
-            }
-        }
-        $new_extra_meta = EE_Extra_Meta::new_instance(
-            array(
-                'EXM_key'   => $meta_key,
-                'EXM_value' => $meta_value,
-                'OBJ_ID'    => $this->ID(),
-                'EXM_type'  => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
-            )
-        );
-        $new_extra_meta->save();
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Deletes all the extra meta rows for this record as specified by key. If $meta_value
-     * is specified, only deletes extra meta records with that value.
-     *
-     * @param string $meta_key
-     * @param mixed  $meta_value
-     * @return int number of extra meta rows deleted
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     */
-    public function delete_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value = null)
-    {
-        $query_params = array(
-            array(
-                'EXM_key'  => $meta_key,
-                'OBJ_ID'   => $this->ID(),
-                'EXM_type' => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
-            ),
-        );
-        if ($meta_value !== null) {
-            $query_params[0]['EXM_value'] = $meta_value;
-        }
-        return EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->delete($query_params);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the extra meta with the given meta key. If you specify "single" we just return 1, otherwise
-     * an array of everything found. Requires that this model actually have a relation of type EE_Has_Many_Any_Relation.
-     * You can specify $default is case you haven't found the extra meta
-     *
-     * @param string  $meta_key
-     * @param boolean $single
-     * @param mixed   $default if we don't find anything, what should we return?
-     * @return mixed single value if $single; array if ! $single
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_extra_meta($meta_key, $single = false, $default = null)
-    {
-        if ($single) {
-            $result = $this->get_first_related(
-                'Extra_Meta',
-                array(array('EXM_key' => $meta_key))
-            );
-            if ($result instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                return $result->value();
-            }
-        } else {
-            $results = $this->get_many_related(
-                'Extra_Meta',
-                array(array('EXM_key' => $meta_key))
-            );
-            if ($results) {
-                $values = array();
-                foreach ($results as $result) {
-                    if ($result instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                        $values[ $result->ID() ] = $result->value();
-                    }
-                }
-                return $values;
-            }
-        }
-        //if nothing discovered yet return default.
-        return apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EE_Base_Class__get_extra_meta__default_value',
-            $default,
-            $meta_key,
-            $single,
-            $this
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a simple array of all the extra meta associated with this model object.
-     * If $one_of_each_key is true (Default), it will be an array of simple key-value pairs, keys being the
-     * extra meta's key, and teh value being its value. However, if there are duplicate extra meta rows with
-     * the same key, only one will be used. (eg array('foo'=>'bar','monkey'=>123))
-     * If $one_of_each_key is false, it will return an array with the top-level keys being
-     * the extra meta keys, but their values are also arrays, which have the extra-meta's ID as their sub-key, and
-     * finally the extra meta's value as each sub-value. (eg
-     * array('foo'=>array(1=>'bar',2=>'bill'),'monkey'=>array(3=>123)))
-     *
-     * @param boolean $one_of_each_key
-     * @return array
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function all_extra_meta_array($one_of_each_key = true)
-    {
-        $return_array = array();
-        if ($one_of_each_key) {
-            $extra_meta_objs = $this->get_many_related(
-                'Extra_Meta',
-                array('group_by' => 'EXM_key')
-            );
-            foreach ($extra_meta_objs as $extra_meta_obj) {
-                if ($extra_meta_obj instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                    $return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
-                }
-            }
-        } else {
-            $extra_meta_objs = $this->get_many_related('Extra_Meta');
-            foreach ($extra_meta_objs as $extra_meta_obj) {
-                if ($extra_meta_obj instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                    if (! isset($return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ])) {
-                        $return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ] = array();
-                    }
-                    $return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ][ $extra_meta_obj->ID() ] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        return $return_array;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets a pretty nice displayable nice for this model object. Often overridden
-     *
-     * @return string
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function name()
-    {
-        //find a field that's not a text field
-        $field_we_can_use = $this->get_model()->get_a_field_of_type('EE_Text_Field_Base');
-        if ($field_we_can_use) {
-            return $this->get($field_we_can_use->get_name());
-        }
-        $first_few_properties = $this->model_field_array();
-        $first_few_properties = array_slice($first_few_properties, 0, 3);
-        $name_parts           = array();
-        foreach ($first_few_properties as $name => $value) {
-            $name_parts[] = "$name:$value";
-        }
-        return implode(',', $name_parts);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * in_entity_map
-     * Checks if this model object has been proven to already be in the entity map
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function in_entity_map()
-    {
-        // well, if we looked, did we find it in the entity map?
-        return $this->ID() && $this->get_model()->get_from_entity_map($this->ID()) === $this;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * refresh_from_db
-     * Makes sure the fields and values on this model object are in-sync with what's in the database.
-     *
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error if this model object isn't in the entity mapper (because then you should
-     * just use what's in the entity mapper and refresh it) and WP_DEBUG is TRUE
-     */
-    public function refresh_from_db()
-    {
-        if ($this->ID() && $this->in_entity_map()) {
-            $this->get_model()->refresh_entity_map_from_db($this->ID());
-        } else {
-            //if it doesn't have ID, you shouldn't be asking to refresh it from teh database (because its not in the database)
-            //if it has an ID but it's not in the map, and you're asking me to refresh it
-            //that's kinda dangerous. You should just use what's in the entity map, or add this to the entity map if there's
-            //absolutely nothing in it for this ID
-            if (WP_DEBUG) {
-                throw new EE_Error(
-                    sprintf(
-                        esc_html__('Trying to refresh a model object with ID "%1$s" that\'s not in the entity map? First off: you should put it in the entity map by calling %2$s. Second off, if you want what\'s in the database right now, you should just call %3$s yourself and discard this model object.',
-                            'event_espresso'),
-                        $this->ID(),
-                        get_class($this->get_model()) . '::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
-                        get_class($this->get_model()) . '::instance()->refresh_entity_map()'
-                    )
-                );
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Because some other plugins, like Advanced Cron Manager, expect all objects to have this method
-     * (probably a bad assumption they have made, oh well)
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function __toString()
-    {
-        try {
-            return sprintf('%s (%s)', $this->name(), $this->ID());
-        } catch (Exception $e) {
-            EE_Error::add_error($e->getMessage(), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
-            return '';
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Clear related model objects if they're already in the DB, because otherwise when we
-     * UN-serialize this model object we'll need to be careful to add them to the entity map.
-     * This means if we have made changes to those related model objects, and want to unserialize
-     * the this model object on a subsequent request, changes to those related model objects will be lost.
-     * Instead, those related model objects should be directly serialized and stored.
-     * Eg, the following won't work:
-     * $reg = EEM_Registration::instance()->get_one_by_ID( 123 );
-     * $att = $reg->attendee();
-     * $att->set( 'ATT_fname', 'Dirk' );
-     * update_option( 'my_option', serialize( $reg ) );
-     * //END REQUEST
-     * //START NEXT REQUEST
-     * $reg = get_option( 'my_option' );
-     * $reg->attendee()->save();
-     * And would need to be replace with:
-     * $reg = EEM_Registration::instance()->get_one_by_ID( 123 );
-     * $att = $reg->attendee();
-     * $att->set( 'ATT_fname', 'Dirk' );
-     * update_option( 'my_option', serialize( $reg ) );
-     * //END REQUEST
-     * //START NEXT REQUEST
-     * $att = get_option( 'my_option' );
-     * $att->save();
-     *
-     * @return array
-     * @throws ReflectionException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function __sleep()
-    {
-        $model = $this->get_model();
-        foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
-            if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                $classname = 'EE_' . $model->get_this_model_name();
-                if (
-                    $this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name) instanceof $classname
-                    && $this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name)->ID()
-                ) {
-                    $this->clear_cache(
-                        $relation_name,
-                        $this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name)->ID()
-                    );
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = array();
-        $properties_to_serialize                       = get_object_vars($this);
-        //don't serialize the model. It's big and that risks recursion
-        unset($properties_to_serialize['_model']);
-        return array_keys($properties_to_serialize);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * restore _props_n_values_provided_in_constructor
-     * PLZ NOTE: this will reset the array to whatever fields values were present prior to serialization,
-     * and therefore should NOT be used to determine if state change has occurred since initial construction.
-     * At best, you would only be able to detect if state change has occurred during THIS request.
-     */
-    public function __wakeup()
-    {
-        $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = $this->_fields;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Usage of this magic method is to ensure any internally cached references to object instances that must remain
-     * distinct with the clone host instance are also cloned.
-     */
-    public function __clone()
-    {
-        //handle DateTimes (this is handled in here because there's no one specific child class that uses datetimes).
-        foreach ($this->_fields as $field => $value) {
-            if ($value instanceof DateTime) {
-                $this->_fields[$field] = clone $value;
-            }
-        }
-    }
+	/**
+	 * This is an array of the original properties and values provided during construction
+	 * of this model object. (keys are model field names, values are their values).
+	 * This list is important to remember so that when we are merging data from the db, we know
+	 * which values to override and which to not override.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor;
+
+	/**
+	 * Timezone
+	 * This gets set by the "set_timezone()" method so that we know what timezone incoming strings|timestamps are in.
+	 * This can also be used before a get to set what timezone you want strings coming out of the object to be in.  NOT
+	 * all EE_Base_Class child classes use this property but any that use a EE_Datetime_Field data type will have
+	 * access to it.
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_timezone;
+
+	/**
+	 * date format
+	 * pattern or format for displaying dates
+	 *
+	 * @var string $_dt_frmt
+	 */
+	protected $_dt_frmt;
+
+	/**
+	 * time format
+	 * pattern or format for displaying time
+	 *
+	 * @var string $_tm_frmt
+	 */
+	protected $_tm_frmt;
+
+	/**
+	 * This property is for holding a cached array of object properties indexed by property name as the key.
+	 * The purpose of this is for setting a cache on properties that may have calculated values after a
+	 * prepare_for_get.  That way the cache can be checked first and the calculated property returned instead of having
+	 * to recalculate. Used by _set_cached_property() and _get_cached_property() methods.
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_cached_properties = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * An array containing keys of the related model, and values are either an array of related mode objects or a
+	 * single
+	 * related model object. see the model's _model_relations. The keys should match those specified. And if the
+	 * relation is of type EE_Belongs_To (or one of its children), then there should only be ONE related model object,
+	 * all others have an array)
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_model_relations = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * Array where keys are field names (see the model's _fields property) and values are their values. To see what
+	 * their types should be, look at what that field object returns on its prepare_for_get and prepare_for_set methods)
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $_fields = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * @var boolean indicating whether or not this model object is intended to ever be saved
+	 * For example, we might create model objects intended to only be used for the duration
+	 * of this request and to be thrown away, and if they were accidentally saved
+	 * it would be a bug.
+	 */
+	protected $_allow_persist = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var boolean indicating whether or not this model object's properties have changed since construction
+	 */
+	protected $_has_changes = false;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var EEM_Base
+	 */
+	protected $_model;
+
+	/**
+	 * This is a cache of results from custom selections done on a query that constructs this entity. The only purpose
+	 * for these values is for retrieval of the results, they are not further queryable and they are not persisted to
+	 * the db.  They also do not automatically update if there are any changes to the data that produced their results.
+	 * The format is a simple array of field_alias => field_value.  So for instance if a custom select was something
+	 * like,  "Select COUNT(Registration.REG_ID) as Registration_Count ...", then the resulting value will be in this
+	 * array as:
+	 * array(
+	 *  'Registration_Count' => 24
+	 * );
+	 * Note: if the custom select configuration for the query included a data type, the value will be in the data type
+	 * provided for the query (@see EventEspresso\core\domain\values\model\CustomSelects::__construct phpdocs for more
+	 * info)
+	 *
+	 * @var array
+	 */
+	protected $custom_selection_results = array();
+
+
+	/**
+	 * basic constructor for Event Espresso classes, performs any necessary initialization, and verifies it's children
+	 * play nice
+	 *
+	 * @param array   $fieldValues                             where each key is a field (ie, array key in the 2nd
+	 *                                                         layer of the model's _fields array, (eg, EVT_ID,
+	 *                                                         TXN_amount, QST_name, etc) and values are their values
+	 * @param boolean $bydb                                    a flag for setting if the class is instantiated by the
+	 *                                                         corresponding db model or not.
+	 * @param string  $timezone                                indicate what timezone you want any datetime fields to
+	 *                                                         be in when instantiating a EE_Base_Class object.
+	 * @param array   $date_formats                            An array of date formats to set on construct where first
+	 *                                                         value is the date_format and second value is the time
+	 *                                                         format.
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	protected function __construct($fieldValues = array(), $bydb = false, $timezone = '', $date_formats = array())
+	{
+		$className = get_class($this);
+		do_action("AHEE__{$className}__construct", $this, $fieldValues);
+		$model        = $this->get_model();
+		$model_fields = $model->field_settings(false);
+		// ensure $fieldValues is an array
+		$fieldValues = is_array($fieldValues) ? $fieldValues : array($fieldValues);
+		// verify client code has not passed any invalid field names
+		foreach ($fieldValues as $field_name => $field_value) {
+			if (! isset($model_fields[ $field_name ])) {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							'Invalid field (%s) passed to constructor of %s. Allowed fields are :%s',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						$field_name,
+						get_class($this),
+						implode(', ', array_keys($model_fields))
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		$this->_timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_valid_timezone_string($timezone);
+		if (! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
+			list($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt) = $date_formats;
+		} else {
+			//set default formats for date and time
+			$this->_dt_frmt = (string) get_option('date_format', 'Y-m-d');
+			$this->_tm_frmt = (string) get_option('time_format', 'g:i a');
+		}
+		//if db model is instantiating
+		if ($bydb) {
+			//client code has indicated these field values are from the database
+			foreach ($model_fields as $fieldName => $field) {
+				$this->set_from_db(
+					$fieldName,
+					isset($fieldValues[ $fieldName ]) ? $fieldValues[ $fieldName ] : null
+				);
+			}
+		} else {
+			//we're constructing a brand
+			//new instance of the model object. Generally, this means we'll need to do more field validation
+			foreach ($model_fields as $fieldName => $field) {
+				$this->set(
+					$fieldName,
+					isset($fieldValues[ $fieldName ]) ? $fieldValues[ $fieldName ] : null, true
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		//remember what values were passed to this constructor
+		$this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = $fieldValues;
+		//remember in entity mapper
+		if (! $bydb && $model->has_primary_key_field() && $this->ID()) {
+			$model->add_to_entity_map($this);
+		}
+		//setup all the relations
+		foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
+			if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ] = null;
+			} else {
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ] = array();
+			}
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Action done at the end of each model object construction
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $this the model object just created
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__construct__finished', $this);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets whether or not this model object is allowed to persist/be saved to the database.
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function allow_persist()
+	{
+		return $this->_allow_persist;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets whether or not this model object should be allowed to be saved to the DB.
+	 * Normally once this is set to FALSE you wouldn't set it back to TRUE, unless
+	 * you got new information that somehow made you change your mind.
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $allow_persist
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function set_allow_persist($allow_persist)
+	{
+		return $this->_allow_persist = $allow_persist;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the field's original value when this object was constructed during this request.
+	 * This can be helpful when determining if a model object has changed or not
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @return mixed|null
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_original($field_name)
+	{
+		if (isset($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[ $field_name ])
+			&& $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name)
+		) {
+			return $field_settings->prepare_for_get($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[ $field_name ]);
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param EE_Base_Class $obj
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_class($obj)
+	{
+		return get_class($obj);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Overrides parent because parent expects old models.
+	 * This also doesn't do any validation, and won't work for serialized arrays
+	 *
+	 * @param    string $field_name
+	 * @param    mixed  $field_value
+	 * @param bool      $use_default
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function set($field_name, $field_value, $use_default = false)
+	{
+		// if not using default and nothing has changed, and object has already been setup (has ID),
+		// then don't do anything
+		if (
+			! $use_default
+			&& $this->_fields[ $field_name ] === $field_value
+			&& $this->ID()
+		) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$model              = $this->get_model();
+		$this->_has_changes = true;
+		$field_obj          = $model->field_settings_for($field_name);
+		if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Model_Field_Base) {
+			//			if ( method_exists( $field_obj, 'set_timezone' )) {
+			if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
+				$field_obj->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
+				$field_obj->set_date_format($this->_dt_frmt);
+				$field_obj->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt);
+			}
+			$holder_of_value = $field_obj->prepare_for_set($field_value);
+			//should the value be null?
+			if (($field_value === null || $holder_of_value === null || $holder_of_value === '') && $use_default) {
+				$this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $field_obj->get_default_value();
+				/**
+				 * To save having to refactor all the models, if a default value is used for a
+				 * EE_Datetime_Field, and that value is not null nor is it a DateTime
+				 * object.  Then let's do a set again to ensure that it becomes a DateTime
+				 * object.
+				 *
+				 * @since 4.6.10+
+				 */
+				if (
+					$field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field
+					&& $this->_fields[ $field_name ] !== null
+					&& ! $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime
+				) {
+					empty($this->_fields[ $field_name ])
+						? $this->set($field_name, time())
+						: $this->set($field_name, $this->_fields[ $field_name ]);
+				}
+			} else {
+				$this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $holder_of_value;
+			}
+			//if we're not in the constructor...
+			//now check if what we set was a primary key
+			if (
+				//note: props_n_values_provided_in_constructor is only set at the END of the constructor
+				$this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor
+				&& $field_value
+				&& $field_name === $model->primary_key_name()
+			) {
+				//if so, we want all this object's fields to be filled either with
+				//what we've explicitly set on this model
+				//or what we have in the db
+				// echo "setting primary key!";
+				$fields_on_model = self::_get_model(get_class($this))->field_settings();
+				$obj_in_db       = self::_get_model(get_class($this))->get_one_by_ID($field_value);
+				foreach ($fields_on_model as $field_obj) {
+					if (! array_key_exists($field_obj->get_name(), $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor)
+						&& $field_obj->get_name() !== $field_name
+					) {
+						$this->set($field_obj->get_name(), $obj_in_db->get($field_obj->get_name()));
+					}
+				}
+				//oh this model object has an ID? well make sure its in the entity mapper
+				$model->add_to_entity_map($this);
+			}
+			//let's unset any cache for this field_name from the $_cached_properties property.
+			$this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
+		} else {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						'A valid EE_Model_Field_Base could not be found for the given field name: %s',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$field_name
+				)
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Set custom select values for model.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $custom_select_values
+	 */
+	public function setCustomSelectsValues(array $custom_select_values)
+	{
+		$this->custom_selection_results = $custom_select_values;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the custom select value for the provided alias if its set.
+	 * If not set, returns null.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $alias
+	 * @return string|int|float|null
+	 */
+	public function getCustomSelect($alias)
+	{
+		return isset($this->custom_selection_results[ $alias ])
+			? $this->custom_selection_results[ $alias ]
+			: null;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This sets the field value on the db column if it exists for the given $column_name or
+	 * saves it to EE_Extra_Meta if the given $column_name does not match a db column.
+	 *
+	 * @see EE_message::get_column_value for related documentation on the necessity of this method.
+	 * @param string $field_name  Must be the exact column name.
+	 * @param mixed  $field_value The value to set.
+	 * @return int|bool @see EE_Base_Class::update_extra_meta() for return docs.
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function set_field_or_extra_meta($field_name, $field_value)
+	{
+		if ($this->get_model()->has_field($field_name)) {
+			$this->set($field_name, $field_value);
+			return true;
+		}
+		//ensure this object is saved first so that extra meta can be properly related.
+		$this->save();
+		return $this->update_extra_meta($field_name, $field_value);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This retrieves the value of the db column set on this class or if that's not present
+	 * it will attempt to retrieve from extra_meta if found.
+	 * Example Usage:
+	 * Via EE_Message child class:
+	 * Due to the dynamic nature of the EE_messages system, EE_messengers will always have a "to",
+	 * "from", "subject", and "content" field (as represented in the EE_Message schema), however they may
+	 * also have additional main fields specific to the messenger.  The system accommodates those extra
+	 * fields through the EE_Extra_Meta table.  This method allows for EE_messengers to retrieve the
+	 * value for those extra fields dynamically via the EE_message object.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $field_name expecting the fully qualified field name.
+	 * @return mixed|null  value for the field if found.  null if not found.
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_field_or_extra_meta($field_name)
+	{
+		if ($this->get_model()->has_field($field_name)) {
+			$column_value = $this->get($field_name);
+		} else {
+			//This isn't a column in the main table, let's see if it is in the extra meta.
+			$column_value = $this->get_extra_meta($field_name, true, null);
+		}
+		return $column_value;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * See $_timezone property for description of what the timezone property is for.  This SETS the timezone internally
+	 * for being able to reference what timezone we are running conversions on when converting TO the internal timezone
+	 * (UTC Unix Timestamp) for the object OR when converting FROM the internal timezone (UTC Unix Timestamp). This is
+	 * available to all child classes that may be using the EE_Datetime_Field for a field data type.
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param string $timezone A valid timezone string as described by @link http://www.php.net/manual/en/timezones.php
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function set_timezone($timezone = '')
+	{
+		$this->_timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_valid_timezone_string($timezone);
+		//make sure we clear all cached properties because they won't be relevant now
+		$this->_clear_cached_properties();
+		//make sure we update field settings and the date for all EE_Datetime_Fields
+		$model_fields = $this->get_model()->field_settings(false);
+		foreach ($model_fields as $field_name => $field_obj) {
+			if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
+				$field_obj->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
+				if (isset($this->_fields[ $field_name ]) && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime) {
+					$this->_fields[ $field_name ]->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($this->_timezone));
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This just returns whatever is set for the current timezone.
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return string timezone string
+	 */
+	public function get_timezone()
+	{
+		return $this->_timezone;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This sets the internal date format to what is sent in to be used as the new default for the class
+	 * internally instead of wp set date format options
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.6
+	 * @param string $format should be a format recognizable by PHP date() functions.
+	 */
+	public function set_date_format($format)
+	{
+		$this->_dt_frmt = $format;
+		//clear cached_properties because they won't be relevant now.
+		$this->_clear_cached_properties();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This sets the internal time format string to what is sent in to be used as the new default for the
+	 * class internally instead of wp set time format options.
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.6
+	 * @param string $format should be a format recognizable by PHP date() functions.
+	 */
+	public function set_time_format($format)
+	{
+		$this->_tm_frmt = $format;
+		//clear cached_properties because they won't be relevant now.
+		$this->_clear_cached_properties();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This returns the current internal set format for the date and time formats.
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $full           if true (default), then return the full format.  Otherwise will return an array
+	 *                             where the first value is the date format and the second value is the time format.
+	 * @return mixed string|array
+	 */
+	public function get_format($full = true)
+	{
+		return $full ? $this->_dt_frmt . ' ' . $this->_tm_frmt : array($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * cache
+	 * stores the passed model object on the current model object.
+	 * In certain circumstances, we can use this cached model object instead of querying for another one entirely.
+	 *
+	 * @param string        $relationName    one of the keys in the _model_relations array on the model. Eg
+	 *                                       'Registration' associated with this model object
+	 * @param EE_Base_Class $object_to_cache that has a relation to this model object. (Eg, if this is a Transaction,
+	 *                                       that could be a payment or a registration)
+	 * @param null          $cache_id        a string or number that will be used as the key for any Belongs_To_Many
+	 *                                       items which will be stored in an array on this object
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return mixed    index into cache, or just TRUE if the relation is of type Belongs_To (because there's only one
+	 *                                       related thing, no array)
+	 */
+	public function cache($relationName = '', $object_to_cache = null, $cache_id = null)
+	{
+		// its entirely possible that there IS no related object yet in which case there is nothing to cache.
+		if (! $object_to_cache instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		// also get "how" the object is related, or throw an error
+		if (! $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName)) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__('There is no relationship to %s on a %s. Cannot cache it', 'event_espresso'),
+					$relationName,
+					get_class($this)
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		// how many things are related ?
+		if ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+			// if it's a "belongs to" relationship, then there's only one related model object
+			// eg, if this is a registration, there's only 1 attendee for it
+			// so for these model objects just set it to be cached
+			$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $object_to_cache;
+			$return                                  = true;
+		} else {
+			// otherwise, this is the "many" side of a one to many relationship,
+			// so we'll add the object to the array of related objects for that type.
+			// eg: if this is an event, there are many registrations for that event,
+			// so we cache the registrations in an array
+			if (! is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])) {
+				// if for some reason, the cached item is a model object,
+				// then stick that in the array, otherwise start with an empty array
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]
+														   instanceof
+														   EE_Base_Class
+					? array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) : array();
+			}
+			// first check for a cache_id which is normally empty
+			if (! empty($cache_id)) {
+				// if the cache_id exists, then it means we are purposely trying to cache this
+				// with a known key that can then be used to retrieve the object later on
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $cache_id ] = $object_to_cache;
+				$return                                               = $cache_id;
+			} elseif ($object_to_cache->ID()) {
+				// OR the cached object originally came from the db, so let's just use it's PK for an ID
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $object_to_cache->ID() ] = $object_to_cache;
+				$return                                                            = $object_to_cache->ID();
+			} else {
+				// OR it's a new object with no ID, so just throw it in the array with an auto-incremented ID
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][] = $object_to_cache;
+				// move the internal pointer to the end of the array
+				end($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]);
+				// and grab the key so that we can return it
+				$return = key($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]);
+			}
+		}
+		return $return;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * For adding an item to the cached_properties property.
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @param string      $fieldname the property item the corresponding value is for.
+	 * @param mixed       $value     The value we are caching.
+	 * @param string|null $cache_type
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _set_cached_property($fieldname, $value, $cache_type = null)
+	{
+		//first make sure this property exists
+		$this->get_model()->field_settings_for($fieldname);
+		$cache_type                                            = empty($cache_type) ? 'standard' : $cache_type;
+		$this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ] = $value;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This returns the value cached property if it exists OR the actual property value if the cache doesn't exist.
+	 * This also SETS the cache if we return the actual property!
+	 *
+	 * @param string $fieldname        the name of the property we're trying to retrieve
+	 * @param bool   $pretty
+	 * @param string $extra_cache_ref  This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
+	 *                                 (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
+	 *                                 - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
+	 *                                 It can also accept certain pre-defined "schema" strings
+	 *                                 to define how to output the property.
+	 *                                 see the field's prepare_for_pretty_echoing for what strings can be used
+	 * @return mixed                   whatever the value for the property is we're retrieving
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _get_cached_property($fieldname, $pretty = false, $extra_cache_ref = null)
+	{
+		//verify the field exists
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		$model->field_settings_for($fieldname);
+		$cache_type = $pretty ? 'pretty' : 'standard';
+		$cache_type .= ! empty($extra_cache_ref) ? '_' . $extra_cache_ref : '';
+		if (isset($this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ])) {
+			return $this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ];
+		}
+		$value = $this->_get_fresh_property($fieldname, $pretty, $extra_cache_ref);
+		$this->_set_cached_property($fieldname, $value, $cache_type);
+		return $value;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * If the cache didn't fetch the needed item, this fetches it.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $fieldname
+	 * @param bool   $pretty
+	 * @param string $extra_cache_ref
+	 * @return mixed
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	protected function _get_fresh_property($fieldname, $pretty = false, $extra_cache_ref = null)
+	{
+		$field_obj = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($fieldname);
+		// If this is an EE_Datetime_Field we need to make sure timezone, formats, and output are correct
+		if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
+			$this->_prepare_datetime_field($field_obj, $pretty, $extra_cache_ref);
+		}
+		if (! isset($this->_fields[ $fieldname ])) {
+			$this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = null;
+		}
+		$value = $pretty
+			? $field_obj->prepare_for_pretty_echoing($this->_fields[ $fieldname ], $extra_cache_ref)
+			: $field_obj->prepare_for_get($this->_fields[ $fieldname ]);
+		return $value;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * set timezone, formats, and output for EE_Datetime_Field objects
+	 *
+	 * @param \EE_Datetime_Field $datetime_field
+	 * @param bool               $pretty
+	 * @param null               $date_or_time
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _prepare_datetime_field(
+		EE_Datetime_Field $datetime_field,
+		$pretty = false,
+		$date_or_time = null
+	) {
+		$datetime_field->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
+		$datetime_field->set_date_format($this->_dt_frmt, $pretty);
+		$datetime_field->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt, $pretty);
+		//set the output returned
+		switch ($date_or_time) {
+			case 'D' :
+				$datetime_field->set_date_time_output('date');
+				break;
+			case 'T' :
+				$datetime_field->set_date_time_output('time');
+				break;
+			default :
+				$datetime_field->set_date_time_output();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This just takes care of clearing out the cached_properties
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _clear_cached_properties()
+	{
+		$this->_cached_properties = array();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This just clears out ONE property if it exists in the cache
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $property_name the property to remove if it exists (from the _cached_properties array)
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _clear_cached_property($property_name)
+	{
+		if (isset($this->_cached_properties[ $property_name ])) {
+			unset($this->_cached_properties[ $property_name ]);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Ensures that this related thing is a model object.
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed  $object_or_id EE_base_Class/int/string either a related model object, or its ID
+	 * @param string $model_name   name of the related thing, eg 'Attendee',
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function ensure_related_thing_is_model_obj($object_or_id, $model_name)
+	{
+		$other_model_instance = self::_get_model_instance_with_name(
+			self::_get_model_classname($model_name),
+			$this->_timezone
+		);
+		return $other_model_instance->ensure_is_obj($object_or_id);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Forgets the cached model of the given relation Name. So the next time we request it,
+	 * we will fetch it again from the database. (Handy if you know it's changed somehow).
+	 * If a specific object is supplied, and the relationship to it is either a HasMany or HABTM,
+	 * then only remove that one object from our cached array. Otherwise, clear the entire list
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName                         one of the keys in the _model_relations array on the model.
+	 *                                                     Eg 'Registration'
+	 * @param mixed  $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array or an index into the array of cached things, or NULL
+	 *                                                     if you intend to use $clear_all = TRUE, or the relation only
+	 *                                                     has 1 object anyways (ie, it's a BelongsToRelation)
+	 * @param bool   $clear_all                            This flags clearing the entire cache relation property if
+	 *                                                     this is HasMany or HABTM.
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class | boolean from which was cleared from the cache, or true if we requested to remove a
+	 *                                                     relation from all
+	 */
+	public function clear_cache($relationName, $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array = null, $clear_all = false)
+	{
+		$relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName);
+		$index_in_cache        = '';
+		if (! $relationship_to_model) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__('There is no relationship to %s on a %s. Cannot clear that cache', 'event_espresso'),
+					$relationName,
+					get_class($this)
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		if ($clear_all) {
+			$obj_removed                             = true;
+			$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = null;
+		} elseif ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+			$obj_removed                             = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ];
+			$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = null;
+		} else {
+			if ($object_to_remove_or_index_into_array instanceof EE_Base_Class
+				&& $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID()
+			) {
+				$index_in_cache = $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID();
+				if (is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
+					&& ! isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ])
+				) {
+					$index_found_at = null;
+					//find this object in the array even though it has a different key
+					foreach ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] as $index => $obj) {
+						/** @noinspection TypeUnsafeComparisonInspection */
+						if (
+							$obj instanceof EE_Base_Class
+							&& (
+								$obj == $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array
+								|| $obj->ID() === $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID()
+							)
+						) {
+							$index_found_at = $index;
+							break;
+						}
+					}
+					if ($index_found_at) {
+						$index_in_cache = $index_found_at;
+					} else {
+						//it wasn't found. huh. well obviously it doesn't need to be removed from teh cache
+						//if it wasn't in it to begin with. So we're done
+						return $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array;
+					}
+				}
+			} elseif ($object_to_remove_or_index_into_array instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+				//so they provided a model object, but it's not yet saved to the DB... so let's go hunting for it!
+				foreach ($this->get_all_from_cache($relationName) as $index => $potentially_obj_we_want) {
+					/** @noinspection TypeUnsafeComparisonInspection */
+					if ($potentially_obj_we_want == $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array) {
+						$index_in_cache = $index;
+					}
+				}
+			} else {
+				$index_in_cache = $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array;
+			}
+			//supposedly we've found it. But it could just be that the client code
+			//provided a bad index/object
+			if (isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ])) {
+				$obj_removed = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ];
+				unset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ]);
+			} else {
+				//that thing was never cached anyways.
+				$obj_removed = null;
+			}
+		}
+		return $obj_removed;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * update_cache_after_object_save
+	 * Allows a cached item to have it's cache ID (within the array of cached items) reset using the new ID it has
+	 * obtained after being saved to the db
+	 *
+	 * @param string        $relationName       - the type of object that is cached
+	 * @param EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object - the newly saved object to be re-cached
+	 * @param string        $current_cache_id   - the ID that was used when originally caching the object
+	 * @return boolean TRUE on success, FALSE on fail
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function update_cache_after_object_save(
+		$relationName,
+		EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object,
+		$current_cache_id = ''
+	) {
+		// verify that incoming object is of the correct type
+		$obj_class = 'EE_' . $relationName;
+		if ($newly_saved_object instanceof $obj_class) {
+			/* @type EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object */
+			// now get the type of relation
+			$relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName);
+			// if this is a 1:1 relationship
+			if ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+				// then just replace the cached object with the newly saved object
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $newly_saved_object;
+				return true;
+				// or if it's some kind of sordid feral polyamorous relationship...
+			}
+			if (is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
+					  && isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $current_cache_id ])
+			) {
+				// then remove the current cached item
+				unset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $current_cache_id ]);
+				// and cache the newly saved object using it's new ID
+				$this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $newly_saved_object->ID() ] = $newly_saved_object;
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetches a single EE_Base_Class on that relation. (If the relation is of type
+	 * BelongsTo, it will only ever have 1 object. However, other relations could have an array of objects)
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class
+	 */
+	public function get_one_from_cache($relationName)
+	{
+		$cached_array_or_object = isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
+			? $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]
+			: null;
+		if (is_array($cached_array_or_object)) {
+			return array_shift($cached_array_or_object);
+		}
+		return $cached_array_or_object;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Fetches a single EE_Base_Class on that relation. (If the relation is of type
+	 * BelongsTo, it will only ever have 1 object. However, other relations could have an array of objects)
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class[] NOT necessarily indexed by primary keys
+	 */
+	public function get_all_from_cache($relationName)
+	{
+		$objects = isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) ? $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] : array();
+		// if the result is not an array, but exists, make it an array
+		$objects = is_array($objects) ? $objects : array($objects);
+		//bugfix for https://events.codebasehq.com/projects/event-espresso/tickets/7143
+		//basically, if this model object was stored in the session, and these cached model objects
+		//already have IDs, let's make sure they're in their model's entity mapper
+		//otherwise we will have duplicates next time we call
+		// EE_Registry::instance()->load_model( $relationName )->get_one_by_ID( $result->ID() );
+		$model = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($relationName);
+		foreach ($objects as $model_object) {
+			if ($model instanceof EEM_Base && $model_object instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+				//ensure its in the map if it has an ID; otherwise it will be added to the map when its saved
+				if ($model_object->ID()) {
+					$model->add_to_entity_map($model_object);
+				}
+			} else {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							'Error retrieving related model objects. Either $1%s is not a model or $2%s is not a model object',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						$relationName,
+						gettype($model_object)
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		return $objects;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the next x number of EE_Base_Class objects in sequence from this object as found in the database
+	 * matching the given query conditions.
+	 *
+	 * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
+	 * @param int   $limit              How many objects to return.
+	 * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
+	 * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
+	 *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
+	 * @return array|EE_Base_Class[]
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function next_x($field_to_order_by = null, $limit = 1, $query_params = array(), $columns_to_select = null)
+	{
+		$model         = $this->get_model();
+		$field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
+			? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
+			: $field_to_order_by;
+		$current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
+		if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
+			return array();
+		}
+		return $model->next_x($current_value, $field, $limit, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the previous x number of EE_Base_Class objects in sequence from this object as found in the database
+	 * matching the given query conditions.
+	 *
+	 * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
+	 * @param int   $limit              How many objects to return.
+	 * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
+	 * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
+	 *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
+	 * @return array|EE_Base_Class[]
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function previous_x(
+		$field_to_order_by = null,
+		$limit = 1,
+		$query_params = array(),
+		$columns_to_select = null
+	) {
+		$model         = $this->get_model();
+		$field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
+			? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
+			: $field_to_order_by;
+		$current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
+		if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
+			return array();
+		}
+		return $model->previous_x($current_value, $field, $limit, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the next EE_Base_Class object in sequence from this object as found in the database
+	 * matching the given query conditions.
+	 *
+	 * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
+	 * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
+	 * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
+	 *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
+	 * @return array|EE_Base_Class
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function next($field_to_order_by = null, $query_params = array(), $columns_to_select = null)
+	{
+		$model         = $this->get_model();
+		$field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
+			? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
+			: $field_to_order_by;
+		$current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
+		if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
+			return array();
+		}
+		return $model->next($current_value, $field, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the previous EE_Base_Class object in sequence from this object as found in the database
+	 * matching the given query conditions.
+	 *
+	 * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
+	 * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
+	 * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an EE_Base_Class object is returned, otherwise
+	 *                                  you can indicate just the column you want returned
+	 * @return array|EE_Base_Class
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function previous($field_to_order_by = null, $query_params = array(), $columns_to_select = null)
+	{
+		$model         = $this->get_model();
+		$field         = empty($field_to_order_by) && $model->has_primary_key_field()
+			? $model->get_primary_key_field()->get_name()
+			: $field_to_order_by;
+		$current_value = ! empty($field) ? $this->get($field) : null;
+		if (empty($field) || empty($current_value)) {
+			return array();
+		}
+		return $model->previous($current_value, $field, $query_params, $columns_to_select);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Overrides parent because parent expects old models.
+	 * This also doesn't do any validation, and won't work for serialized arrays
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @param mixed  $field_value_from_db
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function set_from_db($field_name, $field_value_from_db)
+	{
+		$field_obj = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
+		if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Model_Field_Base) {
+			//you would think the DB has no NULLs for non-null label fields right? wrong!
+			//eg, a CPT model object could have an entry in the posts table, but no
+			//entry in the meta table. Meaning that all its columns in the meta table
+			//are null! yikes! so when we find one like that, use defaults for its meta columns
+			if ($field_value_from_db === null) {
+				if ($field_obj->is_nullable()) {
+					//if the field allows nulls, then let it be null
+					$field_value = null;
+				} else {
+					$field_value = $field_obj->get_default_value();
+				}
+			} else {
+				$field_value = $field_obj->prepare_for_set_from_db($field_value_from_db);
+			}
+			$this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $field_value;
+			$this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * verifies that the specified field is of the correct type
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @param string $extra_cache_ref This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
+	 *                                (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
+	 *                                - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
+	 * @return mixed
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get($field_name, $extra_cache_ref = null)
+	{
+		return $this->_get_cached_property($field_name, false, $extra_cache_ref);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This method simply returns the RAW unprocessed value for the given property in this class
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $field_name A valid fieldname
+	 * @return mixed              Whatever the raw value stored on the property is.
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error if fieldSettings is misconfigured or the field doesn't exist.
+	 */
+	public function get_raw($field_name)
+	{
+		$field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
+		return $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime
+			? $this->_fields[ $field_name ]->format('U')
+			: $this->_fields[ $field_name ];
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is used to return the internal DateTime object used for a field that is a
+	 * EE_Datetime_Field.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name               The field name retrieving the DateTime object.
+	 * @return mixed null | false | DateTime  If the requested field is NOT a EE_Datetime_Field then
+	 * @throws EE_Error an error is set and false returned.  If the field IS an
+	 *                                         EE_Datetime_Field and but the field value is null, then
+	 *                                         just null is returned (because that indicates that likely
+	 *                                         this field is nullable).
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function get_DateTime_object($field_name)
+	{
+		$field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
+		if (! $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
+			EE_Error::add_error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						'The field %s is not an EE_Datetime_Field field.  There is no DateTime object stored on this field type.',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$field_name
+				),
+				__FILE__,
+				__FUNCTION__,
+				__LINE__
+			);
+			return false;
+		}
+		return isset($this->_fields[$field_name]) && $this->_fields[$field_name] instanceof DateTime
+			? clone $this->_fields[$field_name]
+			: null;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * To be used in template to immediately echo out the value, and format it for output.
+	 * Eg, should call stripslashes and whatnot before echoing
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name      the name of the field as it appears in the DB
+	 * @param string $extra_cache_ref This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
+	 *                                (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
+	 *                                - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function e($field_name, $extra_cache_ref = null)
+	{
+		echo $this->get_pretty($field_name, $extra_cache_ref);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Exactly like e(), echoes out the field, but sets its schema to 'form_input', so that it
+	 * can be easily used as the value of form input.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function f($field_name)
+	{
+		$this->e($field_name, 'form_input');
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Same as `f()` but just returns the value instead of echoing it
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_f($field_name)
+	{
+		return (string) $this->get_pretty($field_name, 'form_input');
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a pretty view of the field's value. $extra_cache_ref can specify different formats for this.
+	 * The $extra_cache_ref will be passed to the model field's prepare_for_pretty_echoing, so consult the field's class
+	 * to see what options are available.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @param string $extra_cache_ref This allows the user to specify an extra cache ref for the given property
+	 *                                (in cases where the same property may be used for different outputs
+	 *                                - i.e. datetime, money etc.)
+	 * @return mixed
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_pretty($field_name, $extra_cache_ref = null)
+	{
+		return $this->_get_cached_property($field_name, true, $extra_cache_ref);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This simply returns the datetime for the given field name
+	 * Note: this protected function is called by the wrapper get_date or get_time or get_datetime functions
+	 * (and the equivalent e_date, e_time, e_datetime).
+	 *
+	 * @access   protected
+	 * @param string   $field_name   Field on the instantiated EE_Base_Class child object
+	 * @param string   $dt_frmt      valid datetime format used for date
+	 *                               (if '' then we just use the default on the field,
+	 *                               if NULL we use the last-used format)
+	 * @param string   $tm_frmt      Same as above except this is for time format
+	 * @param string   $date_or_time if NULL then both are returned, otherwise "D" = only date and "T" = only time.
+	 * @param  boolean $echo         Whether the dtt is echoing using pretty echoing or just returned using vanilla get
+	 * @return string|bool|EE_Error string on success, FALSE on fail, or EE_Error Exception is thrown
+	 *                               if field is not a valid dtt field, or void if echoing
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt = '', $tm_frmt = '', $date_or_time = '', $echo = false)
+	{
+		// clear cached property
+		$this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
+		//reset format properties because they are used in get()
+		$this->_dt_frmt = $dt_frmt !== '' ? $dt_frmt : $this->_dt_frmt;
+		$this->_tm_frmt = $tm_frmt !== '' ? $tm_frmt : $this->_tm_frmt;
+		if ($echo) {
+			$this->e($field_name, $date_or_time);
+			return '';
+		}
+		return $this->get($field_name, $date_or_time);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * below are wrapper functions for the various datetime outputs that can be obtained for JUST returning the date
+	 * portion of a datetime value. (note the only difference between get_ and e_ is one returns the value and the
+	 * other echoes the pretty value for dtt)
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $field_name name of model object datetime field holding the value
+	 * @param  string $format     format for the date returned (if NULL we use default in dt_frmt property)
+	 * @return string            datetime value formatted
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_date($field_name, $format = '')
+	{
+		return $this->_get_datetime($field_name, $format, null, 'D');
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param        $field_name
+	 * @param string $format
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function e_date($field_name, $format = '')
+	{
+		$this->_get_datetime($field_name, $format, null, 'D', true);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * below are wrapper functions for the various datetime outputs that can be obtained for JUST returning the time
+	 * portion of a datetime value. (note the only difference between get_ and e_ is one returns the value and the
+	 * other echoes the pretty value for dtt)
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $field_name name of model object datetime field holding the value
+	 * @param  string $format     format for the time returned ( if NULL we use default in tm_frmt property)
+	 * @return string             datetime value formatted
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_time($field_name, $format = '')
+	{
+		return $this->_get_datetime($field_name, null, $format, 'T');
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param        $field_name
+	 * @param string $format
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function e_time($field_name, $format = '')
+	{
+		$this->_get_datetime($field_name, null, $format, 'T', true);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * below are wrapper functions for the various datetime outputs that can be obtained for returning the date AND
+	 * time portion of a datetime value. (note the only difference between get_ and e_ is one returns the value and the
+	 * other echoes the pretty value for dtt)
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $field_name name of model object datetime field holding the value
+	 * @param  string $dt_frmt    format for the date returned (if NULL we use default in dt_frmt property)
+	 * @param  string $tm_frmt    format for the time returned (if NULL we use default in tm_frmt property)
+	 * @return string             datetime value formatted
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt = '', $tm_frmt = '')
+	{
+		return $this->_get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt, $tm_frmt);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $field_name
+	 * @param string $dt_frmt
+	 * @param string $tm_frmt
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function e_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt = '', $tm_frmt = '')
+	{
+		$this->_get_datetime($field_name, $dt_frmt, $tm_frmt, null, true);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the i8ln value for a date using the WordPress @see date_i18n function.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $field_name The EE_Datetime_Field reference for the date being retrieved.
+	 * @param string $format     PHP valid date/time string format.  If none is provided then the internal set format
+	 *                           on the object will be used.
+	 * @return string Date and time string in set locale or false if no field exists for the given
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 *                           field name.
+	 */
+	public function get_i18n_datetime($field_name, $format = '')
+	{
+		$format = empty($format) ? $this->_dt_frmt . ' ' . $this->_tm_frmt : $format;
+		return date_i18n(
+			$format,
+			EEH_DTT_Helper::get_timestamp_with_offset(
+				$this->get_raw($field_name),
+				$this->_timezone
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This method validates whether the given field name is a valid field on the model object as well as it is of a
+	 * type EE_Datetime_Field.  On success there will be returned the field settings.  On fail an EE_Error exception is
+	 * thrown.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string $field_name The field name being checked
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return EE_Datetime_Field
+	 */
+	protected function _get_dtt_field_settings($field_name)
+	{
+		$field = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
+		//check if field is dtt
+		if ($field instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
+			return $field;
+		}
+		throw new EE_Error(
+			sprintf(
+				esc_html__(
+					'The field name "%s" has been requested for the EE_Base_Class datetime functions and it is not a valid EE_Datetime_Field.  Please check the spelling of the field and make sure it has been setup as a EE_Datetime_Field in the %s model constructor',
+					'event_espresso'
+				),
+				$field_name,
+				self::_get_model_classname(get_class($this))
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * NOTE ABOUT BELOW:
+	 * These convenience date and time setters are for setting date and time independently.  In other words you might
+	 * want to change the time on a datetime_field but leave the date the same (or vice versa). IF on the other hand
+	 * you want to set both date and time at the same time, you can just use the models default set($fieldname,$value)
+	 * method and make sure you send the entire datetime value for setting.
+	 */
+	/**
+	 * sets the time on a datetime property
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @param string|Datetime $time      a valid time string for php datetime functions (or DateTime object)
+	 * @param string          $fieldname the name of the field the time is being set on (must match a EE_Datetime_Field)
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _set_time_for($time, $fieldname)
+	{
+		$this->_set_date_time('T', $time, $fieldname);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * sets the date on a datetime property
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @param string|DateTime $date      a valid date string for php datetime functions ( or DateTime object)
+	 * @param string          $fieldname the name of the field the date is being set on (must match a EE_Datetime_Field)
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _set_date_for($date, $fieldname)
+	{
+		$this->_set_date_time('D', $date, $fieldname);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This takes care of setting a date or time independently on a given model object property. This method also
+	 * verifies that the given fieldname matches a model object property and is for a EE_Datetime_Field field
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @param string          $what           "T" for time, 'B' for both, 'D' for Date.
+	 * @param string|DateTime $datetime_value A valid Date or Time string (or DateTime object)
+	 * @param string          $fieldname      the name of the field the date OR time is being set on (must match a
+	 *                                        EE_Datetime_Field property)
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _set_date_time($what = 'T', $datetime_value, $fieldname)
+	{
+		$field = $this->_get_dtt_field_settings($fieldname);
+		$field->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
+		$field->set_date_format($this->_dt_frmt);
+		$field->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt);
+		switch ($what) {
+			case 'T' :
+				$this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_time(
+					$datetime_value,
+					$this->_fields[ $fieldname ]
+				);
+				break;
+			case 'D' :
+				$this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_date(
+					$datetime_value,
+					$this->_fields[ $fieldname ]
+				);
+				break;
+			case 'B' :
+				$this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set($datetime_value);
+				break;
+		}
+		$this->_clear_cached_property($fieldname);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This will return a timestamp for the website timezone but ONLY when the current website timezone is different
+	 * than the timezone set for the website. NOTE, this currently only works well with methods that return values.  If
+	 * you use it with methods that echo values the $_timestamp property may not get reset to its original value and
+	 * that could lead to some unexpected results!
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param string $field_name               This is the name of the field on the object that contains the date/time
+	 *                                         value being returned.
+	 * @param string $callback                 must match a valid method in this class (defaults to get_datetime)
+	 * @param mixed (array|string) $args       This is the arguments that will be passed to the callback.
+	 * @param string $prepend                  You can include something to prepend on the timestamp
+	 * @param string $append                   You can include something to append on the timestamp
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return string timestamp
+	 */
+	public function display_in_my_timezone(
+		$field_name,
+		$callback = 'get_datetime',
+		$args = null,
+		$prepend = '',
+		$append = ''
+	) {
+		$timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_timezone();
+		if ($timezone === $this->_timezone) {
+			return '';
+		}
+		$original_timezone = $this->_timezone;
+		$this->set_timezone($timezone);
+		$fn   = (array) $field_name;
+		$args = array_merge($fn, (array) $args);
+		if (! method_exists($this, $callback)) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						'The method named "%s" given as the callback param in "display_in_my_timezone" does not exist.  Please check your spelling',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$callback
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		$args   = (array) $args;
+		$return = $prepend . call_user_func_array(array($this, $callback), $args) . $append;
+		$this->set_timezone($original_timezone);
+		return $return;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes this model object.
+	 * This calls the `EE_Base_Class::_delete` method.  Child classes wishing to change default behaviour should
+	 * override
+	 * `EE_Base_Class::_delete` NOT this class.
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean | int
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function delete()
+	{
+		/**
+		 * Called just before the `EE_Base_Class::_delete` method call.
+		 * Note:
+		 * `EE_Base_Class::_delete` might be overridden by child classes so any client code hooking into these actions
+		 * should be aware that `_delete` may not always result in a permanent delete.
+		 * For example, `EE_Soft_Delete_Base_Class::_delete`
+		 * soft deletes (trash) the object and does not permanently delete it.
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object about to be 'deleted'
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete__before', $this);
+		$result = $this->_delete();
+		/**
+		 * Called just after the `EE_Base_Class::_delete` method call.
+		 * Note:
+		 * `EE_Base_Class::_delete` might be overridden by child classes so any client code hooking into these actions
+		 * should be aware that `_delete` may not always result in a permanent delete.
+		 * For example `EE_Soft_Base_Class::_delete`
+		 * soft deletes (trash) the object and does not permanently delete it.
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object that was just 'deleted'
+		 * @param boolean       $result
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete__end', $this, $result);
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Calls the specific delete method for the instantiated class.
+	 * This method is called by the public `EE_Base_Class::delete` method.  Any child classes desiring to override
+	 * default functionality for "delete" (which is to call `permanently_delete`) should override this method NOT
+	 * `EE_Base_Class::delete`
+	 *
+	 * @return bool|int
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _delete()
+	{
+		return $this->delete_permanently();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes this model object permanently from db
+	 * (but keep in mind related models may block the delete and return an error)
+	 *
+	 * @return bool | int
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function delete_permanently()
+	{
+		/**
+		 * Called just before HARD deleting a model object
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object about to be 'deleted'
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete_permanently__before', $this);
+		$model  = $this->get_model();
+		$result = $model->delete_permanently_by_ID($this->ID());
+		$this->refresh_cache_of_related_objects();
+		/**
+		 * Called just after HARD deleting a model object
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object that was just 'deleted'
+		 * @param boolean       $result
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__delete_permanently__end', $this, $result);
+		return $result;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * When this model object is deleted, it may still be cached on related model objects. This clears the cache of
+	 * related model objects
+	 *
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function refresh_cache_of_related_objects()
+	{
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
+			if (! empty($this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ])) {
+				$related_objects = $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ];
+				if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+					//this relation only stores a single model object, not an array
+					//but let's make it consistent
+					$related_objects = array($related_objects);
+				}
+				foreach ($related_objects as $related_object) {
+					//only refresh their cache if they're in memory
+					if ($related_object instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+						$related_object->clear_cache(
+							$model->get_this_model_name(),
+							$this
+						);
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 *        Saves this object to the database. An array may be supplied to set some values on this
+	 * object just before saving.
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @param array $set_cols_n_values keys are field names, values are their new values,
+	 *                                 if provided during the save() method (often client code will change the fields'
+	 *                                 values before calling save)
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return int , 1 on a successful update, the ID of the new entry on insert; 0 on failure or if the model object
+	 *                                 isn't allowed to persist (as determined by EE_Base_Class::allow_persist())
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function save($set_cols_n_values = array())
+	{
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		/**
+		 * Filters the fields we're about to save on the model object
+		 *
+		 * @param array         $set_cols_n_values
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object
+		 */
+		$set_cols_n_values = (array) apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__set_cols_n_values',
+			$set_cols_n_values,
+			$this
+		);
+		//set attributes as provided in $set_cols_n_values
+		foreach ($set_cols_n_values as $column => $value) {
+			$this->set($column, $value);
+		}
+		// no changes ? then don't do anything
+		if (! $this->_has_changes && $this->ID() && $model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		/**
+		 * Saving a model object.
+		 * Before we perform a save, this action is fired.
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object the model object about to be saved.
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__begin', $this);
+		if (! $this->allow_persist()) {
+			return 0;
+		}
+		// now get current attribute values
+		$save_cols_n_values = $this->_fields;
+		// if the object already has an ID, update it. Otherwise, insert it
+		// also: change the assumption about values passed to the model NOT being prepare dby the model object.
+		// They have been
+		$old_assumption_concerning_value_preparation = $model
+			->get_assumption_concerning_values_already_prepared_by_model_object();
+		$model->assume_values_already_prepared_by_model_object(true);
+		//does this model have an autoincrement PK?
+		if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
+			if ($model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
+				//ok check if it's set, if so: update; if not, insert
+				if (! empty($save_cols_n_values[ $model->primary_key_name() ])) {
+					$results = $model->update_by_ID($save_cols_n_values, $this->ID());
+				} else {
+					unset($save_cols_n_values[ $model->primary_key_name() ]);
+					$results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
+					if ($results) {
+						//if successful, set the primary key
+						//but don't use the normal SET method, because it will check if
+						//an item with the same ID exists in the mapper & db, then
+						//will find it in the db (because we just added it) and THAT object
+						//will get added to the mapper before we can add this one!
+						//but if we just avoid using the SET method, all that headache can be avoided
+						$pk_field_name                   = $model->primary_key_name();
+						$this->_fields[ $pk_field_name ] = $results;
+						$this->_clear_cached_property($pk_field_name);
+						$model->add_to_entity_map($this);
+						$this->_update_cached_related_model_objs_fks();
+					}
+				}
+			} else {//PK is NOT auto-increment
+				//so check if one like it already exists in the db
+				if ($model->exists_by_ID($this->ID())) {
+					if (WP_DEBUG && ! $this->in_entity_map()) {
+						throw new EE_Error(
+							sprintf(
+								esc_html__(
+									'Using a model object %1$s that is NOT in the entity map, can lead to unexpected errors. You should either: %4$s 1. Put it in the entity mapper by calling %2$s %4$s 2. Discard this model object and use what is in the entity mapper %4$s 3. Fetch from the database using %3$s',
+									'event_espresso'
+								),
+								get_class($this),
+								get_class($model) . '::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
+								get_class($model) . '::instance()->get_one_by_ID()',
+								'<br />'
+							)
+						);
+					}
+					$results = $model->update_by_ID($save_cols_n_values, $this->ID());
+				} else {
+					$results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
+					$this->_update_cached_related_model_objs_fks();
+				}
+			}
+		} else {//there is NO primary key
+			$already_in_db = false;
+			foreach ($model->unique_indexes() as $index) {
+				$uniqueness_where_params = array_intersect_key($save_cols_n_values, $index->fields());
+				if ($model->exists(array($uniqueness_where_params))) {
+					$already_in_db = true;
+				}
+			}
+			if ($already_in_db) {
+				$combined_pk_fields_n_values = array_intersect_key($save_cols_n_values,
+					$model->get_combined_primary_key_fields());
+				$results                     = $model->update(
+					$save_cols_n_values,
+					$combined_pk_fields_n_values
+				);
+			} else {
+				$results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
+			}
+		}
+		//restore the old assumption about values being prepared by the model object
+		$model->assume_values_already_prepared_by_model_object(
+				$old_assumption_concerning_value_preparation
+			);
+		/**
+		 * After saving the model object this action is called
+		 *
+		 * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object which was just saved
+		 * @param boolean|int   $results      if it were updated, TRUE or FALSE; if it were newly inserted
+		 *                                    the new ID (or 0 if an error occurred and it wasn't updated)
+		 */
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__end', $this, $results);
+		$this->_has_changes = false;
+		return $results;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Updates the foreign key on related models objects pointing to this to have this model object's ID
+	 * as their foreign key.  If the cached related model objects already exist in the db, saves them (so that the DB
+	 * is consistent) Especially useful in case we JUST added this model object ot the database and we want to let its
+	 * cached relations with foreign keys to it know about that change. Eg: we've created a transaction but haven't
+	 * saved it to the db. We also create a registration and don't save it to the DB, but we DO cache it on the
+	 * transaction. Now, when we save the transaction, the registration's TXN_ID will be automatically updated, whether
+	 * or not they exist in the DB (if they do, their DB records will be automatically updated)
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _update_cached_related_model_objs_fks()
+	{
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
+			if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Has_Many_Relation) {
+				foreach ($this->get_all_from_cache($relation_name) as $related_model_obj_in_cache) {
+					$fk_to_this = $related_model_obj_in_cache->get_model()->get_foreign_key_to(
+						$model->get_this_model_name()
+					);
+					$related_model_obj_in_cache->set($fk_to_this->get_name(), $this->ID());
+					if ($related_model_obj_in_cache->ID()) {
+						$related_model_obj_in_cache->save();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Saves this model object and its NEW cached relations to the database.
+	 * (Meaning, for now, IT DOES NOT WORK if the cached items already exist in the DB.
+	 * In order for that to work, we would need to mark model objects as dirty/clean...
+	 * because otherwise, there's a potential for infinite looping of saving
+	 * Saves the cached related model objects, and ensures the relation between them
+	 * and this object and properly setup
+	 *
+	 * @return int ID of new model object on save; 0 on failure+
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function save_new_cached_related_model_objs()
+	{
+		//make sure this has been saved
+		if (! $this->ID()) {
+			$id = $this->save();
+		} else {
+			$id = $this->ID();
+		}
+		//now save all the NEW cached model objects  (ie they don't exist in the DB)
+		foreach ($this->get_model()->relation_settings() as $relationName => $relationObj) {
+			if ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) {
+				//is this a relation where we should expect just ONE related object (ie, EE_Belongs_To_relation)
+				//or MANY related objects (ie, EE_HABTM_Relation or EE_Has_Many_Relation)?
+				/* @var $related_model_obj EE_Base_Class */
+				if ($relationObj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+					//add a relation to that relation type (which saves the appropriate thing in the process)
+					//but ONLY if it DOES NOT exist in the DB
+					$related_model_obj = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ];
+					//					if( ! $related_model_obj->ID()){
+					$this->_add_relation_to($related_model_obj, $relationName);
+					$related_model_obj->save_new_cached_related_model_objs();
+					//					}
+				} else {
+					foreach ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] as $related_model_obj) {
+						//add a relation to that relation type (which saves the appropriate thing in the process)
+						//but ONLY if it DOES NOT exist in the DB
+						//						if( ! $related_model_obj->ID()){
+						$this->_add_relation_to($related_model_obj, $relationName);
+						$related_model_obj->save_new_cached_related_model_objs();
+						//						}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return $id;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * for getting a model while instantiated.
+	 *
+	 * @return EEM_Base | EEM_CPT_Base
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_model()
+	{
+		if (! $this->_model) {
+			$modelName    = self::_get_model_classname(get_class($this));
+			$this->_model = self::_get_model_instance_with_name($modelName, $this->_timezone);
+		} else {
+			$this->_model->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
+		}
+		return $this->_model;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $props_n_values
+	 * @param $classname
+	 * @return mixed bool|EE_Base_Class|EEM_CPT_Base
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected static function _get_object_from_entity_mapper($props_n_values, $classname)
+	{
+		//TODO: will not work for Term_Relationships because they have no PK!
+		$primary_id_ref = self::_get_primary_key_name($classname);
+		if (
+			array_key_exists($primary_id_ref, $props_n_values)
+			&& ! empty($props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ])
+		) {
+			$id = $props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ];
+			return self::_get_model($classname)->get_from_entity_map($id);
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This is called by child static "new_instance" method and we'll check to see if there is an existing db entry for
+	 * the primary key (if present in incoming values). If there is a key in the incoming array that matches the
+	 * primary key for the model AND it is not null, then we check the db. If there's a an object we return it.  If not
+	 * we return false.
+	 *
+	 * @param  array  $props_n_values   incoming array of properties and their values
+	 * @param  string $classname        the classname of the child class
+	 * @param null    $timezone
+	 * @param array   $date_formats     incoming date_formats in an array where the first value is the
+	 *                                  date_format and the second value is the time format
+	 * @return mixed (EE_Base_Class|bool)
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	protected static function _check_for_object($props_n_values, $classname, $timezone = null, $date_formats = array())
+	{
+		$existing = null;
+		$model    = self::_get_model($classname, $timezone);
+		if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
+			$primary_id_ref = self::_get_primary_key_name($classname);
+			if (array_key_exists($primary_id_ref, $props_n_values)
+				&& ! empty($props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ])
+			) {
+				$existing = $model->get_one_by_ID(
+					$props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ]
+				);
+			}
+		} elseif ($model->has_all_combined_primary_key_fields($props_n_values)) {
+			//no primary key on this model, but there's still a matching item in the DB
+			$existing = self::_get_model($classname, $timezone)->get_one_by_ID(
+				self::_get_model($classname, $timezone)
+					->get_index_primary_key_string($props_n_values)
+			);
+		}
+		if ($existing) {
+			//set date formats if present before setting values
+			if (! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
+				$existing->set_date_format($date_formats[0]);
+				$existing->set_time_format($date_formats[1]);
+			} else {
+				//set default formats for date and time
+				$existing->set_date_format(get_option('date_format'));
+				$existing->set_time_format(get_option('time_format'));
+			}
+			foreach ($props_n_values as $property => $field_value) {
+				$existing->set($property, $field_value);
+			}
+			return $existing;
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the EEM_*_Model for this class
+	 *
+	 * @access public now, as this is more convenient
+	 * @param      $classname
+	 * @param null $timezone
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return EEM_Base
+	 */
+	protected static function _get_model($classname, $timezone = null)
+	{
+		//find model for this class
+		if (! $classname) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						'What were you thinking calling _get_model(%s)?? You need to specify the class name',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$classname
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		$modelName = self::_get_model_classname($classname);
+		return self::_get_model_instance_with_name($modelName, $timezone);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the model instance (eg instance of EEM_Attendee) given its classname (eg EE_Attendee)
+	 *
+	 * @param string $model_classname
+	 * @param null   $timezone
+	 * @return EEM_Base
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected static function _get_model_instance_with_name($model_classname, $timezone = null)
+	{
+		$model_classname = str_replace('EEM_', '', $model_classname);
+		$model           = EE_Registry::instance()->load_model($model_classname);
+		$model->set_timezone($timezone);
+		return $model;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * If a model name is provided (eg Registration), gets the model classname for that model.
+	 * Also works if a model class's classname is provided (eg EE_Registration).
+	 *
+	 * @param null $model_name
+	 * @return string like EEM_Attendee
+	 */
+	private static function _get_model_classname($model_name = null)
+	{
+		if (strpos($model_name, 'EE_') === 0) {
+			$model_classname = str_replace('EE_', 'EEM_', $model_name);
+		} else {
+			$model_classname = 'EEM_' . $model_name;
+		}
+		return $model_classname;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns the name of the primary key attribute
+	 *
+	 * @param null $classname
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	protected static function _get_primary_key_name($classname = null)
+	{
+		if (! $classname) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__('What were you thinking calling _get_primary_key_name(%s)', 'event_espresso'),
+					$classname
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		return self::_get_model($classname)->get_primary_key_field()->get_name();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the value of the primary key.
+	 * If the object hasn't yet been saved, it should be whatever the model field's default was
+	 * (eg, if this were the EE_Event class, look at the primary key field on EEM_Event and see what its default value
+	 * is. Usually defaults for integer primary keys are 0; string primary keys are usually NULL).
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed, if the primary key is of type INT it'll be an int. Otherwise it could be a string
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function ID()
+	{
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		//now that we know the name of the variable, use a variable variable to get its value and return its
+		if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
+			return $this->_fields[ $model->primary_key_name() ];
+		}
+		return $model->get_index_primary_key_string($this->_fields);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a relationship to the specified EE_Base_Class object, given the relationship's name. Eg, if the current
+	 * model is related to a group of events, the $relationName should be 'Event', and should be a key in the EE
+	 * Model's $_model_relations array. If this model object doesn't exist in the DB, just caches the related thing
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed  $otherObjectModelObjectOrID       EE_Base_Class or the ID of the other object
+	 * @param string $relationName                     eg 'Events','Question',etc.
+	 *                                                 an attendee to a group, you also want to specify which role they
+	 *                                                 will have in that group. So you would use this parameter to
+	 *                                                 specify array('role-column-name'=>'role-id')
+	 * @param array  $extra_join_model_fields_n_values You can optionally include an array of key=>value pairs that
+	 *                                                 allow you to further constrict the relation to being added.
+	 *                                                 However, keep in mind that the columns (keys) given must match a
+	 *                                                 column on the JOIN table and currently only the HABTM models
+	 *                                                 accept these additional conditions.  Also remember that if an
+	 *                                                 exact match isn't found for these extra cols/val pairs, then a
+	 *                                                 NEW row is created in the join table.
+	 * @param null   $cache_id
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class the object the relation was added to
+	 */
+	public function _add_relation_to(
+		$otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
+		$relationName,
+		$extra_join_model_fields_n_values = array(),
+		$cache_id = null
+	) {
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		//if this thing exists in the DB, save the relation to the DB
+		if ($this->ID()) {
+			$otherObject = $model->add_relationship_to(
+				$this,
+				$otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
+				$relationName,
+				$extra_join_model_fields_n_values
+			);
+			//clear cache so future get_many_related and get_first_related() return new results.
+			$this->clear_cache($relationName, $otherObject, true);
+			if ($otherObject instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+				$otherObject->clear_cache($model->get_this_model_name(), $this);
+			}
+		} else {
+			//this thing doesn't exist in the DB,  so just cache it
+			if (! $otherObjectModelObjectOrID instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							'Before a model object is saved to the database, calls to _add_relation_to must be passed an actual object, not just an ID. You provided %s as the model object to a %s',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						$otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
+						get_class($this)
+					)
+				);
+			}
+			$otherObject = $otherObjectModelObjectOrID;
+			$this->cache($relationName, $otherObjectModelObjectOrID, $cache_id);
+		}
+		if ($otherObject instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+			//fix the reciprocal relation too
+			if ($otherObject->ID()) {
+				//its saved so assumed relations exist in the DB, so we can just
+				//clear the cache so future queries use the updated info in the DB
+				$otherObject->clear_cache(
+					$model->get_this_model_name(),
+					null,
+					true
+				);
+			} else {
+				//it's not saved, so it caches relations like this
+				$otherObject->cache($model->get_this_model_name(), $this);
+			}
+		}
+		return $otherObject;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes a relationship to the specified EE_Base_Class object, given the relationships' name. Eg, if the current
+	 * model is related to a group of events, the $relationName should be 'Events', and should be a key in the EE
+	 * Model's $_model_relations array. If this model object doesn't exist in the DB, just removes the related thing
+	 * from the cache
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed  $otherObjectModelObjectOrID
+	 *                EE_Base_Class or the ID of the other object, OR an array key into the cache if this isn't saved
+	 *                to the DB yet
+	 * @param string $relationName
+	 * @param array  $where_query
+	 *                You can optionally include an array of key=>value pairs that allow you to further constrict the
+	 *                relation to being added. However, keep in mind that the columns (keys) given must match a column
+	 *                on the JOIN table and currently only the HABTM models accept these additional conditions. Also
+	 *                remember that if an exact match isn't found for these extra cols/val pairs, then a NEW row is
+	 *                created in the join table.
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class the relation was removed from
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function _remove_relation_to($otherObjectModelObjectOrID, $relationName, $where_query = array())
+	{
+		if ($this->ID()) {
+			//if this exists in the DB, save the relation change to the DB too
+			$otherObject = $this->get_model()->remove_relationship_to(
+				$this,
+				$otherObjectModelObjectOrID,
+				$relationName,
+				$where_query
+			);
+			$this->clear_cache(
+				$relationName,
+				$otherObject
+			);
+		} else {
+			//this doesn't exist in the DB, just remove it from the cache
+			$otherObject = $this->clear_cache(
+				$relationName,
+				$otherObjectModelObjectOrID
+			);
+		}
+		if ($otherObject instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+			$otherObject->clear_cache(
+				$this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
+				$this
+			);
+		}
+		return $otherObject;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Removes ALL the related things for the $relationName.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName
+	 * @param array  $where_query_params like EEM_Base::get_all's $query_params[0] (where conditions)
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function _remove_relations($relationName, $where_query_params = array())
+	{
+		if ($this->ID()) {
+			//if this exists in the DB, save the relation change to the DB too
+			$otherObjects = $this->get_model()->remove_relations(
+				$this,
+				$relationName,
+				$where_query_params
+			);
+			$this->clear_cache(
+				$relationName,
+				null,
+				true
+			);
+		} else {
+			//this doesn't exist in the DB, just remove it from the cache
+			$otherObjects = $this->clear_cache(
+				$relationName,
+				null,
+				true
+			);
+		}
+		if (is_array($otherObjects)) {
+			foreach ($otherObjects as $otherObject) {
+				$otherObject->clear_cache(
+					$this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
+					$this
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		return $otherObjects;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the related model objects of the specified type. Eg, if the current class if
+	 * EE_Event, you could call $this->get_many_related('Registration') to get an array of all the
+	 * EE_Registration objects which related to this event. Note: by default, we remove the "default query params"
+	 * because we want to get even deleted items etc.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName key in the model's _model_relations array
+	 * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class[]     Results not necessarily indexed by IDs, because some results might not have primary
+	 *                             keys or might not be saved yet. Consider using EEM_Base::get_IDs() on these
+	 *                             results if you want IDs
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_many_related($relationName, $query_params = array())
+	{
+		if ($this->ID()) {
+			//this exists in the DB, so get the related things from either the cache or the DB
+			//if there are query parameters, forget about caching the related model objects.
+			if ($query_params) {
+				$related_model_objects = $this->get_model()->get_all_related(
+					$this,
+					$relationName,
+					$query_params
+				);
+			} else {
+				//did we already cache the result of this query?
+				$cached_results = $this->get_all_from_cache($relationName);
+				if (! $cached_results) {
+					$related_model_objects = $this->get_model()->get_all_related(
+						$this,
+						$relationName,
+						$query_params
+					);
+					//if no query parameters were passed, then we got all the related model objects
+					//for that relation. We can cache them then.
+					foreach ($related_model_objects as $related_model_object) {
+						$this->cache($relationName, $related_model_object);
+					}
+				} else {
+					$related_model_objects = $cached_results;
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			//this doesn't exist in the DB, so just get the related things from the cache
+			$related_model_objects = $this->get_all_from_cache($relationName);
+		}
+		return $related_model_objects;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Instead of getting the related model objects, simply counts them. Ignores default_where_conditions by default,
+	 * unless otherwise specified in the $query_params
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relation_name  model_name like 'Event', or 'Registration'
+	 * @param array  $query_params   like EEM_Base::get_all's
+	 * @param string $field_to_count name of field to count by. By default, uses primary key
+	 * @param bool   $distinct       if we want to only count the distinct values for the column then you can trigger
+	 *                               that by the setting $distinct to TRUE;
+	 * @return int
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function count_related($relation_name, $query_params = array(), $field_to_count = null, $distinct = false)
+	{
+		return $this->get_model()->count_related(
+			$this,
+			$relation_name,
+			$query_params,
+			$field_to_count,
+			$distinct
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Instead of getting the related model objects, simply sums up the values of the specified field.
+	 * Note: ignores default_where_conditions by default, unless otherwise specified in the $query_params
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relation_name model_name like 'Event', or 'Registration'
+	 * @param array  $query_params  like EEM_Base::get_all's
+	 * @param string $field_to_sum  name of field to count by.
+	 *                              By default, uses primary key
+	 *                              (which doesn't make much sense, so you should probably change it)
+	 * @return int
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function sum_related($relation_name, $query_params = array(), $field_to_sum = null)
+	{
+		return $this->get_model()->sum_related(
+			$this,
+			$relation_name,
+			$query_params,
+			$field_to_sum
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the first (ie, one) related model object of the specified type.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName key in the model's _model_relations array
+	 * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all
+	 * @return EE_Base_Class (not an array, a single object)
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_first_related($relationName, $query_params = array())
+	{
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		if ($this->ID()) {//this exists in the DB, get from the cache OR the DB
+			//if they've provided some query parameters, don't bother trying to cache the result
+			//also make sure we're not caching the result of get_first_related
+			//on a relation which should have an array of objects (because the cache might have an array of objects)
+			if ($query_params
+				|| ! $model->related_settings_for($relationName)
+					 instanceof
+					 EE_Belongs_To_Relation
+			) {
+				$related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
+					$this,
+					$relationName,
+					$query_params
+				);
+			} else {
+				//first, check if we've already cached the result of this query
+				$cached_result = $this->get_one_from_cache($relationName);
+				if (! $cached_result) {
+					$related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
+						$this,
+						$relationName,
+						$query_params
+					);
+					$this->cache($relationName, $related_model_object);
+				} else {
+					$related_model_object = $cached_result;
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			$related_model_object = null;
+			// this doesn't exist in the Db,
+			// but maybe the relation is of type belongs to, and so the related thing might
+			if ($model->related_settings_for($relationName) instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+				$related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
+					$this,
+					$relationName,
+					$query_params
+				);
+			}
+			// this doesn't exist in the DB and apparently the thing it belongs to doesn't either,
+			// just get what's cached on this object
+			if (! $related_model_object) {
+				$related_model_object = $this->get_one_from_cache($relationName);
+			}
+		}
+		return $related_model_object;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Does a delete on all related objects of type $relationName and removes
+	 * the current model object's relation to them. If they can't be deleted (because
+	 * of blocking related model objects) does nothing. If the related model objects are
+	 * soft-deletable, they will be soft-deleted regardless of related blocking model objects.
+	 * If this model object doesn't exist yet in the DB, just removes its related things
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName
+	 * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all's
+	 * @return int how many deleted
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function delete_related($relationName, $query_params = array())
+	{
+		if ($this->ID()) {
+			$count = $this->get_model()->delete_related(
+				$this,
+				$relationName,
+				$query_params
+			);
+		} else {
+			$count = count($this->get_all_from_cache($relationName));
+			$this->clear_cache($relationName, null, true);
+		}
+		return $count;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Does a hard delete (ie, removes the DB row) on all related objects of type $relationName and removes
+	 * the current model object's relation to them. If they can't be deleted (because
+	 * of blocking related model objects) just does a soft delete on it instead, if possible.
+	 * If the related thing isn't a soft-deletable model object, this function is identical
+	 * to delete_related(). If this model object doesn't exist in the DB, just remove its related things
+	 *
+	 * @param string $relationName
+	 * @param array  $query_params like EEM_Base::get_all's
+	 * @return int how many deleted (including those soft deleted)
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function delete_related_permanently($relationName, $query_params = array())
+	{
+		if ($this->ID()) {
+			$count = $this->get_model()->delete_related_permanently(
+				$this,
+				$relationName,
+				$query_params
+			);
+		} else {
+			$count = count($this->get_all_from_cache($relationName));
+		}
+		$this->clear_cache($relationName, null, true);
+		return $count;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * is_set
+	 * Just a simple utility function children can use for checking if property exists
+	 *
+	 * @access  public
+	 * @param  string $field_name property to check
+	 * @return bool                              TRUE if existing,FALSE if not.
+	 */
+	public function is_set($field_name)
+	{
+		return isset($this->_fields[ $field_name ]);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Just a simple utility function children can use for checking if property (or properties) exists and throwing an
+	 * EE_Error exception if they don't
+	 *
+	 * @param  mixed (string|array) $properties properties to check
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return bool                              TRUE if existing, throw EE_Error if not.
+	 */
+	protected function _property_exists($properties)
+	{
+		foreach ((array) $properties as $property_name) {
+			//first make sure this property exists
+			if (! $this->_fields[ $property_name ]) {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__(
+							'Trying to retrieve a non-existent property (%s).  Double check the spelling please',
+							'event_espresso'
+						),
+						$property_name
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This simply returns an array of model fields for this object
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function model_field_array()
+	{
+		$fields     = $this->get_model()->field_settings(false);
+		$properties = array();
+		//remove prepended underscore
+		foreach ($fields as $field_name => $settings) {
+			$properties[ $field_name ] = $this->get($field_name);
+		}
+		return $properties;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Very handy general function to allow for plugins to extend any child of EE_Base_Class.
+	 * If a method is called on a child of EE_Base_Class that doesn't exist, this function is called
+	 * (http://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/php-magic-call) and passed the method's name and arguments.
+	 * Instead of requiring a plugin to extend the EE_Base_Class
+	 * (which works fine is there's only 1 plugin, but when will that happen?)
+	 * they can add a hook onto 'filters_hook_espresso__{className}__{methodName}'
+	 * (eg, filters_hook_espresso__EE_Answer__my_great_function)
+	 * and accepts 2 arguments: the object on which the function was called,
+	 * and an array of the original arguments passed to the function.
+	 * Whatever their callback function returns will be returned by this function.
+	 * Example: in functions.php (or in a plugin):
+	 *      add_filter('FHEE__EE_Answer__my_callback','my_callback',10,3);
+	 *      function my_callback($previousReturnValue,EE_Base_Class $object,$argsArray){
+	 *          $returnString= "you called my_callback! and passed args:".implode(",",$argsArray);
+	 *          return $previousReturnValue.$returnString;
+	 *      }
+	 * require('EE_Answer.class.php');
+	 * $answer= EE_Answer::new_instance(array('REG_ID' => 2,'QST_ID' => 3,'ANS_value' => The answer is 42'));
+	 * echo $answer->my_callback('monkeys',100);
+	 * //will output "you called my_callback! and passed args:monkeys,100"
+	 *
+	 * @param string $methodName name of method which was called on a child of EE_Base_Class, but which
+	 * @param array  $args       array of original arguments passed to the function
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @return mixed whatever the plugin which calls add_filter decides
+	 */
+	public function __call($methodName, $args)
+	{
+		$className = get_class($this);
+		$tagName   = "FHEE__{$className}__{$methodName}";
+		if (! has_filter($tagName)) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						"Method %s on class %s does not exist! You can create one with the following code in functions.php or in a plugin: add_filter('%s','my_callback',10,3);function my_callback(\$previousReturnValue,EE_Base_Class \$object, \$argsArray){/*function body*/return \$whatever;}",
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$methodName,
+					$className,
+					$tagName
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		return apply_filters($tagName, null, $this, $args);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Similar to insert_post_meta, adds a record in the Extra_Meta model's table with the given key and value.
+	 * A $previous_value can be specified in case there are many meta rows with the same key
+	 *
+	 * @param string $meta_key
+	 * @param mixed  $meta_value
+	 * @param mixed  $previous_value
+	 * @return bool|int # of records updated (or BOOLEAN if we actually ended up inserting the extra meta row)
+	 *                  NOTE: if the values haven't changed, returns 0
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function update_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value, $previous_value = null)
+	{
+		$query_params = array(
+			array(
+				'EXM_key'  => $meta_key,
+				'OBJ_ID'   => $this->ID(),
+				'EXM_type' => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
+			),
+		);
+		if ($previous_value !== null) {
+			$query_params[0]['EXM_value'] = $meta_value;
+		}
+		$existing_rows_like_that = EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->get_all($query_params);
+		if (! $existing_rows_like_that) {
+			return $this->add_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value);
+		}
+		foreach ($existing_rows_like_that as $existing_row) {
+			$existing_row->save(array('EXM_value' => $meta_value));
+		}
+		return count($existing_rows_like_that);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a new extra meta record. If $unique is set to TRUE, we'll first double-check
+	 * no other extra meta for this model object have the same key. Returns TRUE if the
+	 * extra meta row was entered, false if not
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $meta_key
+	 * @param mixed   $meta_value
+	 * @param boolean $unique
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function add_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value, $unique = false)
+	{
+		if ($unique) {
+			$existing_extra_meta = EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->get_one(
+				array(
+					array(
+						'EXM_key'  => $meta_key,
+						'OBJ_ID'   => $this->ID(),
+						'EXM_type' => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
+					),
+				)
+			);
+			if ($existing_extra_meta) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		$new_extra_meta = EE_Extra_Meta::new_instance(
+			array(
+				'EXM_key'   => $meta_key,
+				'EXM_value' => $meta_value,
+				'OBJ_ID'    => $this->ID(),
+				'EXM_type'  => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
+			)
+		);
+		$new_extra_meta->save();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Deletes all the extra meta rows for this record as specified by key. If $meta_value
+	 * is specified, only deletes extra meta records with that value.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $meta_key
+	 * @param mixed  $meta_value
+	 * @return int number of extra meta rows deleted
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 */
+	public function delete_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value = null)
+	{
+		$query_params = array(
+			array(
+				'EXM_key'  => $meta_key,
+				'OBJ_ID'   => $this->ID(),
+				'EXM_type' => $this->get_model()->get_this_model_name(),
+			),
+		);
+		if ($meta_value !== null) {
+			$query_params[0]['EXM_value'] = $meta_value;
+		}
+		return EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->delete($query_params);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the extra meta with the given meta key. If you specify "single" we just return 1, otherwise
+	 * an array of everything found. Requires that this model actually have a relation of type EE_Has_Many_Any_Relation.
+	 * You can specify $default is case you haven't found the extra meta
+	 *
+	 * @param string  $meta_key
+	 * @param boolean $single
+	 * @param mixed   $default if we don't find anything, what should we return?
+	 * @return mixed single value if $single; array if ! $single
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_extra_meta($meta_key, $single = false, $default = null)
+	{
+		if ($single) {
+			$result = $this->get_first_related(
+				'Extra_Meta',
+				array(array('EXM_key' => $meta_key))
+			);
+			if ($result instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
+				return $result->value();
+			}
+		} else {
+			$results = $this->get_many_related(
+				'Extra_Meta',
+				array(array('EXM_key' => $meta_key))
+			);
+			if ($results) {
+				$values = array();
+				foreach ($results as $result) {
+					if ($result instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
+						$values[ $result->ID() ] = $result->value();
+					}
+				}
+				return $values;
+			}
+		}
+		//if nothing discovered yet return default.
+		return apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EE_Base_Class__get_extra_meta__default_value',
+			$default,
+			$meta_key,
+			$single,
+			$this
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a simple array of all the extra meta associated with this model object.
+	 * If $one_of_each_key is true (Default), it will be an array of simple key-value pairs, keys being the
+	 * extra meta's key, and teh value being its value. However, if there are duplicate extra meta rows with
+	 * the same key, only one will be used. (eg array('foo'=>'bar','monkey'=>123))
+	 * If $one_of_each_key is false, it will return an array with the top-level keys being
+	 * the extra meta keys, but their values are also arrays, which have the extra-meta's ID as their sub-key, and
+	 * finally the extra meta's value as each sub-value. (eg
+	 * array('foo'=>array(1=>'bar',2=>'bill'),'monkey'=>array(3=>123)))
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $one_of_each_key
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function all_extra_meta_array($one_of_each_key = true)
+	{
+		$return_array = array();
+		if ($one_of_each_key) {
+			$extra_meta_objs = $this->get_many_related(
+				'Extra_Meta',
+				array('group_by' => 'EXM_key')
+			);
+			foreach ($extra_meta_objs as $extra_meta_obj) {
+				if ($extra_meta_obj instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
+					$return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
+				}
+			}
+		} else {
+			$extra_meta_objs = $this->get_many_related('Extra_Meta');
+			foreach ($extra_meta_objs as $extra_meta_obj) {
+				if ($extra_meta_obj instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
+					if (! isset($return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ])) {
+						$return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ] = array();
+					}
+					$return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ][ $extra_meta_obj->ID() ] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return $return_array;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a pretty nice displayable nice for this model object. Often overridden
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function name()
+	{
+		//find a field that's not a text field
+		$field_we_can_use = $this->get_model()->get_a_field_of_type('EE_Text_Field_Base');
+		if ($field_we_can_use) {
+			return $this->get($field_we_can_use->get_name());
+		}
+		$first_few_properties = $this->model_field_array();
+		$first_few_properties = array_slice($first_few_properties, 0, 3);
+		$name_parts           = array();
+		foreach ($first_few_properties as $name => $value) {
+			$name_parts[] = "$name:$value";
+		}
+		return implode(',', $name_parts);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * in_entity_map
+	 * Checks if this model object has been proven to already be in the entity map
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function in_entity_map()
+	{
+		// well, if we looked, did we find it in the entity map?
+		return $this->ID() && $this->get_model()->get_from_entity_map($this->ID()) === $this;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * refresh_from_db
+	 * Makes sure the fields and values on this model object are in-sync with what's in the database.
+	 *
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error if this model object isn't in the entity mapper (because then you should
+	 * just use what's in the entity mapper and refresh it) and WP_DEBUG is TRUE
+	 */
+	public function refresh_from_db()
+	{
+		if ($this->ID() && $this->in_entity_map()) {
+			$this->get_model()->refresh_entity_map_from_db($this->ID());
+		} else {
+			//if it doesn't have ID, you shouldn't be asking to refresh it from teh database (because its not in the database)
+			//if it has an ID but it's not in the map, and you're asking me to refresh it
+			//that's kinda dangerous. You should just use what's in the entity map, or add this to the entity map if there's
+			//absolutely nothing in it for this ID
+			if (WP_DEBUG) {
+				throw new EE_Error(
+					sprintf(
+						esc_html__('Trying to refresh a model object with ID "%1$s" that\'s not in the entity map? First off: you should put it in the entity map by calling %2$s. Second off, if you want what\'s in the database right now, you should just call %3$s yourself and discard this model object.',
+							'event_espresso'),
+						$this->ID(),
+						get_class($this->get_model()) . '::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
+						get_class($this->get_model()) . '::instance()->refresh_entity_map()'
+					)
+				);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Because some other plugins, like Advanced Cron Manager, expect all objects to have this method
+	 * (probably a bad assumption they have made, oh well)
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function __toString()
+	{
+		try {
+			return sprintf('%s (%s)', $this->name(), $this->ID());
+		} catch (Exception $e) {
+			EE_Error::add_error($e->getMessage(), __FILE__, __FUNCTION__, __LINE__);
+			return '';
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear related model objects if they're already in the DB, because otherwise when we
+	 * UN-serialize this model object we'll need to be careful to add them to the entity map.
+	 * This means if we have made changes to those related model objects, and want to unserialize
+	 * the this model object on a subsequent request, changes to those related model objects will be lost.
+	 * Instead, those related model objects should be directly serialized and stored.
+	 * Eg, the following won't work:
+	 * $reg = EEM_Registration::instance()->get_one_by_ID( 123 );
+	 * $att = $reg->attendee();
+	 * $att->set( 'ATT_fname', 'Dirk' );
+	 * update_option( 'my_option', serialize( $reg ) );
+	 * //END REQUEST
+	 * //START NEXT REQUEST
+	 * $reg = get_option( 'my_option' );
+	 * $reg->attendee()->save();
+	 * And would need to be replace with:
+	 * $reg = EEM_Registration::instance()->get_one_by_ID( 123 );
+	 * $att = $reg->attendee();
+	 * $att->set( 'ATT_fname', 'Dirk' );
+	 * update_option( 'my_option', serialize( $reg ) );
+	 * //END REQUEST
+	 * //START NEXT REQUEST
+	 * $att = get_option( 'my_option' );
+	 * $att->save();
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws ReflectionException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function __sleep()
+	{
+		$model = $this->get_model();
+		foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
+			if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
+				$classname = 'EE_' . $model->get_this_model_name();
+				if (
+					$this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name) instanceof $classname
+					&& $this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name)->ID()
+				) {
+					$this->clear_cache(
+						$relation_name,
+						$this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name)->ID()
+					);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		$this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = array();
+		$properties_to_serialize                       = get_object_vars($this);
+		//don't serialize the model. It's big and that risks recursion
+		unset($properties_to_serialize['_model']);
+		return array_keys($properties_to_serialize);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * restore _props_n_values_provided_in_constructor
+	 * PLZ NOTE: this will reset the array to whatever fields values were present prior to serialization,
+	 * and therefore should NOT be used to determine if state change has occurred since initial construction.
+	 * At best, you would only be able to detect if state change has occurred during THIS request.
+	 */
+	public function __wakeup()
+	{
+		$this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = $this->_fields;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Usage of this magic method is to ensure any internally cached references to object instances that must remain
+	 * distinct with the clone host instance are also cloned.
+	 */
+	public function __clone()
+	{
+		//handle DateTimes (this is handled in here because there's no one specific child class that uses datetimes).
+		foreach ($this->_fields as $field => $value) {
+			if ($value instanceof DateTime) {
+				$this->_fields[$field] = clone $value;
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }
 
 

Spacing +116 added lines, -116 removed lines

@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ 
         $fieldValues = is_array($fieldValues) ? $fieldValues : array($fieldValues);
         // verify client code has not passed any invalid field names
         foreach ($fieldValues as $field_name => $field_value) {
-            if (! isset($model_fields[ $field_name ])) {
+            if ( ! isset($model_fields[$field_name])) {
                 throw new EE_Error(
                     sprintf(
                         esc_html__(
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ 
             }
         }
         $this->_timezone = EEH_DTT_Helper::get_valid_timezone_string($timezone);
-        if (! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
+        if ( ! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
             list($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt) = $date_formats;
         } else {
             //set default formats for date and time
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ 
             foreach ($model_fields as $fieldName => $field) {
                 $this->set_from_db(
                     $fieldName,
-                    isset($fieldValues[ $fieldName ]) ? $fieldValues[ $fieldName ] : null
+                    isset($fieldValues[$fieldName]) ? $fieldValues[$fieldName] : null
                 );
             }
         } else {
@@ -185,22 +185,22 @@ 
             foreach ($model_fields as $fieldName => $field) {
                 $this->set(
                     $fieldName,
-                    isset($fieldValues[ $fieldName ]) ? $fieldValues[ $fieldName ] : null, true
+                    isset($fieldValues[$fieldName]) ? $fieldValues[$fieldName] : null, true
                 );
             }
         }
         //remember what values were passed to this constructor
         $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor = $fieldValues;
         //remember in entity mapper
-        if (! $bydb && $model->has_primary_key_field() && $this->ID()) {
+        if ( ! $bydb && $model->has_primary_key_field() && $this->ID()) {
             $model->add_to_entity_map($this);
         }
         //setup all the relations
         foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
             if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ] = null;
+                $this->_model_relations[$relation_name] = null;
             } else {
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ] = array();
+                $this->_model_relations[$relation_name] = array();
             }
         }
         /**
@@ -251,10 +251,10 @@ 
      */
     public function get_original($field_name)
     {
-        if (isset($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[ $field_name ])
+        if (isset($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[$field_name])
             && $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name)
         ) {
-            return $field_settings->prepare_for_get($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[ $field_name ]);
+            return $field_settings->prepare_for_get($this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor[$field_name]);
         }
         return null;
     }
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ 
         // then don't do anything
         if (
             ! $use_default
-            && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] === $field_value
+            && $this->_fields[$field_name] === $field_value
             && $this->ID()
         ) {
             return;
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ 
             $holder_of_value = $field_obj->prepare_for_set($field_value);
             //should the value be null?
             if (($field_value === null || $holder_of_value === null || $holder_of_value === '') && $use_default) {
-                $this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $field_obj->get_default_value();
+                $this->_fields[$field_name] = $field_obj->get_default_value();
                 /**
                  * To save having to refactor all the models, if a default value is used for a
                  * EE_Datetime_Field, and that value is not null nor is it a DateTime
@@ -320,15 +320,15 @@ 
                  */
                 if (
                     $field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field
-                    && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] !== null
-                    && ! $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime
+                    && $this->_fields[$field_name] !== null
+                    && ! $this->_fields[$field_name] instanceof DateTime
                 ) {
-                    empty($this->_fields[ $field_name ])
+                    empty($this->_fields[$field_name])
                         ? $this->set($field_name, time())
-                        : $this->set($field_name, $this->_fields[ $field_name ]);
+                        : $this->set($field_name, $this->_fields[$field_name]);
                 }
             } else {
-                $this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $holder_of_value;
+                $this->_fields[$field_name] = $holder_of_value;
             }
             //if we're not in the constructor...
             //now check if what we set was a primary key
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ 
                 $fields_on_model = self::_get_model(get_class($this))->field_settings();
                 $obj_in_db       = self::_get_model(get_class($this))->get_one_by_ID($field_value);
                 foreach ($fields_on_model as $field_obj) {
-                    if (! array_key_exists($field_obj->get_name(), $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor)
+                    if ( ! array_key_exists($field_obj->get_name(), $this->_props_n_values_provided_in_constructor)
                         && $field_obj->get_name() !== $field_name
                     ) {
                         $this->set($field_obj->get_name(), $obj_in_db->get($field_obj->get_name()));
@@ -390,8 +390,8 @@ 
      */
     public function getCustomSelect($alias)
     {
-        return isset($this->custom_selection_results[ $alias ])
-            ? $this->custom_selection_results[ $alias ]
+        return isset($this->custom_selection_results[$alias])
+            ? $this->custom_selection_results[$alias]
             : null;
     }
 
@@ -478,8 +478,8 @@ 
         foreach ($model_fields as $field_name => $field_obj) {
             if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
                 $field_obj->set_timezone($this->_timezone);
-                if (isset($this->_fields[ $field_name ]) && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime) {
-                    $this->_fields[ $field_name ]->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($this->_timezone));
+                if (isset($this->_fields[$field_name]) && $this->_fields[$field_name] instanceof DateTime) {
+                    $this->_fields[$field_name]->setTimezone(new DateTimeZone($this->_timezone));
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ 
      */
     public function get_format($full = true)
     {
-        return $full ? $this->_dt_frmt . ' ' . $this->_tm_frmt : array($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt);
+        return $full ? $this->_dt_frmt.' '.$this->_tm_frmt : array($this->_dt_frmt, $this->_tm_frmt);
     }
 
 
@@ -563,11 +563,11 @@ 
     public function cache($relationName = '', $object_to_cache = null, $cache_id = null)
     {
         // its entirely possible that there IS no related object yet in which case there is nothing to cache.
-        if (! $object_to_cache instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+        if ( ! $object_to_cache instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
             return false;
         }
         // also get "how" the object is related, or throw an error
-        if (! $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName)) {
+        if ( ! $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName)) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__('There is no relationship to %s on a %s. Cannot cache it', 'event_espresso'),
@@ -581,38 +581,38 @@ 
             // if it's a "belongs to" relationship, then there's only one related model object
             // eg, if this is a registration, there's only 1 attendee for it
             // so for these model objects just set it to be cached
-            $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $object_to_cache;
+            $this->_model_relations[$relationName] = $object_to_cache;
             $return                                  = true;
         } else {
             // otherwise, this is the "many" side of a one to many relationship,
             // so we'll add the object to the array of related objects for that type.
             // eg: if this is an event, there are many registrations for that event,
             // so we cache the registrations in an array
-            if (! is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])) {
+            if ( ! is_array($this->_model_relations[$relationName])) {
                 // if for some reason, the cached item is a model object,
                 // then stick that in the array, otherwise start with an empty array
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]
+                $this->_model_relations[$relationName] = $this->_model_relations[$relationName]
                                                            instanceof
                                                            EE_Base_Class
-                    ? array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) : array();
+                    ? array($this->_model_relations[$relationName]) : array();
             }
             // first check for a cache_id which is normally empty
-            if (! empty($cache_id)) {
+            if ( ! empty($cache_id)) {
                 // if the cache_id exists, then it means we are purposely trying to cache this
                 // with a known key that can then be used to retrieve the object later on
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $cache_id ] = $object_to_cache;
+                $this->_model_relations[$relationName][$cache_id] = $object_to_cache;
                 $return                                               = $cache_id;
             } elseif ($object_to_cache->ID()) {
                 // OR the cached object originally came from the db, so let's just use it's PK for an ID
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $object_to_cache->ID() ] = $object_to_cache;
+                $this->_model_relations[$relationName][$object_to_cache->ID()] = $object_to_cache;
                 $return                                                            = $object_to_cache->ID();
             } else {
                 // OR it's a new object with no ID, so just throw it in the array with an auto-incremented ID
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][] = $object_to_cache;
+                $this->_model_relations[$relationName][] = $object_to_cache;
                 // move the internal pointer to the end of the array
-                end($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]);
+                end($this->_model_relations[$relationName]);
                 // and grab the key so that we can return it
-                $return = key($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]);
+                $return = key($this->_model_relations[$relationName]);
             }
         }
         return $return;
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ 
         //first make sure this property exists
         $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($fieldname);
         $cache_type                                            = empty($cache_type) ? 'standard' : $cache_type;
-        $this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ] = $value;
+        $this->_cached_properties[$fieldname][$cache_type] = $value;
     }
 
 
@@ -667,9 +667,9 @@ 
         $model = $this->get_model();
         $model->field_settings_for($fieldname);
         $cache_type = $pretty ? 'pretty' : 'standard';
-        $cache_type .= ! empty($extra_cache_ref) ? '_' . $extra_cache_ref : '';
-        if (isset($this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ])) {
-            return $this->_cached_properties[ $fieldname ][ $cache_type ];
+        $cache_type .= ! empty($extra_cache_ref) ? '_'.$extra_cache_ref : '';
+        if (isset($this->_cached_properties[$fieldname][$cache_type])) {
+            return $this->_cached_properties[$fieldname][$cache_type];
         }
         $value = $this->_get_fresh_property($fieldname, $pretty, $extra_cache_ref);
         $this->_set_cached_property($fieldname, $value, $cache_type);
@@ -697,12 +697,12 @@ 
         if ($field_obj instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
             $this->_prepare_datetime_field($field_obj, $pretty, $extra_cache_ref);
         }
-        if (! isset($this->_fields[ $fieldname ])) {
-            $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = null;
+        if ( ! isset($this->_fields[$fieldname])) {
+            $this->_fields[$fieldname] = null;
         }
         $value = $pretty
-            ? $field_obj->prepare_for_pretty_echoing($this->_fields[ $fieldname ], $extra_cache_ref)
-            : $field_obj->prepare_for_get($this->_fields[ $fieldname ]);
+            ? $field_obj->prepare_for_pretty_echoing($this->_fields[$fieldname], $extra_cache_ref)
+            : $field_obj->prepare_for_get($this->_fields[$fieldname]);
         return $value;
     }
 
@@ -760,8 +760,8 @@ 
      */
     protected function _clear_cached_property($property_name)
     {
-        if (isset($this->_cached_properties[ $property_name ])) {
-            unset($this->_cached_properties[ $property_name ]);
+        if (isset($this->_cached_properties[$property_name])) {
+            unset($this->_cached_properties[$property_name]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -813,7 +813,7 @@ 
     {
         $relationship_to_model = $this->get_model()->related_settings_for($relationName);
         $index_in_cache        = '';
-        if (! $relationship_to_model) {
+        if ( ! $relationship_to_model) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__('There is no relationship to %s on a %s. Cannot clear that cache', 'event_espresso'),
@@ -824,21 +824,21 @@ 
         }
         if ($clear_all) {
             $obj_removed                             = true;
-            $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = null;
+            $this->_model_relations[$relationName] = null;
         } elseif ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-            $obj_removed                             = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ];
-            $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = null;
+            $obj_removed                             = $this->_model_relations[$relationName];
+            $this->_model_relations[$relationName] = null;
         } else {
             if ($object_to_remove_or_index_into_array instanceof EE_Base_Class
                 && $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID()
             ) {
                 $index_in_cache = $object_to_remove_or_index_into_array->ID();
-                if (is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
-                    && ! isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ])
+                if (is_array($this->_model_relations[$relationName])
+                    && ! isset($this->_model_relations[$relationName][$index_in_cache])
                 ) {
                     $index_found_at = null;
                     //find this object in the array even though it has a different key
-                    foreach ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] as $index => $obj) {
+                    foreach ($this->_model_relations[$relationName] as $index => $obj) {
                         /** @noinspection TypeUnsafeComparisonInspection */
                         if (
                             $obj instanceof EE_Base_Class
@@ -872,9 +872,9 @@ 
             }
             //supposedly we've found it. But it could just be that the client code
             //provided a bad index/object
-            if (isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ])) {
-                $obj_removed = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ];
-                unset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $index_in_cache ]);
+            if (isset($this->_model_relations[$relationName][$index_in_cache])) {
+                $obj_removed = $this->_model_relations[$relationName][$index_in_cache];
+                unset($this->_model_relations[$relationName][$index_in_cache]);
             } else {
                 //that thing was never cached anyways.
                 $obj_removed = null;
@@ -905,7 +905,7 @@ 
         $current_cache_id = ''
     ) {
         // verify that incoming object is of the correct type
-        $obj_class = 'EE_' . $relationName;
+        $obj_class = 'EE_'.$relationName;
         if ($newly_saved_object instanceof $obj_class) {
             /* @type EE_Base_Class $newly_saved_object */
             // now get the type of relation
@@ -913,17 +913,17 @@ 
             // if this is a 1:1 relationship
             if ($relationship_to_model instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
                 // then just replace the cached object with the newly saved object
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] = $newly_saved_object;
+                $this->_model_relations[$relationName] = $newly_saved_object;
                 return true;
                 // or if it's some kind of sordid feral polyamorous relationship...
             }
-            if (is_array($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
-                      && isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $current_cache_id ])
+            if (is_array($this->_model_relations[$relationName])
+                      && isset($this->_model_relations[$relationName][$current_cache_id])
             ) {
                 // then remove the current cached item
-                unset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $current_cache_id ]);
+                unset($this->_model_relations[$relationName][$current_cache_id]);
                 // and cache the newly saved object using it's new ID
-                $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ][ $newly_saved_object->ID() ] = $newly_saved_object;
+                $this->_model_relations[$relationName][$newly_saved_object->ID()] = $newly_saved_object;
                 return true;
             }
         }
@@ -940,8 +940,8 @@ 
      */
     public function get_one_from_cache($relationName)
     {
-        $cached_array_or_object = isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ])
-            ? $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]
+        $cached_array_or_object = isset($this->_model_relations[$relationName])
+            ? $this->_model_relations[$relationName]
             : null;
         if (is_array($cached_array_or_object)) {
             return array_shift($cached_array_or_object);
@@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ 
      */
     public function get_all_from_cache($relationName)
     {
-        $objects = isset($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) ? $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] : array();
+        $objects = isset($this->_model_relations[$relationName]) ? $this->_model_relations[$relationName] : array();
         // if the result is not an array, but exists, make it an array
         $objects = is_array($objects) ? $objects : array($objects);
         //bugfix for https://events.codebasehq.com/projects/event-espresso/tickets/7143
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ 
             } else {
                 $field_value = $field_obj->prepare_for_set_from_db($field_value_from_db);
             }
-            $this->_fields[ $field_name ] = $field_value;
+            $this->_fields[$field_name] = $field_value;
             $this->_clear_cached_property($field_name);
         }
     }
@@ -1188,9 +1188,9 @@ 
     public function get_raw($field_name)
     {
         $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        return $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field && $this->_fields[ $field_name ] instanceof DateTime
-            ? $this->_fields[ $field_name ]->format('U')
-            : $this->_fields[ $field_name ];
+        return $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field && $this->_fields[$field_name] instanceof DateTime
+            ? $this->_fields[$field_name]->format('U')
+            : $this->_fields[$field_name];
     }
 
 
@@ -1212,7 +1212,7 @@ 
     public function get_DateTime_object($field_name)
     {
         $field_settings = $this->get_model()->field_settings_for($field_name);
-        if (! $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
+        if ( ! $field_settings instanceof EE_Datetime_Field) {
             EE_Error::add_error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__(
@@ -1470,7 +1470,7 @@ 
      */
     public function get_i18n_datetime($field_name, $format = '')
     {
-        $format = empty($format) ? $this->_dt_frmt . ' ' . $this->_tm_frmt : $format;
+        $format = empty($format) ? $this->_dt_frmt.' '.$this->_tm_frmt : $format;
         return date_i18n(
             $format,
             EEH_DTT_Helper::get_timestamp_with_offset(
@@ -1582,19 +1582,19 @@ 
         $field->set_time_format($this->_tm_frmt);
         switch ($what) {
             case 'T' :
-                $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_time(
+                $this->_fields[$fieldname] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_time(
                     $datetime_value,
-                    $this->_fields[ $fieldname ]
+                    $this->_fields[$fieldname]
                 );
                 break;
             case 'D' :
-                $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_date(
+                $this->_fields[$fieldname] = $field->prepare_for_set_with_new_date(
                     $datetime_value,
-                    $this->_fields[ $fieldname ]
+                    $this->_fields[$fieldname]
                 );
                 break;
             case 'B' :
-                $this->_fields[ $fieldname ] = $field->prepare_for_set($datetime_value);
+                $this->_fields[$fieldname] = $field->prepare_for_set($datetime_value);
                 break;
         }
         $this->_clear_cached_property($fieldname);
@@ -1636,7 +1636,7 @@ 
         $this->set_timezone($timezone);
         $fn   = (array) $field_name;
         $args = array_merge($fn, (array) $args);
-        if (! method_exists($this, $callback)) {
+        if ( ! method_exists($this, $callback)) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__(
@@ -1648,7 +1648,7 @@ 
             );
         }
         $args   = (array) $args;
-        $return = $prepend . call_user_func_array(array($this, $callback), $args) . $append;
+        $return = $prepend.call_user_func_array(array($this, $callback), $args).$append;
         $this->set_timezone($original_timezone);
         return $return;
     }
@@ -1763,8 +1763,8 @@ 
     {
         $model = $this->get_model();
         foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
-            if (! empty($this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ])) {
-                $related_objects = $this->_model_relations[ $relation_name ];
+            if ( ! empty($this->_model_relations[$relation_name])) {
+                $related_objects = $this->_model_relations[$relation_name];
                 if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
                     //this relation only stores a single model object, not an array
                     //but let's make it consistent
@@ -1821,7 +1821,7 @@ 
             $this->set($column, $value);
         }
         // no changes ? then don't do anything
-        if (! $this->_has_changes && $this->ID() && $model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
+        if ( ! $this->_has_changes && $this->ID() && $model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
             return 0;
         }
         /**
@@ -1831,7 +1831,7 @@ 
          * @param EE_Base_Class $model_object the model object about to be saved.
          */
         do_action('AHEE__EE_Base_Class__save__begin', $this);
-        if (! $this->allow_persist()) {
+        if ( ! $this->allow_persist()) {
             return 0;
         }
         // now get current attribute values
@@ -1846,10 +1846,10 @@ 
         if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
             if ($model->get_primary_key_field()->is_auto_increment()) {
                 //ok check if it's set, if so: update; if not, insert
-                if (! empty($save_cols_n_values[ $model->primary_key_name() ])) {
+                if ( ! empty($save_cols_n_values[$model->primary_key_name()])) {
                     $results = $model->update_by_ID($save_cols_n_values, $this->ID());
                 } else {
-                    unset($save_cols_n_values[ $model->primary_key_name() ]);
+                    unset($save_cols_n_values[$model->primary_key_name()]);
                     $results = $model->insert($save_cols_n_values);
                     if ($results) {
                         //if successful, set the primary key
@@ -1859,7 +1859,7 @@ 
                         //will get added to the mapper before we can add this one!
                         //but if we just avoid using the SET method, all that headache can be avoided
                         $pk_field_name                   = $model->primary_key_name();
-                        $this->_fields[ $pk_field_name ] = $results;
+                        $this->_fields[$pk_field_name] = $results;
                         $this->_clear_cached_property($pk_field_name);
                         $model->add_to_entity_map($this);
                         $this->_update_cached_related_model_objs_fks();
@@ -1876,8 +1876,8 @@ 
                                     'event_espresso'
                                 ),
                                 get_class($this),
-                                get_class($model) . '::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
-                                get_class($model) . '::instance()->get_one_by_ID()',
+                                get_class($model).'::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
+                                get_class($model).'::instance()->get_one_by_ID()',
                                 '<br />'
                             )
                         );
@@ -1977,27 +1977,27 @@ 
     public function save_new_cached_related_model_objs()
     {
         //make sure this has been saved
-        if (! $this->ID()) {
+        if ( ! $this->ID()) {
             $id = $this->save();
         } else {
             $id = $this->ID();
         }
         //now save all the NEW cached model objects  (ie they don't exist in the DB)
         foreach ($this->get_model()->relation_settings() as $relationName => $relationObj) {
-            if ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ]) {
+            if ($this->_model_relations[$relationName]) {
                 //is this a relation where we should expect just ONE related object (ie, EE_Belongs_To_relation)
                 //or MANY related objects (ie, EE_HABTM_Relation or EE_Has_Many_Relation)?
                 /* @var $related_model_obj EE_Base_Class */
                 if ($relationObj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
                     //add a relation to that relation type (which saves the appropriate thing in the process)
                     //but ONLY if it DOES NOT exist in the DB
-                    $related_model_obj = $this->_model_relations[ $relationName ];
+                    $related_model_obj = $this->_model_relations[$relationName];
                     //					if( ! $related_model_obj->ID()){
                     $this->_add_relation_to($related_model_obj, $relationName);
                     $related_model_obj->save_new_cached_related_model_objs();
                     //					}
                 } else {
-                    foreach ($this->_model_relations[ $relationName ] as $related_model_obj) {
+                    foreach ($this->_model_relations[$relationName] as $related_model_obj) {
                         //add a relation to that relation type (which saves the appropriate thing in the process)
                         //but ONLY if it DOES NOT exist in the DB
                         //						if( ! $related_model_obj->ID()){
@@ -2024,7 +2024,7 @@ 
      */
     public function get_model()
     {
-        if (! $this->_model) {
+        if ( ! $this->_model) {
             $modelName    = self::_get_model_classname(get_class($this));
             $this->_model = self::_get_model_instance_with_name($modelName, $this->_timezone);
         } else {
@@ -2050,9 +2050,9 @@ 
         $primary_id_ref = self::_get_primary_key_name($classname);
         if (
             array_key_exists($primary_id_ref, $props_n_values)
-            && ! empty($props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ])
+            && ! empty($props_n_values[$primary_id_ref])
         ) {
-            $id = $props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ];
+            $id = $props_n_values[$primary_id_ref];
             return self::_get_model($classname)->get_from_entity_map($id);
         }
         return false;
@@ -2086,10 +2086,10 @@ 
         if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
             $primary_id_ref = self::_get_primary_key_name($classname);
             if (array_key_exists($primary_id_ref, $props_n_values)
-                && ! empty($props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ])
+                && ! empty($props_n_values[$primary_id_ref])
             ) {
                 $existing = $model->get_one_by_ID(
-                    $props_n_values[ $primary_id_ref ]
+                    $props_n_values[$primary_id_ref]
                 );
             }
         } elseif ($model->has_all_combined_primary_key_fields($props_n_values)) {
@@ -2101,7 +2101,7 @@ 
         }
         if ($existing) {
             //set date formats if present before setting values
-            if (! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
+            if ( ! empty($date_formats) && is_array($date_formats)) {
                 $existing->set_date_format($date_formats[0]);
                 $existing->set_time_format($date_formats[1]);
             } else {
@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ 
     protected static function _get_model($classname, $timezone = null)
     {
         //find model for this class
-        if (! $classname) {
+        if ( ! $classname) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__(
@@ -2183,7 +2183,7 @@ 
         if (strpos($model_name, 'EE_') === 0) {
             $model_classname = str_replace('EE_', 'EEM_', $model_name);
         } else {
-            $model_classname = 'EEM_' . $model_name;
+            $model_classname = 'EEM_'.$model_name;
         }
         return $model_classname;
     }
@@ -2202,7 +2202,7 @@ 
      */
     protected static function _get_primary_key_name($classname = null)
     {
-        if (! $classname) {
+        if ( ! $classname) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__('What were you thinking calling _get_primary_key_name(%s)', 'event_espresso'),
@@ -2232,7 +2232,7 @@ 
         $model = $this->get_model();
         //now that we know the name of the variable, use a variable variable to get its value and return its
         if ($model->has_primary_key_field()) {
-            return $this->_fields[ $model->primary_key_name() ];
+            return $this->_fields[$model->primary_key_name()];
         }
         return $model->get_index_primary_key_string($this->_fields);
     }
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ 
             }
         } else {
             //this thing doesn't exist in the DB,  so just cache it
-            if (! $otherObjectModelObjectOrID instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
+            if ( ! $otherObjectModelObjectOrID instanceof EE_Base_Class) {
                 throw new EE_Error(
                     sprintf(
                         esc_html__(
@@ -2450,7 +2450,7 @@ 
             } else {
                 //did we already cache the result of this query?
                 $cached_results = $this->get_all_from_cache($relationName);
-                if (! $cached_results) {
+                if ( ! $cached_results) {
                     $related_model_objects = $this->get_model()->get_all_related(
                         $this,
                         $relationName,
@@ -2560,7 +2560,7 @@ 
             } else {
                 //first, check if we've already cached the result of this query
                 $cached_result = $this->get_one_from_cache($relationName);
-                if (! $cached_result) {
+                if ( ! $cached_result) {
                     $related_model_object = $model->get_first_related(
                         $this,
                         $relationName,
@@ -2584,7 +2584,7 @@ 
             }
             // this doesn't exist in the DB and apparently the thing it belongs to doesn't either,
             // just get what's cached on this object
-            if (! $related_model_object) {
+            if ( ! $related_model_object) {
                 $related_model_object = $this->get_one_from_cache($relationName);
             }
         }
@@ -2666,7 +2666,7 @@ 
      */
     public function is_set($field_name)
     {
-        return isset($this->_fields[ $field_name ]);
+        return isset($this->_fields[$field_name]);
     }
 
 
@@ -2682,7 +2682,7 @@ 
     {
         foreach ((array) $properties as $property_name) {
             //first make sure this property exists
-            if (! $this->_fields[ $property_name ]) {
+            if ( ! $this->_fields[$property_name]) {
                 throw new EE_Error(
                     sprintf(
                         esc_html__(
@@ -2714,7 +2714,7 @@ 
         $properties = array();
         //remove prepended underscore
         foreach ($fields as $field_name => $settings) {
-            $properties[ $field_name ] = $this->get($field_name);
+            $properties[$field_name] = $this->get($field_name);
         }
         return $properties;
     }
@@ -2751,7 +2751,7 @@ 
     {
         $className = get_class($this);
         $tagName   = "FHEE__{$className}__{$methodName}";
-        if (! has_filter($tagName)) {
+        if ( ! has_filter($tagName)) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     esc_html__(
@@ -2796,7 +2796,7 @@ 
             $query_params[0]['EXM_value'] = $meta_value;
         }
         $existing_rows_like_that = EEM_Extra_Meta::instance()->get_all($query_params);
-        if (! $existing_rows_like_that) {
+        if ( ! $existing_rows_like_that) {
             return $this->add_extra_meta($meta_key, $meta_value);
         }
         foreach ($existing_rows_like_that as $existing_row) {
@@ -2914,7 +2914,7 @@ 
                 $values = array();
                 foreach ($results as $result) {
                     if ($result instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                        $values[ $result->ID() ] = $result->value();
+                        $values[$result->ID()] = $result->value();
                     }
                 }
                 return $values;
@@ -2959,17 +2959,17 @@ 
             );
             foreach ($extra_meta_objs as $extra_meta_obj) {
                 if ($extra_meta_obj instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                    $return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
+                    $return_array[$extra_meta_obj->key()] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
                 }
             }
         } else {
             $extra_meta_objs = $this->get_many_related('Extra_Meta');
             foreach ($extra_meta_objs as $extra_meta_obj) {
                 if ($extra_meta_obj instanceof EE_Extra_Meta) {
-                    if (! isset($return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ])) {
-                        $return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ] = array();
+                    if ( ! isset($return_array[$extra_meta_obj->key()])) {
+                        $return_array[$extra_meta_obj->key()] = array();
                     }
-                    $return_array[ $extra_meta_obj->key() ][ $extra_meta_obj->ID() ] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
+                    $return_array[$extra_meta_obj->key()][$extra_meta_obj->ID()] = $extra_meta_obj->value();
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -3048,8 +3048,8 @@ 
                         esc_html__('Trying to refresh a model object with ID "%1$s" that\'s not in the entity map? First off: you should put it in the entity map by calling %2$s. Second off, if you want what\'s in the database right now, you should just call %3$s yourself and discard this model object.',
                             'event_espresso'),
                         $this->ID(),
-                        get_class($this->get_model()) . '::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
-                        get_class($this->get_model()) . '::instance()->refresh_entity_map()'
+                        get_class($this->get_model()).'::instance()->add_to_entity_map()',
+                        get_class($this->get_model()).'::instance()->refresh_entity_map()'
                     )
                 );
             }
@@ -3111,7 +3111,7 @@ 
         $model = $this->get_model();
         foreach ($model->relation_settings() as $relation_name => $relation_obj) {
             if ($relation_obj instanceof EE_Belongs_To_Relation) {
-                $classname = 'EE_' . $model->get_this_model_name();
+                $classname = 'EE_'.$model->get_this_model_name();
                 if (
                     $this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name) instanceof $classname
                     && $this->get_one_from_cache($relation_name)->ID()

Doc Comments +8 added lines, -8 removed lines

@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@ 
      *
      * @param \EE_Datetime_Field $datetime_field
      * @param bool               $pretty
-     * @param null               $date_or_time
+     * @param string|null               $date_or_time
      * @return void
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
      * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ 
      *
      * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
      * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
-     * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
+     * @param string  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an array of EE_Base_Class objects is returned, otherwise
      *                                  you can indicate just the columns you want returned
      * @return array|EE_Base_Class
      * @throws ReflectionException
@@ -1095,7 +1095,7 @@ 
      *
      * @param null  $field_to_order_by  What field is being used as the reference point.
      * @param array $query_params       Any additional conditions on the query.
-     * @param null  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an EE_Base_Class object is returned, otherwise
+     * @param string  $columns_to_select  If left null, then an EE_Base_Class object is returned, otherwise
      *                                  you can indicate just the column you want returned
      * @return array|EE_Base_Class
      * @throws ReflectionException
@@ -1178,7 +1178,7 @@ 
      * This method simply returns the RAW unprocessed value for the given property in this class
      *
      * @param  string $field_name A valid fieldname
-     * @return mixed              Whatever the raw value stored on the property is.
+     * @return integer|null              Whatever the raw value stored on the property is.
      * @throws ReflectionException
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
      * @throws InvalidInterfaceException
@@ -1526,7 +1526,7 @@ 
      * sets the time on a datetime property
      *
      * @access protected
-     * @param string|Datetime $time      a valid time string for php datetime functions (or DateTime object)
+     * @param string $time      a valid time string for php datetime functions (or DateTime object)
      * @param string          $fieldname the name of the field the time is being set on (must match a EE_Datetime_Field)
      * @throws ReflectionException
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
@@ -1544,7 +1544,7 @@ 
      * sets the date on a datetime property
      *
      * @access protected
-     * @param string|DateTime $date      a valid date string for php datetime functions ( or DateTime object)
+     * @param string $date      a valid date string for php datetime functions ( or DateTime object)
      * @param string          $fieldname the name of the field the date is being set on (must match a EE_Datetime_Field)
      * @throws ReflectionException
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException
@@ -2066,7 +2066,7 @@ 
      *
      * @param  array  $props_n_values   incoming array of properties and their values
      * @param  string $classname        the classname of the child class
-     * @param null    $timezone
+     * @param string|null    $timezone
      * @param array   $date_formats     incoming date_formats in an array where the first value is the
      *                                  date_format and the second value is the time format
      * @return mixed (EE_Base_Class|bool)
@@ -2153,7 +2153,7 @@ 
      * Gets the model instance (eg instance of EEM_Attendee) given its classname (eg EE_Attendee)
      *
      * @param string $model_classname
-     * @param null   $timezone
+     * @param string|null   $timezone
      * @return EEM_Base
      * @throws ReflectionException
      * @throws InvalidArgumentException

core/libraries/form_sections/form_handlers/FormHandler.php

Indentation +643 added lines, -643 removed lines

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ 
 use EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidFormSubmissionException;
 
 if (! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
-    exit('No direct script access allowed');
+	exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
 
@@ -34,648 +34,648 @@ 
 abstract class FormHandler implements FormHandlerInterface
 {
 
-    /**
-     * will add opening and closing HTML form tags as well as a submit button
-     */
-    const ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT = 'add_form_tags_and_submit';
-
-    /**
-     * will add opening and closing HTML form tags but NOT a submit button
-     */
-    const ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY = 'add_form_tags_only';
-
-    /**
-     * will NOT add opening and closing HTML form tags but will add a submit button
-     */
-    const ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY = 'add_form_submit_only';
-
-    /**
-     * will NOT add opening and closing HTML form tags NOR a submit button
-     */
-    const DO_NOT_SETUP_FORM = 'do_not_setup_form';
-
-    /**
-     * if set to false, then this form has no displayable content,
-     * and will only be used for processing data sent passed via GET or POST
-     * defaults to true ( ie: form has displayable content )
-     *
-     * @var boolean $displayable
-     */
-    private $displayable = true;
-
-    /**
-     * @var string $form_name
-     */
-    private $form_name;
-
-    /**
-     * @var string $admin_name
-     */
-    private $admin_name;
-
-    /**
-     * @var string $slug
-     */
-    private $slug;
-
-    /**
-     * @var string $submit_btn_text
-     */
-    private $submit_btn_text;
-
-    /**
-     * @var string $form_action
-     */
-    private $form_action;
-
-    /**
-     * form params in key value pairs
-     * can be added to form action URL or as hidden inputs
-     *
-     * @var array $form_args
-     */
-    private $form_args = array();
-
-    /**
-     * value of one of the string constant above
-     *
-     * @var string $form_config
-     */
-    private $form_config;
-
-    /**
-     * whether or not the form was determined to be invalid
-     *
-     * @var boolean $form_has_errors
-     */
-    private $form_has_errors;
-
-    /**
-     * the absolute top level form section being used on the page
-     *
-     * @var EE_Form_Section_Proper $form
-     */
-    private $form;
-
-    /**
-     * @var EE_Registry $registry
-     */
-    protected $registry;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Form constructor.
-     *
-     * @param string      $form_name
-     * @param string      $admin_name
-     * @param string      $slug
-     * @param string      $form_action
-     * @param string      $form_config
-     * @param EE_Registry $registry
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws DomainException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public function __construct(
-        $form_name,
-        $admin_name,
-        $slug,
-        $form_action = '',
-        $form_config = FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT,
-        EE_Registry $registry
-    ) {
-        $this->setFormName($form_name);
-        $this->setAdminName($admin_name);
-        $this->setSlug($slug);
-        $this->setFormAction($form_action);
-        $this->setFormConfig($form_config);
-        $this->setSubmitBtnText(esc_html__('Submit', 'event_espresso'));
-        $this->registry = $registry;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public static function getFormConfigConstants()
-    {
-        return array(
-            FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT,
-            FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY,
-            FormHandler::ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY,
-            FormHandler::DO_NOT_SETUP_FORM,
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param bool $for_display
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws LogicException
-     */
-    public function form($for_display = false)
-    {
-        if (! $this->formIsValid()) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        if ($for_display) {
-            $form_config = $this->formConfig();
-            if (
-                $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT
-                || $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY
-            ) {
-                $this->appendSubmitButton();
-                $this->clearFormButtonFloats();
-            }
-        }
-        return $this->form;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws LogicException
-     */
-    public function formIsValid()
-    {
-        if ($this->form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        $form = apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__formIsValid__generated_form_object',
-            $this->generate(),
-            $this
-        );
-        if ($this->verifyForm($form)) {
-            $this->setForm($form);
-        }
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper|null $form
-     * @return bool
-     * @throws LogicException
-     */
-    public function verifyForm(EE_Form_Section_Proper $form = null)
-    {
-        $form = $form !== null ? $form : $this->form;
-        if ($form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-            return true;
-        }
-        throw new LogicException(
-            sprintf(
-                esc_html__('The "%1$s" form is invalid or missing. %2$s', 'event_espresso'),
-                $this->form_name,
-                var_export($form, true)
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $form
-     */
-    public function setForm(EE_Form_Section_Proper $form)
-    {
-        $this->form = $form;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function displayable()
-    {
-        return $this->displayable;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param boolean $displayable
-     */
-    public function setDisplayable($displayable = false)
-    {
-        $this->displayable = filter_var($displayable, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * a public name for the form that can be displayed on the frontend of a site
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function formName()
-    {
-        return $this->form_name;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $form_name
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    public function setFormName($form_name)
-    {
-        if (! is_string($form_name)) {
-            throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$form_name', $form_name, 'string');
-        }
-        $this->form_name = $form_name;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * a public name for the form that can be displayed, but only in the admin
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function adminName()
-    {
-        return $this->admin_name;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $admin_name
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    public function setAdminName($admin_name)
-    {
-        if (! is_string($admin_name)) {
-            throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$admin_name', $admin_name, 'string');
-        }
-        $this->admin_name = $admin_name;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * a URL friendly string that can be used for identifying the form
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function slug()
-    {
-        return $this->slug;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $slug
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    public function setSlug($slug)
-    {
-        if (! is_string($slug)) {
-            throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$slug', $slug, 'string');
-        }
-        $this->slug = $slug;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function submitBtnText()
-    {
-        return $this->submit_btn_text;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $submit_btn_text
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public function setSubmitBtnText($submit_btn_text)
-    {
-        if (! is_string($submit_btn_text)) {
-            throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$submit_btn_text', $submit_btn_text, 'string');
-        }
-        if (empty($submit_btn_text)) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
-                esc_html__('Can not set Submit button text because an empty string was provided.', 'event_espresso')
-            );
-        }
-        $this->submit_btn_text = $submit_btn_text;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function formAction()
-    {
-        return ! empty($this->form_args)
-            ? add_query_arg($this->form_args, $this->form_action)
-            : $this->form_action;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $form_action
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     */
-    public function setFormAction($form_action)
-    {
-        if (! is_string($form_action)) {
-            throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$form_action', $form_action, 'string');
-        }
-        $this->form_action = $form_action;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param array $form_args
-     * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws InvalidArgumentException
-     */
-    public function addFormActionArgs($form_args = array())
-    {
-        if (is_object($form_args)) {
-            throw new InvalidDataTypeException(
-                '$form_args',
-                $form_args,
-                'anything other than an object was expected.'
-            );
-        }
-        if (empty($form_args)) {
-            throw new InvalidArgumentException(
-                esc_html__('The redirect arguments can not be an empty array.', 'event_espresso')
-            );
-        }
-        $this->form_args = array_merge($this->form_args, $form_args);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function formConfig()
-    {
-        return $this->form_config;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $form_config
-     * @throws DomainException
-     */
-    public function setFormConfig($form_config)
-    {
-        if (
-        ! in_array(
-            $form_config,
-            array(
-                FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT,
-                FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY,
-                FormHandler::ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY,
-                FormHandler::DO_NOT_SETUP_FORM,
-            ),
-            true
-        )
-        ) {
-            throw new DomainException(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__('"%1$s" is not a valid value for the form config. Please use one of the class constants on \EventEspresso\core\libraries\form_sections\form_handlers\Form',
-                        'event_espresso'),
-                    $form_config
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        $this->form_config = $form_config;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * called after the form is instantiated
-     * and used for performing any logic that needs to occur early
-     * before any of the other methods are called.
-     * returns true if everything is ok to proceed,
-     * and false if no further form logic should be implemented
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function initialize()
-    {
-        $this->form_has_errors = EE_Error::has_error(true);
-        return true;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * used for setting up css and js
-     *
-     * @return void
-     * @throws LogicException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function enqueueStylesAndScripts()
-    {
-        $this->form()->enqueue_js();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * creates and returns the actual form
-     *
-     * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
-     */
-    abstract public function generate();
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * creates and returns an EE_Submit_Input labeled "Submit"
-     *
-     * @param string $text
-     * @return EE_Submit_Input
-     */
-    public function generateSubmitButton($text = '')
-    {
-        $text = ! empty($text) ? $text : $this->submitBtnText();
-        return new EE_Submit_Input(
-            array(
-                'html_name'             => 'ee-form-submit-' . $this->slug(),
-                'html_id'               => 'ee-form-submit-' . $this->slug(),
-                'html_class'            => 'ee-form-submit',
-                'html_label'            => ' ',
-                'other_html_attributes' => ' rel="' . $this->slug() . '"',
-                'default'               => $text,
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * calls generateSubmitButton() and appends it onto the form along with a float clearing div
-     *
-     * @param string $text
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function appendSubmitButton($text = '')
-    {
-        if ($this->form->subsection_exists($this->slug() . '-submit-btn')) {
-            return;
-        }
-        $this->form->add_subsections(
-            array($this->slug() . '-submit-btn' => $this->generateSubmitButton($text)),
-            null,
-            false
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * creates and returns an EE_Submit_Input labeled "Cancel"
-     *
-     * @param string $text
-     * @return EE_Submit_Input
-     */
-    public function generateCancelButton($text = '')
-    {
-        $cancel_button = new EE_Submit_Input(
-            array(
-                'html_name'             => 'ee-form-submit-' . $this->slug(), // YES! Same name as submit !!!
-                'html_id'               => 'ee-cancel-form-' . $this->slug(),
-                'html_class'            => 'ee-cancel-form',
-                'html_label'            => ' ',
-                'other_html_attributes' => ' rel="' . $this->slug() . '"',
-                'default'               => ! empty($text) ? $text : esc_html__('Cancel', 'event_espresso'),
-            )
-        );
-        $cancel_button->set_button_css_attributes(false);
-        return $cancel_button;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * appends a float clearing div onto end of form
-     *
-     * @return void
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function clearFormButtonFloats()
-    {
-        $this->form->add_subsections(
-            array(
-                'clear-submit-btn-float' => new EE_Form_Section_HTML(
-                    EEH_HTML::div('', '', 'clear-float') . EEH_HTML::divx()
-                ),
-            ),
-            null,
-            false
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * takes the generated form and displays it along with ony other non-form HTML that may be required
-     * returns a string of HTML that can be directly echoed in a template
-     *
-     * @return string
-     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws LogicException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    public function display()
-    {
-        $form_html = apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__display__before_form',
-            ''
-        );
-        $form_config = $this->formConfig();
-        if (
-            $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT
-            || $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY
-        ) {
-            $form_html .= $this->form()->form_open($this->formAction());
-        }
-        $form_html .= $this->form(true)->get_html($this->form_has_errors);
-        if (
-            $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT
-            || $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY
-        ) {
-            $form_html .= $this->form()->form_close();
-        }
-        $form_html .= apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__display__after_form',
-            ''
-        );
-        return $form_html;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * handles processing the form submission
-     * returns true or false depending on whether the form was processed successfully or not
-     *
-     * @param array $submitted_form_data
-     * @return array
-     * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
-     * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidInterfaceException
-     * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidDataTypeException
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws LogicException
-     * @throws InvalidFormSubmissionException
-     */
-    public function process($submitted_form_data = array())
-    {
-        if (! $this->form()->was_submitted($submitted_form_data)) {
-            throw new InvalidFormSubmissionException($this->form_name);
-        }
-        $this->form(true)->receive_form_submission($submitted_form_data);
-        if (! $this->form()->is_valid()) {
-            throw new InvalidFormSubmissionException(
-                $this->form_name,
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        'The "%1$s" form is invalid. Please correct the following errors and resubmit: %2$s %3$s',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $this->form_name,
-                    '<br />',
-                    implode('<br />', $this->form()->get_validation_errors_accumulated())
-                )
-            );
-        }
-        return apply_filters(
-            'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__process__valid_data',
-            $this->form()->valid_data(),
-            $this
-        );
-    }
+	/**
+	 * will add opening and closing HTML form tags as well as a submit button
+	 */
+	const ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT = 'add_form_tags_and_submit';
+
+	/**
+	 * will add opening and closing HTML form tags but NOT a submit button
+	 */
+	const ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY = 'add_form_tags_only';
+
+	/**
+	 * will NOT add opening and closing HTML form tags but will add a submit button
+	 */
+	const ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY = 'add_form_submit_only';
+
+	/**
+	 * will NOT add opening and closing HTML form tags NOR a submit button
+	 */
+	const DO_NOT_SETUP_FORM = 'do_not_setup_form';
+
+	/**
+	 * if set to false, then this form has no displayable content,
+	 * and will only be used for processing data sent passed via GET or POST
+	 * defaults to true ( ie: form has displayable content )
+	 *
+	 * @var boolean $displayable
+	 */
+	private $displayable = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string $form_name
+	 */
+	private $form_name;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string $admin_name
+	 */
+	private $admin_name;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string $slug
+	 */
+	private $slug;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string $submit_btn_text
+	 */
+	private $submit_btn_text;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var string $form_action
+	 */
+	private $form_action;
+
+	/**
+	 * form params in key value pairs
+	 * can be added to form action URL or as hidden inputs
+	 *
+	 * @var array $form_args
+	 */
+	private $form_args = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * value of one of the string constant above
+	 *
+	 * @var string $form_config
+	 */
+	private $form_config;
+
+	/**
+	 * whether or not the form was determined to be invalid
+	 *
+	 * @var boolean $form_has_errors
+	 */
+	private $form_has_errors;
+
+	/**
+	 * the absolute top level form section being used on the page
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Form_Section_Proper $form
+	 */
+	private $form;
+
+	/**
+	 * @var EE_Registry $registry
+	 */
+	protected $registry;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Form constructor.
+	 *
+	 * @param string      $form_name
+	 * @param string      $admin_name
+	 * @param string      $slug
+	 * @param string      $form_action
+	 * @param string      $form_config
+	 * @param EE_Registry $registry
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws DomainException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function __construct(
+		$form_name,
+		$admin_name,
+		$slug,
+		$form_action = '',
+		$form_config = FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT,
+		EE_Registry $registry
+	) {
+		$this->setFormName($form_name);
+		$this->setAdminName($admin_name);
+		$this->setSlug($slug);
+		$this->setFormAction($form_action);
+		$this->setFormConfig($form_config);
+		$this->setSubmitBtnText(esc_html__('Submit', 'event_espresso'));
+		$this->registry = $registry;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public static function getFormConfigConstants()
+	{
+		return array(
+			FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT,
+			FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY,
+			FormHandler::ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY,
+			FormHandler::DO_NOT_SETUP_FORM,
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param bool $for_display
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws LogicException
+	 */
+	public function form($for_display = false)
+	{
+		if (! $this->formIsValid()) {
+			return null;
+		}
+		if ($for_display) {
+			$form_config = $this->formConfig();
+			if (
+				$form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT
+				|| $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY
+			) {
+				$this->appendSubmitButton();
+				$this->clearFormButtonFloats();
+			}
+		}
+		return $this->form;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws LogicException
+	 */
+	public function formIsValid()
+	{
+		if ($this->form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		$form = apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__formIsValid__generated_form_object',
+			$this->generate(),
+			$this
+		);
+		if ($this->verifyForm($form)) {
+			$this->setForm($form);
+		}
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper|null $form
+	 * @return bool
+	 * @throws LogicException
+	 */
+	public function verifyForm(EE_Form_Section_Proper $form = null)
+	{
+		$form = $form !== null ? $form : $this->form;
+		if ($form instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		throw new LogicException(
+			sprintf(
+				esc_html__('The "%1$s" form is invalid or missing. %2$s', 'event_espresso'),
+				$this->form_name,
+				var_export($form, true)
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param EE_Form_Section_Proper $form
+	 */
+	public function setForm(EE_Form_Section_Proper $form)
+	{
+		$this->form = $form;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function displayable()
+	{
+		return $this->displayable;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param boolean $displayable
+	 */
+	public function setDisplayable($displayable = false)
+	{
+		$this->displayable = filter_var($displayable, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * a public name for the form that can be displayed on the frontend of a site
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function formName()
+	{
+		return $this->form_name;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $form_name
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	public function setFormName($form_name)
+	{
+		if (! is_string($form_name)) {
+			throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$form_name', $form_name, 'string');
+		}
+		$this->form_name = $form_name;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * a public name for the form that can be displayed, but only in the admin
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function adminName()
+	{
+		return $this->admin_name;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $admin_name
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	public function setAdminName($admin_name)
+	{
+		if (! is_string($admin_name)) {
+			throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$admin_name', $admin_name, 'string');
+		}
+		$this->admin_name = $admin_name;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * a URL friendly string that can be used for identifying the form
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function slug()
+	{
+		return $this->slug;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $slug
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	public function setSlug($slug)
+	{
+		if (! is_string($slug)) {
+			throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$slug', $slug, 'string');
+		}
+		$this->slug = $slug;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function submitBtnText()
+	{
+		return $this->submit_btn_text;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $submit_btn_text
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function setSubmitBtnText($submit_btn_text)
+	{
+		if (! is_string($submit_btn_text)) {
+			throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$submit_btn_text', $submit_btn_text, 'string');
+		}
+		if (empty($submit_btn_text)) {
+			throw new InvalidArgumentException(
+				esc_html__('Can not set Submit button text because an empty string was provided.', 'event_espresso')
+			);
+		}
+		$this->submit_btn_text = $submit_btn_text;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function formAction()
+	{
+		return ! empty($this->form_args)
+			? add_query_arg($this->form_args, $this->form_action)
+			: $this->form_action;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $form_action
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 */
+	public function setFormAction($form_action)
+	{
+		if (! is_string($form_action)) {
+			throw new InvalidDataTypeException('$form_action', $form_action, 'string');
+		}
+		$this->form_action = $form_action;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $form_args
+	 * @throws InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws InvalidArgumentException
+	 */
+	public function addFormActionArgs($form_args = array())
+	{
+		if (is_object($form_args)) {
+			throw new InvalidDataTypeException(
+				'$form_args',
+				$form_args,
+				'anything other than an object was expected.'
+			);
+		}
+		if (empty($form_args)) {
+			throw new InvalidArgumentException(
+				esc_html__('The redirect arguments can not be an empty array.', 'event_espresso')
+			);
+		}
+		$this->form_args = array_merge($this->form_args, $form_args);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function formConfig()
+	{
+		return $this->form_config;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $form_config
+	 * @throws DomainException
+	 */
+	public function setFormConfig($form_config)
+	{
+		if (
+		! in_array(
+			$form_config,
+			array(
+				FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT,
+				FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY,
+				FormHandler::ADD_FORM_SUBMIT_ONLY,
+				FormHandler::DO_NOT_SETUP_FORM,
+			),
+			true
+		)
+		) {
+			throw new DomainException(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__('"%1$s" is not a valid value for the form config. Please use one of the class constants on \EventEspresso\core\libraries\form_sections\form_handlers\Form',
+						'event_espresso'),
+					$form_config
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		$this->form_config = $form_config;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * called after the form is instantiated
+	 * and used for performing any logic that needs to occur early
+	 * before any of the other methods are called.
+	 * returns true if everything is ok to proceed,
+	 * and false if no further form logic should be implemented
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function initialize()
+	{
+		$this->form_has_errors = EE_Error::has_error(true);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * used for setting up css and js
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws LogicException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function enqueueStylesAndScripts()
+	{
+		$this->form()->enqueue_js();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * creates and returns the actual form
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Form_Section_Proper
+	 */
+	abstract public function generate();
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * creates and returns an EE_Submit_Input labeled "Submit"
+	 *
+	 * @param string $text
+	 * @return EE_Submit_Input
+	 */
+	public function generateSubmitButton($text = '')
+	{
+		$text = ! empty($text) ? $text : $this->submitBtnText();
+		return new EE_Submit_Input(
+			array(
+				'html_name'             => 'ee-form-submit-' . $this->slug(),
+				'html_id'               => 'ee-form-submit-' . $this->slug(),
+				'html_class'            => 'ee-form-submit',
+				'html_label'            => '&nbsp;',
+				'other_html_attributes' => ' rel="' . $this->slug() . '"',
+				'default'               => $text,
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * calls generateSubmitButton() and appends it onto the form along with a float clearing div
+	 *
+	 * @param string $text
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function appendSubmitButton($text = '')
+	{
+		if ($this->form->subsection_exists($this->slug() . '-submit-btn')) {
+			return;
+		}
+		$this->form->add_subsections(
+			array($this->slug() . '-submit-btn' => $this->generateSubmitButton($text)),
+			null,
+			false
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * creates and returns an EE_Submit_Input labeled "Cancel"
+	 *
+	 * @param string $text
+	 * @return EE_Submit_Input
+	 */
+	public function generateCancelButton($text = '')
+	{
+		$cancel_button = new EE_Submit_Input(
+			array(
+				'html_name'             => 'ee-form-submit-' . $this->slug(), // YES! Same name as submit !!!
+				'html_id'               => 'ee-cancel-form-' . $this->slug(),
+				'html_class'            => 'ee-cancel-form',
+				'html_label'            => '&nbsp;',
+				'other_html_attributes' => ' rel="' . $this->slug() . '"',
+				'default'               => ! empty($text) ? $text : esc_html__('Cancel', 'event_espresso'),
+			)
+		);
+		$cancel_button->set_button_css_attributes(false);
+		return $cancel_button;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * appends a float clearing div onto end of form
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function clearFormButtonFloats()
+	{
+		$this->form->add_subsections(
+			array(
+				'clear-submit-btn-float' => new EE_Form_Section_HTML(
+					EEH_HTML::div('', '', 'clear-float') . EEH_HTML::divx()
+				),
+			),
+			null,
+			false
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * takes the generated form and displays it along with ony other non-form HTML that may be required
+	 * returns a string of HTML that can be directly echoed in a template
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws LogicException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function display()
+	{
+		$form_html = apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__display__before_form',
+			''
+		);
+		$form_config = $this->formConfig();
+		if (
+			$form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT
+			|| $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY
+		) {
+			$form_html .= $this->form()->form_open($this->formAction());
+		}
+		$form_html .= $this->form(true)->get_html($this->form_has_errors);
+		if (
+			$form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_AND_SUBMIT
+			|| $form_config === FormHandler::ADD_FORM_TAGS_ONLY
+		) {
+			$form_html .= $this->form()->form_close();
+		}
+		$form_html .= apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__display__after_form',
+			''
+		);
+		return $form_html;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * handles processing the form submission
+	 * returns true or false depending on whether the form was processed successfully or not
+	 *
+	 * @param array $submitted_form_data
+	 * @return array
+	 * @throws \InvalidArgumentException
+	 * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidInterfaceException
+	 * @throws \EventEspresso\core\exceptions\InvalidDataTypeException
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws LogicException
+	 * @throws InvalidFormSubmissionException
+	 */
+	public function process($submitted_form_data = array())
+	{
+		if (! $this->form()->was_submitted($submitted_form_data)) {
+			throw new InvalidFormSubmissionException($this->form_name);
+		}
+		$this->form(true)->receive_form_submission($submitted_form_data);
+		if (! $this->form()->is_valid()) {
+			throw new InvalidFormSubmissionException(
+				$this->form_name,
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						'The "%1$s" form is invalid. Please correct the following errors and resubmit: %2$s %3$s',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$this->form_name,
+					'<br />',
+					implode('<br />', $this->form()->get_validation_errors_accumulated())
+				)
+			);
+		}
+		return apply_filters(
+			'FHEE__EventEspresso_core_libraries_form_sections_form_handlers_FormHandler__process__valid_data',
+			$this->form()->valid_data(),
+			$this
+		);
+	}
 
 
 

core/libraries/form_sections/strategies/normalization/EE_Null_Normalization.strategy.php

Indentation +22 added lines, -22 removed lines

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 <?php if (! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
-    exit('No direct script access allowed');
+	exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
 
@@ -15,26 +15,26 @@ 
 class EE_Null_Normalization extends EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base
 {
 
-    /**
-     * @param string $value_to_normalize
-     * @return null
-     */
-    public function normalize($value_to_normalize)
-    {
-        return null;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * In the form input we need some string, so use a blank one.
-     *
-     * @param string $normalized_value
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function unnormalize($normalized_value)
-    {
-        return '';
-    }
+	/**
+	 * @param string $value_to_normalize
+	 * @return null
+	 */
+	public function normalize($value_to_normalize)
+	{
+		return null;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * In the form input we need some string, so use a blank one.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $normalized_value
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function unnormalize($normalized_value)
+	{
+		return '';
+	}
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file

Spacing +1 added lines, -1 removed lines

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<?php if (! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
+<?php if ( ! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
     exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 

core/libraries/form_sections/inputs/EE_Form_Input_Base.input.php

Indentation +1171 added lines, -1171 removed lines

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ 
 <?php if (! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
-    exit('No direct script access allowed');
+	exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
 
@@ -16,1174 +16,1174 @@ 
 abstract class EE_Form_Input_Base extends EE_Form_Section_Validatable
 {
 
-    /**
-     * the input's name attribute
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_name;
-
-    /**
-     * id for the html label tag
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_label_id;
-
-    /**
-     * class for teh html label tag
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_label_class;
-
-    /**
-     * any additional html attributes that you may want to add
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_other_attributes;
-
-    /**
-     * style for teh html label tag
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_label_style;
-
-    /**
-     * text to be placed in the html label
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_label_text;
-
-    /**
-     * the full html label. If used, all other html_label_* properties are invalid
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_label;
-
-    /**
-     * HTML to use for help text (normally placed below form input), in a span which normally
-     * has a class of 'description'
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_help_text;
-
-    /**
-     * CSS classes for displaying the help span
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_help_class = 'description';
-
-    /**
-     * CSS to put in the style attribute on the help span
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_html_help_style;
-
-    /**
-     * Stores whether or not this input's response is required.
-     * Because certain styling elements may also want to know that this
-     * input is required etc.
-     *
-     * @var boolean
-     */
-    protected $_required;
-
-    /**
-     * css class added to required inputs
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_required_css_class = 'ee-required';
-
-    /**
-     * css styles applied to button type inputs
-     *
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_button_css_attributes;
-
-    /**
-     * The raw data submitted for this, like in the $_POST super global.
-     * Generally unsafe for usage in client code
-     *
-     * @var mixed string or array
-     */
-    protected $_raw_value;
-
-    /**
-     * Value normalized according to the input's normalization strategy.
-     * The normalization strategy dictates whether this is a string, int, float,
-     * boolean, or array of any of those.
-     *
-     * @var mixed
-     */
-    protected $_normalized_value;
-
-
-    /**
-     * Normalized default value either initially set on the input, or provided by calling
-     * set_default().
-     * @var mixed
-     */
-    protected $_default;
-
-    /**
-     * Strategy used for displaying this field.
-     * Child classes must use _get_display_strategy to access it.
-     *
-     * @var EE_Display_Strategy_Base
-     */
-    private $_display_strategy;
-
-    /**
-     * Gets all the validation strategies used on this field
-     *
-     * @var EE_Validation_Strategy_Base[]
-     */
-    private $_validation_strategies = array();
-
-    /**
-     * The normalization strategy for this field
-     *
-     * @var EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base
-     */
-    private $_normalization_strategy;
-
-    /**
-     * Strategy for removing sensitive data after we're done with the form input
-     *
-     * @var EE_Sensitive_Data_Removal_Base
-     */
-    protected $_sensitive_data_removal_strategy;
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param array                         $input_args       {
-     * @type string                         $html_name        the html name for the input
-     * @type string                         $html_label_id    the id attribute to give to the html label tag
-     * @type string                         $html_label_class the class attribute to give to the html label tag
-     * @type string                         $html_label_style the style attribute to give ot teh label tag
-     * @type string                         $html_label_text  the text to put in the label tag
-     * @type string                         $html_label       the full html label. If used,
-     *                                                        all other html_label_* args are invalid
-     * @type string                         $html_help_text   text to put in help element
-     * @type string                         $html_help_style  style attribute to give to teh help element
-     * @type string                         $html_help_class  class attribute to give to the help element
-     * @type string                         $default          default value NORMALIZED (eg, if providing the default
-     *       for a Yes_No_Input, you should provide TRUE or FALSE, not '1' or '0')
-     * @type EE_Display_Strategy_Base       $display          strategy
-     * @type EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $normalization_strategy
-     * @type EE_Validation_Strategy_Base[]  $validation_strategies
-     * @type boolean                        $ignore_input special argument which can be used to avoid adding any validation strategies,
-     *                                                    and sets the normalization strategy to the Null normalization. This is good
-     *                                                    when you want the input to be totally ignored server-side (like when using
-     *                                                    React.js form inputs)
-     *                                                        }
-     */
-    public function __construct($input_args = array())
-    {
-        $input_args = (array)apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct__input_args', $input_args, $this);
-        // the following properties must be cast as arrays
-        if (isset($input_args['validation_strategies'])) {
-            foreach ((array)$input_args['validation_strategies'] as $validation_strategy) {
-                if ($validation_strategy instanceof EE_Validation_Strategy_Base && empty($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
-                    $this->_validation_strategies[get_class($validation_strategy)] = $validation_strategy;
-                }
-            }
-            unset($input_args['validation_strategies']);
-        }
-        if(isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
-            $this->_validation_strategies = array();
-        }
-        // loop thru incoming options
-        foreach ($input_args as $key => $value) {
-            // add underscore to $key to match property names
-            $_key = '_' . $key;
-            if (property_exists($this, $_key)) {
-                $this->{$_key} = $value;
-            }
-        }
-        // ensure that "required" is set correctly
-        $this->set_required(
-            $this->_required, isset($input_args['required_validation_error_message'])
-            ? $input_args['required_validation_error_message']
-            : null
-        );
-        //$this->_html_name_specified = isset( $input_args['html_name'] ) ? TRUE : FALSE;
-        $this->_display_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-        foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $validation_strategy) {
-            $validation_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-        }
-        if (isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
-            $this->_normalization_strategy = new EE_Null_Normalization();
-        }
-        if (! $this->_normalization_strategy) {
-                $this->_normalization_strategy = new EE_Text_Normalization();
-        }
-        $this->_normalization_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-        //at least we can use the normalization strategy to populate the default
-        if (isset($input_args['default'])) {
-            $this->set_default($input_args['default']);
-            unset($input_args['default']);
-        }
-        if (! $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy) {
-            $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy = new EE_No_Sensitive_Data_Removal();
-        }
-        $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-        parent::__construct($input_args);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the html_name to its default value, if none was specified in teh constructor.
-     * Calculation involves using the name and the parent's html_name
-     *
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _set_default_html_name_if_empty()
-    {
-        if (! $this->_html_name) {
-            $this->_html_name = $this->name();
-            if ($this->_parent_section && $this->_parent_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $this->_html_name = $this->_parent_section->html_name_prefix() . "[{$this->name()}]";
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param $parent_form_section
-     * @param $name
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function _construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name)
-    {
-        parent::_construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name);
-        if ($this->_html_label === null && $this->_html_label_text === null) {
-            $this->_html_label_text = ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $name));
-        }
-        do_action('AHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct_finalize__end', $this, $parent_form_section, $name);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the strategy for displaying this form input. If none is set, throws an exception.
-     *
-     * @return EE_Display_Strategy_Base
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _get_display_strategy()
-    {
-        $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        if (! $this->_display_strategy || ! $this->_display_strategy instanceof EE_Display_Strategy_Base) {
-            throw new EE_Error(
-                sprintf(
-                    __(
-                        "Cannot get display strategy for form input with name %s and id %s, because it has not been set in the constructor",
-                        "event_espresso"
-                    ),
-                    $this->html_name(),
-                    $this->html_id()
-                )
-            );
-        } else {
-            return $this->_display_strategy;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the display strategy.
-     *
-     * @param EE_Display_Strategy_Base $strategy
-     */
-    protected function _set_display_strategy(EE_Display_Strategy_Base $strategy)
-    {
-        $this->_display_strategy = $strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the sanitization strategy
-     *
-     * @param EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $strategy
-     */
-    protected function _set_normalization_strategy(EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $strategy)
-    {
-        $this->_normalization_strategy = $strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets sensitive_data_removal_strategy
-     *
-     * @return EE_Sensitive_Data_Removal_Base
-     */
-    public function get_sensitive_data_removal_strategy()
-    {
-        return $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets sensitive_data_removal_strategy
-     *
-     * @param EE_Sensitive_Data_Removal_Base $sensitive_data_removal_strategy
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function set_sensitive_data_removal_strategy($sensitive_data_removal_strategy)
-    {
-        $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy = $sensitive_data_removal_strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the display strategy for this input
-     *
-     * @return EE_Display_Strategy_Base
-     */
-    public function get_display_strategy()
-    {
-        return $this->_display_strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Overwrites the display strategy
-     *
-     * @param EE_Display_Strategy_Base $display_strategy
-     */
-    public function set_display_strategy($display_strategy)
-    {
-        $this->_display_strategy = $display_strategy;
-        $this->_display_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the normalization strategy set on this input
-     *
-     * @return EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base
-     */
-    public function get_normalization_strategy()
-    {
-        return $this->_normalization_strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Overwrites the normalization strategy
-     *
-     * @param EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $normalization_strategy
-     */
-    public function set_normalization_strategy($normalization_strategy)
-    {
-        $this->_normalization_strategy = $normalization_strategy;
-        $this->_normalization_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns all teh validation strategies which apply to this field, numerically indexed
-     *
-     * @return EE_Validation_Strategy_Base[]
-     */
-    public function get_validation_strategies()
-    {
-        return $this->_validation_strategies;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Adds this strategy to the field so it will be used in both JS validation and server-side validation
-     *
-     * @param EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _add_validation_strategy(EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy)
-    {
-        $validation_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
-        $this->_validation_strategies[] = $validation_strategy;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Adds a new validation strategy onto the form input
-     *
-     * @param EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function add_validation_strategy(EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy)
-    {
-        $this->_add_validation_strategy($validation_strategy);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * The classname of the validation strategy to remove
-     *
-     * @param string $validation_strategy_classname
-     */
-    public function remove_validation_strategy($validation_strategy_classname)
-    {
-        foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $key => $validation_strategy) {
-            if (
-                $validation_strategy instanceof $validation_strategy_classname
-                || is_subclass_of($validation_strategy, $validation_strategy_classname)
-            ) {
-                unset($this->_validation_strategies[$key]);
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns true if input employs any of the validation strategy defined by the supplied array of classnames
-     *
-     * @param array $validation_strategy_classnames
-     * @return bool
-     */
-    public function has_validation_strategy($validation_strategy_classnames)
-    {
-        $validation_strategy_classnames = is_array($validation_strategy_classnames)
-            ? $validation_strategy_classnames
-            : array($validation_strategy_classnames);
-        foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $key => $validation_strategy) {
-            if (in_array($key, $validation_strategy_classnames)) {
-                return true;
-            }
-        }
-        return false;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_html()
-    {
-        return $this->_parent_section->get_html_for_input($this);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for the input itself (no label or errors) according to the
-     * input's display strategy
-     * Makes sure the JS and CSS are enqueued for it
-     *
-     * @return string
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function get_html_for_input()
-    {
-        return $this->_form_html_filter
-            ? $this->_form_html_filter->filterHtml(
-                $this->_get_display_strategy()->display(),
-                $this
-            )
-            : $this->_get_display_strategy()->display();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_other_attributes()
-    {
-        return ! empty($this->_html_other_attributes) ? ' ' . $this->_html_other_attributes : '';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $html_other_attributes
-     */
-    public function set_html_other_attributes($html_other_attributes)
-    {
-        $this->_html_other_attributes = $html_other_attributes;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for displaying the label for this form input
-     * according to the form section's layout strategy
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_html_for_label()
-    {
-        return $this->_parent_section->get_layout_strategy()->display_label($this);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for displaying the errors section for this form input
-     * according to the form section's layout strategy
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_html_for_errors()
-    {
-        return $this->_parent_section->get_layout_strategy()->display_errors($this);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the HTML for displaying the help text for this form input
-     * according to the form section's layout strategy
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function get_html_for_help()
-    {
-        return $this->_parent_section->get_layout_strategy()->display_help_text($this);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Validates the input's sanitized value (assumes _sanitize() has already been called)
-     * and returns whether or not the form input's submitted value is value
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    protected function _validate()
-    {
-        foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $validation_strategy) {
-            if ($validation_strategy instanceof EE_Validation_Strategy_Base) {
-                try {
-                    $validation_strategy->validate($this->normalized_value());
-                } catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
-                    $this->add_validation_error($e);
-                }
-            }
-        }
-        if ($this->get_validation_errors()) {
-            return false;
-        } else {
-            return true;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Performs basic sanitization on this value. But what sanitization can be performed anyways?
-     * This value MIGHT be allowed to have tags, so we can't really remove them.
-     *
-     * @param string $value
-     * @return null|string
-     */
-    private function _sanitize($value)
-    {
-        return $value !== null ? stripslashes(html_entity_decode(trim($value))) : null;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Picks out the form value that relates to this form input,
-     * and stores it as the sanitized value on the form input, and sets the normalized value.
-     * Returns whether or not any validation errors occurred
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data like $_POST
-     * @return boolean whether or not there was an error
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    protected function _normalize($req_data)
-    {
-        //any existing validation errors don't apply so clear them
-        $this->_validation_errors = array();
-        try {
-            $raw_input = $this->find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data);
-            //super simple sanitization for now
-            if (is_array($raw_input)) {
-                $raw_value = array();
-                foreach ($raw_input as $key => $value) {
-                    $raw_value[$key] = $this->_sanitize($value);
-                }
-                $this->_set_raw_value($raw_value);
-            } else {
-                $this->_set_raw_value($this->_sanitize($raw_input));
-            }
-            //we want to mostly leave the input alone in case we need to re-display it to the user
-            $this->_set_normalized_value($this->_normalization_strategy->normalize($this->raw_value()));
-        } catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
-            $this->add_validation_error($e);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_name()
-    {
-        $this->_set_default_html_name_if_empty();
-        return $this->_html_name;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_label_id()
-    {
-        return ! empty($this->_html_label_id) ? $this->_html_label_id : $this->html_id() . '-lbl';
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_label_class()
-    {
-        return $this->_html_label_class;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_label_style()
-    {
-        return $this->_html_label_style;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_label_text()
-    {
-        return $this->_html_label_text;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_help_text()
-    {
-        return $this->_html_help_text;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_help_class()
-    {
-        return $this->_html_help_class;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_help_style()
-    {
-        return $this->_html_style;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns the raw, UNSAFE, input, almost exactly as the user submitted it.
-     * Please note that almost all client code should instead use the normalized_value;
-     * or possibly raw_value_in_form (which prepares the string for displaying in an HTML attribute on a tag,
-     * mostly by escaping quotes)
-     * Note, we do not store the exact original value sent in the user's request because
-     * it may have malicious content, and we MIGHT want to store the form input in a transient or something...
-     * in which case, we would have stored the malicious content to our database.
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function raw_value()
-    {
-        return $this->_raw_value;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns a string safe to usage in form inputs when displaying, because
-     * it escapes all html entities
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function raw_value_in_form()
-    {
-        return htmlentities($this->raw_value(), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * returns the value after it's been sanitized, and then converted into it's proper type
-     * in PHP. Eg, a string, an int, an array,
-     *
-     * @return mixed
-     */
-    public function normalized_value()
-    {
-        return $this->_normalized_value;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns the normalized value is a presentable way. By default this is just
-     * the normalized value by itself, but it can be overridden for when that's not
-     * the best thing to display
-     *
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function pretty_value()
-    {
-        return $this->_normalized_value;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * When generating the JS for the jquery validation rules like<br>
-     * <code>$( "#myform" ).validate({
-     * rules: {
-     * password: "required",
-     * password_again: {
-     * equalTo: "#password"
-     * }
-     * }
-     * });</code>
-     * if this field had the name 'password_again', it should return
-     * <br><code>password_again: {
-     * equalTo: "#password"
-     * }</code>
-     *
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function get_jquery_validation_rules()
-    {
-        $jquery_validation_js = array();
-        $jquery_validation_rules = array();
-        foreach ($this->get_validation_strategies() as $validation_strategy) {
-            $jquery_validation_rules = array_replace_recursive(
-                $jquery_validation_rules,
-                $validation_strategy->get_jquery_validation_rule_array()
-            );
-        }
-        if (! empty($jquery_validation_rules)) {
-            foreach ($this->get_display_strategy()->get_html_input_ids(true) as $html_id_with_pound_sign) {
-                $jquery_validation_js[$html_id_with_pound_sign] = $jquery_validation_rules;
-            }
-        }
-        return $jquery_validation_js;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the input's default value for use in displaying in the form. Note: value should be
-     * normalized (Eg, if providing a default of ra Yes_NO_Input you would provide TRUE or FALSE, not '1' or '0')
-     *
-     * @param mixed $value
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function set_default($value)
-    {
-        $this->_default = $value;
-        $this->_set_normalized_value($value);
-        $this->_set_raw_value($value);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the normalized value on this input
-     *
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    protected function _set_normalized_value($value)
-    {
-        $this->_normalized_value = $value;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the raw value on this input (ie, exactly as the user submitted it)
-     *
-     * @param mixed $value
-     */
-    protected function _set_raw_value($value)
-    {
-        $this->_raw_value = $this->_normalization_strategy->unnormalize($value);
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the HTML label text after it has already been defined
-     *
-     * @param string $label
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function set_html_label_text($label)
-    {
-        $this->_html_label_text = $label;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets whether or not this field is required, and adjusts the validation strategy.
-     * If you want to use the EE_Conditionally_Required_Validation_Strategy,
-     * please add it as a validation strategy using add_validation_strategy as normal
-     *
-     * @param boolean $required boolean
-     * @param null    $required_text
-     */
-    public function set_required($required = true, $required_text = null)
-    {
-        $required = filter_var($required, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
-        //whether $required is a string or a boolean, we want to add a required validation strategy
-        if ($required) {
-            $this->_add_validation_strategy(new EE_Required_Validation_Strategy($required_text));
-        } else {
-            $this->remove_validation_strategy('EE_Required_Validation_Strategy');
-        }
-        $this->_required = $required;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Returns whether or not this field is required
-     *
-     * @return boolean
-     */
-    public function required()
-    {
-        return $this->_required;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param string $required_css_class
-     */
-    public function set_required_css_class($required_css_class)
-    {
-        $this->_required_css_class = $required_css_class;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function required_css_class()
-    {
-        return $this->_required_css_class;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param bool $add_required
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function html_class($add_required = false)
-    {
-        return $add_required && $this->required()
-            ? $this->required_css_class() . ' ' . $this->_html_class
-            : $this->_html_class;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Sets the help text, in case
-     *
-     * @param string $text
-     */
-    public function set_html_help_text($text)
-    {
-        $this->_html_help_text = $text;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Uses the sensitive data removal strategy to remove the sensitive data from this
-     * input. If there is any kind of sensitive data removal on this input, we clear
-     * out the raw value completely
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function clean_sensitive_data()
-    {
-        //if we do ANY kind of sensitive data removal on this, then just clear out the raw value
-        //if we need more logic than this we'll make a strategy for it
-        if ($this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy
-            && ! $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy instanceof EE_No_Sensitive_Data_Removal
-        ) {
-            $this->_set_raw_value(null);
-        }
-        //and clean the normalized value according to the appropriate strategy
-        $this->_set_normalized_value(
-            $this->get_sensitive_data_removal_strategy()->remove_sensitive_data(
-                $this->_normalized_value
-            )
-        );
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param bool   $primary
-     * @param string $button_size
-     * @param string $other_attributes
-     */
-    public function set_button_css_attributes($primary = true, $button_size = '', $other_attributes = '')
-    {
-        $button_css_attributes = 'button';
-        $button_css_attributes .= $primary === true ? ' button-primary' : ' button-secondary';
-        switch ($button_size) {
-            case 'xs' :
-            case 'extra-small' :
-                $button_css_attributes .= ' button-xs';
-                break;
-            case 'sm' :
-            case 'small' :
-                $button_css_attributes .= ' button-sm';
-                break;
-            case 'lg' :
-            case 'large' :
-                $button_css_attributes .= ' button-lg';
-                break;
-            case 'block' :
-                $button_css_attributes .= ' button-block';
-                break;
-            case 'md' :
-            case 'medium' :
-            default :
-                $button_css_attributes .= '';
-        }
-        $this->_button_css_attributes .= ! empty($other_attributes)
-            ? $button_css_attributes . ' ' . $other_attributes
-            : $button_css_attributes;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function button_css_attributes()
-    {
-        if (empty($this->_button_css_attributes)) {
-            $this->set_button_css_attributes();
-        }
-        return $this->_button_css_attributes;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * find_form_data_for_this_section
-     * using this section's name and its parents, finds the value of the form data that corresponds to it.
-     * For example, if this form section's HTML name is my_form[subform][form_input_1],
-     * then it's value should be in $_REQUEST at $_REQUEST['my_form']['subform']['form_input_1'].
-     * (If that doesn't exist, we also check for this subsection's name
-     * at the TOP LEVEL of the request data. Eg $_REQUEST['form_input_1'].)
-     * This function finds its value in the form.
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data
-     * @return mixed whatever the raw value of this form section is in the request data
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data)
-    {
-        // break up the html name by "[]"
-        if (strpos($this->html_name(), '[') !== false) {
-            $before_any_brackets = substr($this->html_name(), 0, strpos($this->html_name(), '['));
-        } else {
-            $before_any_brackets = $this->html_name();
-        }
-        // grab all of the segments
-        preg_match_all('~\[([^]]*)\]~', $this->html_name(), $matches);
-        if (isset($matches[1]) && is_array($matches[1])) {
-            $name_parts = $matches[1];
-            array_unshift($name_parts, $before_any_brackets);
-        } else {
-            $name_parts = array($before_any_brackets);
-        }
-        // now get the value for the input
-        $value = $this->_find_form_data_for_this_section_using_name_parts($name_parts, $req_data);
-        // check if this thing's name is at the TOP level of the request data
-        if ($value === null && isset($req_data[$this->name()])) {
-            $value = $req_data[$this->name()];
-        }
-        return $value;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * @param array $html_name_parts
-     * @param array $req_data
-     * @return array | NULL
-     */
-    public function _find_form_data_for_this_section_using_name_parts($html_name_parts, $req_data)
-    {
-        $first_part_to_consider = array_shift($html_name_parts);
-        if (isset($req_data[$first_part_to_consider])) {
-            if (empty($html_name_parts)) {
-                return $req_data[$first_part_to_consider];
-            } else {
-                return $this->_find_form_data_for_this_section_using_name_parts(
-                    $html_name_parts,
-                    $req_data[$first_part_to_consider]
-                );
-            }
-        } else {
-            return null;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Checks if this form input's data is in the request data
-     *
-     * @param array $req_data like $_POST
-     * @return boolean
-     * @throws \EE_Error
-     */
-    public function form_data_present_in($req_data = null)
-    {
-        if ($req_data === null) {
-            $req_data = $_POST;
-        }
-        $checked_value = $this->find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data);
-        if ($checked_value !== null) {
-            return true;
-        } else {
-            return false;
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Overrides parent to add js data from validation and display strategies
-     *
-     * @param array $form_other_js_data
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data = array())
-    {
-        $form_other_js_data = $this->get_other_js_data_from_strategies($form_other_js_data);
-        return $form_other_js_data;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets other JS data for localization from this input's strategies, like
-     * the validation strategies and the display strategy
-     *
-     * @param array $form_other_js_data
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function get_other_js_data_from_strategies($form_other_js_data = array())
-    {
-        $form_other_js_data = $this->get_display_strategy()->get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data);
-        foreach ($this->get_validation_strategies() as $validation_strategy) {
-            $form_other_js_data = $validation_strategy->get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data);
-        }
-        return $form_other_js_data;
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Override parent because we want to give our strategies an opportunity to enqueue some js and css
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function enqueue_js()
-    {
-        //ask our display strategy and validation strategies if they have js to enqueue
-        $this->enqueue_js_from_strategies();
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Tells strategies when its ok to enqueue their js and css
-     *
-     * @return void
-     */
-    public function enqueue_js_from_strategies()
-    {
-        $this->get_display_strategy()->enqueue_js();
-        foreach ($this->get_validation_strategies() as $validation_strategy) {
-            $validation_strategy->enqueue_js();
-        }
-    }
-
-
-
-    /**
-     * Gets the default value set on the input (not the current value, which may have been
-     * changed because of a form submission). If no default was set, this us null.
-     * @return mixed
-     */
-    public function get_default()
-    {
-        return $this->_default;
-    }
+	/**
+	 * the input's name attribute
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_name;
+
+	/**
+	 * id for the html label tag
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_label_id;
+
+	/**
+	 * class for teh html label tag
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_label_class;
+
+	/**
+	 * any additional html attributes that you may want to add
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_other_attributes;
+
+	/**
+	 * style for teh html label tag
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_label_style;
+
+	/**
+	 * text to be placed in the html label
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_label_text;
+
+	/**
+	 * the full html label. If used, all other html_label_* properties are invalid
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_label;
+
+	/**
+	 * HTML to use for help text (normally placed below form input), in a span which normally
+	 * has a class of 'description'
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_help_text;
+
+	/**
+	 * CSS classes for displaying the help span
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_help_class = 'description';
+
+	/**
+	 * CSS to put in the style attribute on the help span
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_html_help_style;
+
+	/**
+	 * Stores whether or not this input's response is required.
+	 * Because certain styling elements may also want to know that this
+	 * input is required etc.
+	 *
+	 * @var boolean
+	 */
+	protected $_required;
+
+	/**
+	 * css class added to required inputs
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_required_css_class = 'ee-required';
+
+	/**
+	 * css styles applied to button type inputs
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_button_css_attributes;
+
+	/**
+	 * The raw data submitted for this, like in the $_POST super global.
+	 * Generally unsafe for usage in client code
+	 *
+	 * @var mixed string or array
+	 */
+	protected $_raw_value;
+
+	/**
+	 * Value normalized according to the input's normalization strategy.
+	 * The normalization strategy dictates whether this is a string, int, float,
+	 * boolean, or array of any of those.
+	 *
+	 * @var mixed
+	 */
+	protected $_normalized_value;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Normalized default value either initially set on the input, or provided by calling
+	 * set_default().
+	 * @var mixed
+	 */
+	protected $_default;
+
+	/**
+	 * Strategy used for displaying this field.
+	 * Child classes must use _get_display_strategy to access it.
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Display_Strategy_Base
+	 */
+	private $_display_strategy;
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets all the validation strategies used on this field
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Validation_Strategy_Base[]
+	 */
+	private $_validation_strategies = array();
+
+	/**
+	 * The normalization strategy for this field
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base
+	 */
+	private $_normalization_strategy;
+
+	/**
+	 * Strategy for removing sensitive data after we're done with the form input
+	 *
+	 * @var EE_Sensitive_Data_Removal_Base
+	 */
+	protected $_sensitive_data_removal_strategy;
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array                         $input_args       {
+	 * @type string                         $html_name        the html name for the input
+	 * @type string                         $html_label_id    the id attribute to give to the html label tag
+	 * @type string                         $html_label_class the class attribute to give to the html label tag
+	 * @type string                         $html_label_style the style attribute to give ot teh label tag
+	 * @type string                         $html_label_text  the text to put in the label tag
+	 * @type string                         $html_label       the full html label. If used,
+	 *                                                        all other html_label_* args are invalid
+	 * @type string                         $html_help_text   text to put in help element
+	 * @type string                         $html_help_style  style attribute to give to teh help element
+	 * @type string                         $html_help_class  class attribute to give to the help element
+	 * @type string                         $default          default value NORMALIZED (eg, if providing the default
+	 *       for a Yes_No_Input, you should provide TRUE or FALSE, not '1' or '0')
+	 * @type EE_Display_Strategy_Base       $display          strategy
+	 * @type EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $normalization_strategy
+	 * @type EE_Validation_Strategy_Base[]  $validation_strategies
+	 * @type boolean                        $ignore_input special argument which can be used to avoid adding any validation strategies,
+	 *                                                    and sets the normalization strategy to the Null normalization. This is good
+	 *                                                    when you want the input to be totally ignored server-side (like when using
+	 *                                                    React.js form inputs)
+	 *                                                        }
+	 */
+	public function __construct($input_args = array())
+	{
+		$input_args = (array)apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct__input_args', $input_args, $this);
+		// the following properties must be cast as arrays
+		if (isset($input_args['validation_strategies'])) {
+			foreach ((array)$input_args['validation_strategies'] as $validation_strategy) {
+				if ($validation_strategy instanceof EE_Validation_Strategy_Base && empty($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
+					$this->_validation_strategies[get_class($validation_strategy)] = $validation_strategy;
+				}
+			}
+			unset($input_args['validation_strategies']);
+		}
+		if(isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
+			$this->_validation_strategies = array();
+		}
+		// loop thru incoming options
+		foreach ($input_args as $key => $value) {
+			// add underscore to $key to match property names
+			$_key = '_' . $key;
+			if (property_exists($this, $_key)) {
+				$this->{$_key} = $value;
+			}
+		}
+		// ensure that "required" is set correctly
+		$this->set_required(
+			$this->_required, isset($input_args['required_validation_error_message'])
+			? $input_args['required_validation_error_message']
+			: null
+		);
+		//$this->_html_name_specified = isset( $input_args['html_name'] ) ? TRUE : FALSE;
+		$this->_display_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+		foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $validation_strategy) {
+			$validation_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+		}
+		if (isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
+			$this->_normalization_strategy = new EE_Null_Normalization();
+		}
+		if (! $this->_normalization_strategy) {
+				$this->_normalization_strategy = new EE_Text_Normalization();
+		}
+		$this->_normalization_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+		//at least we can use the normalization strategy to populate the default
+		if (isset($input_args['default'])) {
+			$this->set_default($input_args['default']);
+			unset($input_args['default']);
+		}
+		if (! $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy) {
+			$this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy = new EE_No_Sensitive_Data_Removal();
+		}
+		$this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+		parent::__construct($input_args);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the html_name to its default value, if none was specified in teh constructor.
+	 * Calculation involves using the name and the parent's html_name
+	 *
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _set_default_html_name_if_empty()
+	{
+		if (! $this->_html_name) {
+			$this->_html_name = $this->name();
+			if ($this->_parent_section && $this->_parent_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
+				$this->_html_name = $this->_parent_section->html_name_prefix() . "[{$this->name()}]";
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param $parent_form_section
+	 * @param $name
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function _construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name)
+	{
+		parent::_construct_finalize($parent_form_section, $name);
+		if ($this->_html_label === null && $this->_html_label_text === null) {
+			$this->_html_label_text = ucwords(str_replace("_", " ", $name));
+		}
+		do_action('AHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct_finalize__end', $this, $parent_form_section, $name);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the strategy for displaying this form input. If none is set, throws an exception.
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Display_Strategy_Base
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _get_display_strategy()
+	{
+		$this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
+		if (! $this->_display_strategy || ! $this->_display_strategy instanceof EE_Display_Strategy_Base) {
+			throw new EE_Error(
+				sprintf(
+					__(
+						"Cannot get display strategy for form input with name %s and id %s, because it has not been set in the constructor",
+						"event_espresso"
+					),
+					$this->html_name(),
+					$this->html_id()
+				)
+			);
+		} else {
+			return $this->_display_strategy;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the display strategy.
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Display_Strategy_Base $strategy
+	 */
+	protected function _set_display_strategy(EE_Display_Strategy_Base $strategy)
+	{
+		$this->_display_strategy = $strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the sanitization strategy
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $strategy
+	 */
+	protected function _set_normalization_strategy(EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $strategy)
+	{
+		$this->_normalization_strategy = $strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets sensitive_data_removal_strategy
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Sensitive_Data_Removal_Base
+	 */
+	public function get_sensitive_data_removal_strategy()
+	{
+		return $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets sensitive_data_removal_strategy
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Sensitive_Data_Removal_Base $sensitive_data_removal_strategy
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function set_sensitive_data_removal_strategy($sensitive_data_removal_strategy)
+	{
+		$this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy = $sensitive_data_removal_strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the display strategy for this input
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Display_Strategy_Base
+	 */
+	public function get_display_strategy()
+	{
+		return $this->_display_strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Overwrites the display strategy
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Display_Strategy_Base $display_strategy
+	 */
+	public function set_display_strategy($display_strategy)
+	{
+		$this->_display_strategy = $display_strategy;
+		$this->_display_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the normalization strategy set on this input
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base
+	 */
+	public function get_normalization_strategy()
+	{
+		return $this->_normalization_strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Overwrites the normalization strategy
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Normalization_Strategy_Base $normalization_strategy
+	 */
+	public function set_normalization_strategy($normalization_strategy)
+	{
+		$this->_normalization_strategy = $normalization_strategy;
+		$this->_normalization_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns all teh validation strategies which apply to this field, numerically indexed
+	 *
+	 * @return EE_Validation_Strategy_Base[]
+	 */
+	public function get_validation_strategies()
+	{
+		return $this->_validation_strategies;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds this strategy to the field so it will be used in both JS validation and server-side validation
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _add_validation_strategy(EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy)
+	{
+		$validation_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
+		$this->_validation_strategies[] = $validation_strategy;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds a new validation strategy onto the form input
+	 *
+	 * @param EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function add_validation_strategy(EE_Validation_Strategy_Base $validation_strategy)
+	{
+		$this->_add_validation_strategy($validation_strategy);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * The classname of the validation strategy to remove
+	 *
+	 * @param string $validation_strategy_classname
+	 */
+	public function remove_validation_strategy($validation_strategy_classname)
+	{
+		foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $key => $validation_strategy) {
+			if (
+				$validation_strategy instanceof $validation_strategy_classname
+				|| is_subclass_of($validation_strategy, $validation_strategy_classname)
+			) {
+				unset($this->_validation_strategies[$key]);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns true if input employs any of the validation strategy defined by the supplied array of classnames
+	 *
+	 * @param array $validation_strategy_classnames
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	public function has_validation_strategy($validation_strategy_classnames)
+	{
+		$validation_strategy_classnames = is_array($validation_strategy_classnames)
+			? $validation_strategy_classnames
+			: array($validation_strategy_classnames);
+		foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $key => $validation_strategy) {
+			if (in_array($key, $validation_strategy_classnames)) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_html()
+	{
+		return $this->_parent_section->get_html_for_input($this);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for the input itself (no label or errors) according to the
+	 * input's display strategy
+	 * Makes sure the JS and CSS are enqueued for it
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function get_html_for_input()
+	{
+		return $this->_form_html_filter
+			? $this->_form_html_filter->filterHtml(
+				$this->_get_display_strategy()->display(),
+				$this
+			)
+			: $this->_get_display_strategy()->display();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_other_attributes()
+	{
+		return ! empty($this->_html_other_attributes) ? ' ' . $this->_html_other_attributes : '';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $html_other_attributes
+	 */
+	public function set_html_other_attributes($html_other_attributes)
+	{
+		$this->_html_other_attributes = $html_other_attributes;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for displaying the label for this form input
+	 * according to the form section's layout strategy
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_html_for_label()
+	{
+		return $this->_parent_section->get_layout_strategy()->display_label($this);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for displaying the errors section for this form input
+	 * according to the form section's layout strategy
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_html_for_errors()
+	{
+		return $this->_parent_section->get_layout_strategy()->display_errors($this);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the HTML for displaying the help text for this form input
+	 * according to the form section's layout strategy
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function get_html_for_help()
+	{
+		return $this->_parent_section->get_layout_strategy()->display_help_text($this);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Validates the input's sanitized value (assumes _sanitize() has already been called)
+	 * and returns whether or not the form input's submitted value is value
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	protected function _validate()
+	{
+		foreach ($this->_validation_strategies as $validation_strategy) {
+			if ($validation_strategy instanceof EE_Validation_Strategy_Base) {
+				try {
+					$validation_strategy->validate($this->normalized_value());
+				} catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
+					$this->add_validation_error($e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		if ($this->get_validation_errors()) {
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Performs basic sanitization on this value. But what sanitization can be performed anyways?
+	 * This value MIGHT be allowed to have tags, so we can't really remove them.
+	 *
+	 * @param string $value
+	 * @return null|string
+	 */
+	private function _sanitize($value)
+	{
+		return $value !== null ? stripslashes(html_entity_decode(trim($value))) : null;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Picks out the form value that relates to this form input,
+	 * and stores it as the sanitized value on the form input, and sets the normalized value.
+	 * Returns whether or not any validation errors occurred
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data like $_POST
+	 * @return boolean whether or not there was an error
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	protected function _normalize($req_data)
+	{
+		//any existing validation errors don't apply so clear them
+		$this->_validation_errors = array();
+		try {
+			$raw_input = $this->find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data);
+			//super simple sanitization for now
+			if (is_array($raw_input)) {
+				$raw_value = array();
+				foreach ($raw_input as $key => $value) {
+					$raw_value[$key] = $this->_sanitize($value);
+				}
+				$this->_set_raw_value($raw_value);
+			} else {
+				$this->_set_raw_value($this->_sanitize($raw_input));
+			}
+			//we want to mostly leave the input alone in case we need to re-display it to the user
+			$this->_set_normalized_value($this->_normalization_strategy->normalize($this->raw_value()));
+		} catch (EE_Validation_Error $e) {
+			$this->add_validation_error($e);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_name()
+	{
+		$this->_set_default_html_name_if_empty();
+		return $this->_html_name;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_label_id()
+	{
+		return ! empty($this->_html_label_id) ? $this->_html_label_id : $this->html_id() . '-lbl';
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_label_class()
+	{
+		return $this->_html_label_class;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_label_style()
+	{
+		return $this->_html_label_style;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_label_text()
+	{
+		return $this->_html_label_text;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_help_text()
+	{
+		return $this->_html_help_text;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_help_class()
+	{
+		return $this->_html_help_class;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_help_style()
+	{
+		return $this->_html_style;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns the raw, UNSAFE, input, almost exactly as the user submitted it.
+	 * Please note that almost all client code should instead use the normalized_value;
+	 * or possibly raw_value_in_form (which prepares the string for displaying in an HTML attribute on a tag,
+	 * mostly by escaping quotes)
+	 * Note, we do not store the exact original value sent in the user's request because
+	 * it may have malicious content, and we MIGHT want to store the form input in a transient or something...
+	 * in which case, we would have stored the malicious content to our database.
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function raw_value()
+	{
+		return $this->_raw_value;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a string safe to usage in form inputs when displaying, because
+	 * it escapes all html entities
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function raw_value_in_form()
+	{
+		return htmlentities($this->raw_value(), ENT_QUOTES, 'UTF-8');
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * returns the value after it's been sanitized, and then converted into it's proper type
+	 * in PHP. Eg, a string, an int, an array,
+	 *
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function normalized_value()
+	{
+		return $this->_normalized_value;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the normalized value is a presentable way. By default this is just
+	 * the normalized value by itself, but it can be overridden for when that's not
+	 * the best thing to display
+	 *
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function pretty_value()
+	{
+		return $this->_normalized_value;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * When generating the JS for the jquery validation rules like<br>
+	 * <code>$( "#myform" ).validate({
+	 * rules: {
+	 * password: "required",
+	 * password_again: {
+	 * equalTo: "#password"
+	 * }
+	 * }
+	 * });</code>
+	 * if this field had the name 'password_again', it should return
+	 * <br><code>password_again: {
+	 * equalTo: "#password"
+	 * }</code>
+	 *
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_jquery_validation_rules()
+	{
+		$jquery_validation_js = array();
+		$jquery_validation_rules = array();
+		foreach ($this->get_validation_strategies() as $validation_strategy) {
+			$jquery_validation_rules = array_replace_recursive(
+				$jquery_validation_rules,
+				$validation_strategy->get_jquery_validation_rule_array()
+			);
+		}
+		if (! empty($jquery_validation_rules)) {
+			foreach ($this->get_display_strategy()->get_html_input_ids(true) as $html_id_with_pound_sign) {
+				$jquery_validation_js[$html_id_with_pound_sign] = $jquery_validation_rules;
+			}
+		}
+		return $jquery_validation_js;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the input's default value for use in displaying in the form. Note: value should be
+	 * normalized (Eg, if providing a default of ra Yes_NO_Input you would provide TRUE or FALSE, not '1' or '0')
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function set_default($value)
+	{
+		$this->_default = $value;
+		$this->_set_normalized_value($value);
+		$this->_set_raw_value($value);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the normalized value on this input
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 */
+	protected function _set_normalized_value($value)
+	{
+		$this->_normalized_value = $value;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the raw value on this input (ie, exactly as the user submitted it)
+	 *
+	 * @param mixed $value
+	 */
+	protected function _set_raw_value($value)
+	{
+		$this->_raw_value = $this->_normalization_strategy->unnormalize($value);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the HTML label text after it has already been defined
+	 *
+	 * @param string $label
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function set_html_label_text($label)
+	{
+		$this->_html_label_text = $label;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets whether or not this field is required, and adjusts the validation strategy.
+	 * If you want to use the EE_Conditionally_Required_Validation_Strategy,
+	 * please add it as a validation strategy using add_validation_strategy as normal
+	 *
+	 * @param boolean $required boolean
+	 * @param null    $required_text
+	 */
+	public function set_required($required = true, $required_text = null)
+	{
+		$required = filter_var($required, FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN);
+		//whether $required is a string or a boolean, we want to add a required validation strategy
+		if ($required) {
+			$this->_add_validation_strategy(new EE_Required_Validation_Strategy($required_text));
+		} else {
+			$this->remove_validation_strategy('EE_Required_Validation_Strategy');
+		}
+		$this->_required = $required;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether or not this field is required
+	 *
+	 * @return boolean
+	 */
+	public function required()
+	{
+		return $this->_required;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param string $required_css_class
+	 */
+	public function set_required_css_class($required_css_class)
+	{
+		$this->_required_css_class = $required_css_class;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function required_css_class()
+	{
+		return $this->_required_css_class;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param bool $add_required
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function html_class($add_required = false)
+	{
+		return $add_required && $this->required()
+			? $this->required_css_class() . ' ' . $this->_html_class
+			: $this->_html_class;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the help text, in case
+	 *
+	 * @param string $text
+	 */
+	public function set_html_help_text($text)
+	{
+		$this->_html_help_text = $text;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Uses the sensitive data removal strategy to remove the sensitive data from this
+	 * input. If there is any kind of sensitive data removal on this input, we clear
+	 * out the raw value completely
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function clean_sensitive_data()
+	{
+		//if we do ANY kind of sensitive data removal on this, then just clear out the raw value
+		//if we need more logic than this we'll make a strategy for it
+		if ($this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy
+			&& ! $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy instanceof EE_No_Sensitive_Data_Removal
+		) {
+			$this->_set_raw_value(null);
+		}
+		//and clean the normalized value according to the appropriate strategy
+		$this->_set_normalized_value(
+			$this->get_sensitive_data_removal_strategy()->remove_sensitive_data(
+				$this->_normalized_value
+			)
+		);
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param bool   $primary
+	 * @param string $button_size
+	 * @param string $other_attributes
+	 */
+	public function set_button_css_attributes($primary = true, $button_size = '', $other_attributes = '')
+	{
+		$button_css_attributes = 'button';
+		$button_css_attributes .= $primary === true ? ' button-primary' : ' button-secondary';
+		switch ($button_size) {
+			case 'xs' :
+			case 'extra-small' :
+				$button_css_attributes .= ' button-xs';
+				break;
+			case 'sm' :
+			case 'small' :
+				$button_css_attributes .= ' button-sm';
+				break;
+			case 'lg' :
+			case 'large' :
+				$button_css_attributes .= ' button-lg';
+				break;
+			case 'block' :
+				$button_css_attributes .= ' button-block';
+				break;
+			case 'md' :
+			case 'medium' :
+			default :
+				$button_css_attributes .= '';
+		}
+		$this->_button_css_attributes .= ! empty($other_attributes)
+			? $button_css_attributes . ' ' . $other_attributes
+			: $button_css_attributes;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function button_css_attributes()
+	{
+		if (empty($this->_button_css_attributes)) {
+			$this->set_button_css_attributes();
+		}
+		return $this->_button_css_attributes;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * find_form_data_for_this_section
+	 * using this section's name and its parents, finds the value of the form data that corresponds to it.
+	 * For example, if this form section's HTML name is my_form[subform][form_input_1],
+	 * then it's value should be in $_REQUEST at $_REQUEST['my_form']['subform']['form_input_1'].
+	 * (If that doesn't exist, we also check for this subsection's name
+	 * at the TOP LEVEL of the request data. Eg $_REQUEST['form_input_1'].)
+	 * This function finds its value in the form.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data
+	 * @return mixed whatever the raw value of this form section is in the request data
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data)
+	{
+		// break up the html name by "[]"
+		if (strpos($this->html_name(), '[') !== false) {
+			$before_any_brackets = substr($this->html_name(), 0, strpos($this->html_name(), '['));
+		} else {
+			$before_any_brackets = $this->html_name();
+		}
+		// grab all of the segments
+		preg_match_all('~\[([^]]*)\]~', $this->html_name(), $matches);
+		if (isset($matches[1]) && is_array($matches[1])) {
+			$name_parts = $matches[1];
+			array_unshift($name_parts, $before_any_brackets);
+		} else {
+			$name_parts = array($before_any_brackets);
+		}
+		// now get the value for the input
+		$value = $this->_find_form_data_for_this_section_using_name_parts($name_parts, $req_data);
+		// check if this thing's name is at the TOP level of the request data
+		if ($value === null && isset($req_data[$this->name()])) {
+			$value = $req_data[$this->name()];
+		}
+		return $value;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @param array $html_name_parts
+	 * @param array $req_data
+	 * @return array | NULL
+	 */
+	public function _find_form_data_for_this_section_using_name_parts($html_name_parts, $req_data)
+	{
+		$first_part_to_consider = array_shift($html_name_parts);
+		if (isset($req_data[$first_part_to_consider])) {
+			if (empty($html_name_parts)) {
+				return $req_data[$first_part_to_consider];
+			} else {
+				return $this->_find_form_data_for_this_section_using_name_parts(
+					$html_name_parts,
+					$req_data[$first_part_to_consider]
+				);
+			}
+		} else {
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks if this form input's data is in the request data
+	 *
+	 * @param array $req_data like $_POST
+	 * @return boolean
+	 * @throws \EE_Error
+	 */
+	public function form_data_present_in($req_data = null)
+	{
+		if ($req_data === null) {
+			$req_data = $_POST;
+		}
+		$checked_value = $this->find_form_data_for_this_section($req_data);
+		if ($checked_value !== null) {
+			return true;
+		} else {
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Overrides parent to add js data from validation and display strategies
+	 *
+	 * @param array $form_other_js_data
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data = array())
+	{
+		$form_other_js_data = $this->get_other_js_data_from_strategies($form_other_js_data);
+		return $form_other_js_data;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets other JS data for localization from this input's strategies, like
+	 * the validation strategies and the display strategy
+	 *
+	 * @param array $form_other_js_data
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_other_js_data_from_strategies($form_other_js_data = array())
+	{
+		$form_other_js_data = $this->get_display_strategy()->get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data);
+		foreach ($this->get_validation_strategies() as $validation_strategy) {
+			$form_other_js_data = $validation_strategy->get_other_js_data($form_other_js_data);
+		}
+		return $form_other_js_data;
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Override parent because we want to give our strategies an opportunity to enqueue some js and css
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function enqueue_js()
+	{
+		//ask our display strategy and validation strategies if they have js to enqueue
+		$this->enqueue_js_from_strategies();
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Tells strategies when its ok to enqueue their js and css
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function enqueue_js_from_strategies()
+	{
+		$this->get_display_strategy()->enqueue_js();
+		foreach ($this->get_validation_strategies() as $validation_strategy) {
+			$validation_strategy->enqueue_js();
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets the default value set on the input (not the current value, which may have been
+	 * changed because of a form submission). If no default was set, this us null.
+	 * @return mixed
+	 */
+	public function get_default()
+	{
+		return $this->_default;
+	}
 }

Spacing +15 added lines, -15 removed lines

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ 
-<?php if (! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
+<?php if ( ! defined('EVENT_ESPRESSO_VERSION')) {
     exit('No direct script access allowed');
 }
 
@@ -191,23 +191,23 @@ 
      */
     public function __construct($input_args = array())
     {
-        $input_args = (array)apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct__input_args', $input_args, $this);
+        $input_args = (array) apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Form_Input_Base___construct__input_args', $input_args, $this);
         // the following properties must be cast as arrays
         if (isset($input_args['validation_strategies'])) {
-            foreach ((array)$input_args['validation_strategies'] as $validation_strategy) {
+            foreach ((array) $input_args['validation_strategies'] as $validation_strategy) {
                 if ($validation_strategy instanceof EE_Validation_Strategy_Base && empty($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
                     $this->_validation_strategies[get_class($validation_strategy)] = $validation_strategy;
                 }
             }
             unset($input_args['validation_strategies']);
         }
-        if(isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
+        if (isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
             $this->_validation_strategies = array();
         }
         // loop thru incoming options
         foreach ($input_args as $key => $value) {
             // add underscore to $key to match property names
-            $_key = '_' . $key;
+            $_key = '_'.$key;
             if (property_exists($this, $_key)) {
                 $this->{$_key} = $value;
             }
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ 
         if (isset($input_args['ignore_input'])) {
             $this->_normalization_strategy = new EE_Null_Normalization();
         }
-        if (! $this->_normalization_strategy) {
+        if ( ! $this->_normalization_strategy) {
                 $this->_normalization_strategy = new EE_Text_Normalization();
         }
         $this->_normalization_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ 
             $this->set_default($input_args['default']);
             unset($input_args['default']);
         }
-        if (! $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy) {
+        if ( ! $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy) {
             $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy = new EE_No_Sensitive_Data_Removal();
         }
         $this->_sensitive_data_removal_strategy->_construct_finalize($this);
@@ -252,10 +252,10 @@ 
      */
     protected function _set_default_html_name_if_empty()
     {
-        if (! $this->_html_name) {
+        if ( ! $this->_html_name) {
             $this->_html_name = $this->name();
             if ($this->_parent_section && $this->_parent_section instanceof EE_Form_Section_Proper) {
-                $this->_html_name = $this->_parent_section->html_name_prefix() . "[{$this->name()}]";
+                $this->_html_name = $this->_parent_section->html_name_prefix()."[{$this->name()}]";
             }
         }
     }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ 
     protected function _get_display_strategy()
     {
         $this->ensure_construct_finalized_called();
-        if (! $this->_display_strategy || ! $this->_display_strategy instanceof EE_Display_Strategy_Base) {
+        if ( ! $this->_display_strategy || ! $this->_display_strategy instanceof EE_Display_Strategy_Base) {
             throw new EE_Error(
                 sprintf(
                     __(
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ 
      */
     public function html_other_attributes()
     {
-        return ! empty($this->_html_other_attributes) ? ' ' . $this->_html_other_attributes : '';
+        return ! empty($this->_html_other_attributes) ? ' '.$this->_html_other_attributes : '';
     }
 
 
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ 
      */
     public function html_label_id()
     {
-        return ! empty($this->_html_label_id) ? $this->_html_label_id : $this->html_id() . '-lbl';
+        return ! empty($this->_html_label_id) ? $this->_html_label_id : $this->html_id().'-lbl';
     }
 
 
@@ -814,7 +814,7 @@ 
                 $validation_strategy->get_jquery_validation_rule_array()
             );
         }
-        if (! empty($jquery_validation_rules)) {
+        if ( ! empty($jquery_validation_rules)) {
             foreach ($this->get_display_strategy()->get_html_input_ids(true) as $html_id_with_pound_sign) {
                 $jquery_validation_js[$html_id_with_pound_sign] = $jquery_validation_rules;
             }
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ 
     public function html_class($add_required = false)
     {
         return $add_required && $this->required()
-            ? $this->required_css_class() . ' ' . $this->_html_class
+            ? $this->required_css_class().' '.$this->_html_class
             : $this->_html_class;
     }
 
@@ -1012,7 +1012,7 @@ 
                 $button_css_attributes .= '';
         }
         $this->_button_css_attributes .= ! empty($other_attributes)
-            ? $button_css_attributes . ' ' . $other_attributes
+            ? $button_css_attributes.' '.$other_attributes
             : $button_css_attributes;
     }
 

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(

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');

Indentation +1501 added lines, -1501 removed lines

@@ -14,1506 +14,1506 @@
 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 ]);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Changes these inputs' display strategy to be EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy.
-     * @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->getAllValidationErrorsString();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * 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
-     * @since $VID:$
-     */
-    protected function getAllValidationErrorsString()
-    {
-        $submission_error_messages = array();
-        // bad, bad, bad registrant
-        foreach ($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 ]);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Changes these inputs' display strategy to be EE_Hidden_Display_Strategy.
+	 * @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->getAllValidationErrorsString();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * 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
+	 * @since $VID:$
+	 */
+	protected function getAllValidationErrorsString()
+	{
+		$submission_error_messages = array();
+		// bad, bad, bad registrant
+		foreach ($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;
+	}
 }
 

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();
 }
\ No newline at end of file

core/libraries/messages/messenger/EE_Email_messenger.class.php

Indentation +640 added lines, -640 removed lines

@@ -8,644 +8,644 @@
 class EE_Email_messenger extends EE_messenger
 {
 
-    /**
-     * To field for email
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_to = '';
-
-
-    /**
-     * CC field for email.
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_cc = '';
-
-    /**
-     * From field for email
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_from = '';
-
-
-    /**
-     * Subject field for email
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_subject = '';
-
-
-    /**
-     * Content field for email
-     * @var string
-     */
-    protected $_content = '';
-
-
-    /**
-     * constructor
-     *
-     * @access public
-     */
-    public function __construct()
-    {
-        //set name and description properties
-        $this->name                = 'email';
-        $this->description         = sprintf(
-            esc_html__(
-                'This messenger delivers messages via email using the built-in %s function included with WordPress',
-                'event_espresso'
-            ),
-            '<code>wp_mail</code>'
-        );
-        $this->label               = array(
-            'singular' => esc_html__('email', 'event_espresso'),
-            'plural'   => esc_html__('emails', 'event_espresso'),
-        );
-        $this->activate_on_install = true;
-
-        //we're using defaults so let's call parent constructor that will take care of setting up all the other
-        // properties
-        parent::__construct();
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * see abstract declaration in parent class for details.
-     */
-    protected function _set_admin_pages()
-    {
-        $this->admin_registered_pages = array(
-            'events_edit' => true,
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * see abstract declaration in parent class for details
-     */
-    protected function _set_valid_shortcodes()
-    {
-        //remember by leaving the other fields not set, those fields will inherit the valid shortcodes from the
-        // message type.
-        $this->_valid_shortcodes = array(
-            'to'   => array('email', 'event_author', 'primary_registration_details', 'recipient_details'),
-            'cc' => array('email', 'event_author', 'primary_registration_details', 'recipient_details'),
-            'from' => array('email', 'event_author', 'primary_registration_details', 'recipient_details'),
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * see abstract declaration in parent class for details
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _set_validator_config()
-    {
-        $valid_shortcodes = $this->get_valid_shortcodes();
-
-        $this->_validator_config = array(
-            'to'            => array(
-                'shortcodes' => $valid_shortcodes['to'],
-                'type'       => 'email',
-            ),
-            'cc' => array(
-                'shortcodes' => $valid_shortcodes['to'],
-                'type' => 'email',
-            ),
-            'from'          => array(
-                'shortcodes' => $valid_shortcodes['from'],
-                'type'       => 'email',
-            ),
-            'subject'       => array(
-                'shortcodes' => array(
-                    'organization',
-                    'primary_registration_details',
-                    'event_author',
-                    'primary_registration_details',
-                    'recipient_details',
-                ),
-            ),
-            'content'       => array(
-                'shortcodes' => array(
-                    'event_list',
-                    'attendee_list',
-                    'ticket_list',
-                    'organization',
-                    'primary_registration_details',
-                    'primary_registration_list',
-                    'event_author',
-                    'recipient_details',
-                    'recipient_list',
-                    'transaction',
-                    'messenger',
-                ),
-            ),
-            'attendee_list' => array(
-                'shortcodes' => array('attendee', 'event_list', 'ticket_list'),
-                'required'   => array('[ATTENDEE_LIST]'),
-            ),
-            'event_list'    => array(
-                'shortcodes' => array(
-                    'event',
-                    'attendee_list',
-                    'ticket_list',
-                    'venue',
-                    'datetime_list',
-                    'attendee',
-                    'primary_registration_details',
-                    'primary_registration_list',
-                    'event_author',
-                    'recipient_details',
-                    'recipient_list',
-                ),
-                'required'   => array('[EVENT_LIST]'),
-            ),
-            'ticket_list'   => array(
-                'shortcodes' => array(
-                    'event_list',
-                    'attendee_list',
-                    'ticket',
-                    'datetime_list',
-                    'primary_registration_details',
-                    'recipient_details',
-                ),
-                'required'   => array('[TICKET_LIST]'),
-            ),
-            'datetime_list' => array(
-                'shortcodes' => array('datetime'),
-                'required'   => array('[DATETIME_LIST]'),
-            ),
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @see   parent EE_messenger class for docs
-     * @since 4.5.0
-     */
-    public function do_secondary_messenger_hooks($sending_messenger_name)
-    {
-        if ($sending_messenger_name = 'html') {
-            add_filter('FHEE__EE_Messages_Template_Pack__get_variation', array($this, 'add_email_css'), 10, 8);
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    public function add_email_css(
-        $variation_path,
-        $messenger,
-        $message_type,
-        $type,
-        $variation,
-        $file_extension,
-        $url,
-        EE_Messages_Template_Pack $template_pack
-    ) {
-        //prevent recursion on this callback.
-        remove_filter('FHEE__EE_Messages_Template_Pack__get_variation', array($this, 'add_email_css'), 10);
-        $variation = $this->get_variation($template_pack, $message_type, $url, 'main', $variation, false);
-
-        add_filter('FHEE__EE_Messages_Template_Pack__get_variation', array($this, 'add_email_css'), 10, 8);
-        return $variation;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * See parent for details
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _set_test_settings_fields()
-    {
-        $this->_test_settings_fields = array(
-            'to'      => array(
-                'input'      => 'text',
-                'label'      => esc_html__('Send a test email to', 'event_espresso'),
-                'type'       => 'email',
-                'required'   => true,
-                'validation' => true,
-                'css_class'  => 'large-text',
-                'format'     => '%s',
-                'default'    => get_bloginfo('admin_email'),
-            ),
-            'subject' => array(
-                'input'      => 'hidden',
-                'label'      => '',
-                'type'       => 'string',
-                'required'   => false,
-                'validation' => false,
-                'format'     => '%s',
-                'value'      => sprintf(__('Test email sent from %s', 'event_espresso'), get_bloginfo('name')),
-                'default'    => '',
-                'css_class'  => '',
-            ),
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * _set_template_fields
-     * This sets up the fields that a messenger requires for the message to go out.
-     *
-     * @access  protected
-     * @return void
-     */
-    protected function _set_template_fields()
-    {
-        // any extra template fields that are NOT used by the messenger but will get used by a messenger field for
-        // shortcode replacement get added to the 'extra' key in an associated array indexed by the messenger field
-        // they relate to.  This is important for the Messages_admin to know what fields to display to the user.
-        //  Also, notice that the "values" are equal to the field type that messages admin will use to know what
-        // kind of field to display. The values ALSO have one index labeled "shortcode".  the values in that array
-        // indicate which ACTUAL SHORTCODE (i.e. [SHORTCODE]) is required in order for this extra field to be
-        // displayed.  If the required shortcode isn't part of the shortcodes array then the field is not needed and
-        // will not be displayed/parsed.
-        $this->_template_fields = array(
-            'to'      => array(
-                'input'      => 'text',
-                'label'      => esc_html_x(
-                    'To',
-                    'Label for the "To" field for email addresses',
-                    'event_espresso'
-                ),
-                'type'       => 'string',
-                'required'   => true,
-                'validation' => true,
-                'css_class'  => 'large-text',
-                'format'     => '%s',
-            ),
-            'cc'      => array(
-                'input'      => 'text',
-                'label'      => esc_html_x(
-                    'CC',
-                    'Label for the "Carbon Copy" field used for additional email addresses',
-                    'event_espresso'
-                ),
-                'type'       => 'string',
-                'required'   => false,
-                'validation' => true,
-                'css_class'  => 'large-text',
-                'format'     => '%s',
-            ),
-            'from'    => array(
-                'input'      => 'text',
-                'label'      => esc_html_x(
-                    'From',
-                    'Label for the "From" field for email addresses.',
-                    'event_espresso'
-                ),
-                'type'       => 'string',
-                'required'   => true,
-                'validation' => true,
-                'css_class'  => 'large-text',
-                'format'     => '%s',
-            ),
-            'subject' => array(
-                'input'      => 'text',
-                'label'      => esc_html_x(
-                    'Subject',
-                    'Label for the "Subject" field (short description of contents) for emails.',
-                    'event_espresso'
-                ),
-                'type'       => 'string',
-                'required'   => true,
-                'validation' => true,
-                'css_class'  => 'large-text',
-                'format'     => '%s',
-            ),
-            'content' => '',
-            //left empty b/c it is in the "extra array" but messenger still needs needs to know this is a field.
-            'extra'   => array(
-                'content' => array(
-                    'main'          => array(
-                        'input'      => 'wp_editor',
-                        'label'      => esc_html__('Main Content', 'event_espresso'),
-                        'type'       => 'string',
-                        'required'   => true,
-                        'validation' => true,
-                        'format'     => '%s',
-                        'rows'       => '15',
-                    ),
-                    'event_list'    => array(
-                        'input'               => 'wp_editor',
-                        'label'               => '[EVENT_LIST]',
-                        'type'                => 'string',
-                        'required'            => true,
-                        'validation'          => true,
-                        'format'              => '%s',
-                        'rows'                => '15',
-                        'shortcodes_required' => array('[EVENT_LIST]'),
-                    ),
-                    'attendee_list' => array(
-                        'input'               => 'textarea',
-                        'label'               => '[ATTENDEE_LIST]',
-                        'type'                => 'string',
-                        'required'            => true,
-                        'validation'          => true,
-                        'format'              => '%s',
-                        'css_class'           => 'large-text',
-                        'rows'                => '5',
-                        'shortcodes_required' => array('[ATTENDEE_LIST]'),
-                    ),
-                    'ticket_list'   => array(
-                        'input'               => 'textarea',
-                        'label'               => '[TICKET_LIST]',
-                        'type'                => 'string',
-                        'required'            => true,
-                        'validation'          => true,
-                        'format'              => '%s',
-                        'css_class'           => 'large-text',
-                        'rows'                => '10',
-                        'shortcodes_required' => array('[TICKET_LIST]'),
-                    ),
-                    'datetime_list' => array(
-                        'input'               => 'textarea',
-                        'label'               => '[DATETIME_LIST]',
-                        'type'                => 'string',
-                        'required'            => true,
-                        'validation'          => true,
-                        'format'              => '%s',
-                        'css_class'           => 'large-text',
-                        'rows'                => '10',
-                        'shortcodes_required' => array('[DATETIME_LIST]'),
-                    ),
-                ),
-            ),
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * See definition of this class in parent
-     */
-    protected function _set_default_message_types()
-    {
-        $this->_default_message_types = array(
-            'payment',
-            'payment_refund',
-            'registration',
-            'not_approved_registration',
-            'pending_approval',
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * @see   definition of this class in parent
-     * @since 4.5.0
-     */
-    protected function _set_valid_message_types()
-    {
-        $this->_valid_message_types = array(
-            'payment',
-            'registration',
-            'not_approved_registration',
-            'declined_registration',
-            'cancelled_registration',
-            'pending_approval',
-            'registration_summary',
-            'payment_reminder',
-            'payment_declined',
-            'payment_refund',
-        );
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * setting up admin_settings_fields for messenger.
-     */
-    protected function _set_admin_settings_fields()
-    {
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * We just deliver the messages don't kill us!!
-     *
-     * @return bool|WP_Error true if message delivered, false if it didn't deliver OR bubble up any error object if
-     *              present.
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws \TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\Exception
-     */
-    protected function _send_message()
-    {
-        $success = wp_mail(
-            $this->_to,
-            //some old values for subject may be expecting HTML entities to be decoded in the subject
-            //and subjects aren't interpreted as HTML, so there should be no HTML in them
-            wp_strip_all_tags(wp_specialchars_decode($this->_subject, ENT_QUOTES)),
-            $this->_body(),
-            $this->_headers()
-        );
-        if (! $success) {
-            EE_Error::add_error(
-                sprintf(
-                    esc_html__(
-                        'The email did not send successfully.%3$sThe WordPress wp_mail function is used for sending mails but does not give any useful information when an email fails to send.%3$sIt is possible the "to" address (%1$s) or "from" address (%2$s) is invalid.%3$s',
-                        'event_espresso'
-                    ),
-                    $this->_to,
-                    $this->_from,
-                    '<br />'
-                ),
-                __FILE__,
-                __FUNCTION__,
-                __LINE__
-            );
-        }
-        return $success;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * see parent for definition
-     *
-     * @return string html body of the message content and the related css.
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws \TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\Exception
-     */
-    protected function _preview()
-    {
-        return $this->_body(true);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Setup headers for email
-     *
-     * @access protected
-     * @return string formatted header for email
-     */
-    protected function _headers()
-    {
-        $this->_ensure_has_from_email_address();
-        $from    = $this->_from;
-        $headers = array(
-            'From:' . $from,
-            'Reply-To:' . $from,
-            'Content-Type:text/html; charset=utf-8',
-        );
-
-        if (! empty($this->_cc)) {
-            $headers[] = 'cc: ' . $this->_cc;
-        }
-
-        //but wait!  Header's for the from is NOT reliable because some plugins don't respect From: as set in the
-        // header.
-        add_filter('wp_mail_from', array($this, 'set_from_address'), 100);
-        add_filter('wp_mail_from_name', array($this, 'set_from_name'), 100);
-        return apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Email_messenger___headers', $headers, $this->_incoming_message_type, $this);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This simply ensures that the from address is not empty.  If it is, then we use whatever is set as the site email
-     * address for the from address to avoid problems with sending emails.
-     */
-    protected function _ensure_has_from_email_address()
-    {
-        if (empty($this->_from)) {
-            $this->_from = get_bloginfo('admin_email');
-        }
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This simply parses whatever is set as the $_from address and determines if it is in the format {name} <{email}>
-     * or just {email} and returns an array with the "from_name" and "from_email" as the values. Note from_name *MAY*
-     * be empty
-     *
-     * @since 4.3.1
-     * @return array
-     */
-    private function _parse_from()
-    {
-        if (strpos($this->_from, '<') !== false) {
-            $from_name = substr($this->_from, 0, strpos($this->_from, '<') - 1);
-            $from_name = str_replace('"', '', $from_name);
-            $from_name = trim($from_name);
-
-            $from_email = substr($this->_from, strpos($this->_from, '<') + 1);
-            $from_email = str_replace('>', '', $from_email);
-            $from_email = trim($from_email);
-        } elseif (trim($this->_from) !== '') {
-            $from_name  = '';
-            $from_email = trim($this->_from);
-        } else {
-            $from_name = $from_email = '';
-        }
-        return array($from_name, $from_email);
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Callback for the wp_mail_from filter.
-     *
-     * @since 4.3.1
-     * @param string $from_email What the original from_email is.
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function set_from_address($from_email)
-    {
-        $parsed_from = $this->_parse_from();
-        //includes fallback if the parsing failed.
-        $from_email = is_array($parsed_from) && ! empty($parsed_from[1])
-            ? $parsed_from[1]
-            : get_bloginfo('admin_email');
-        return $from_email;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * Callback fro the wp_mail_from_name filter.
-     *
-     * @since 4.3.1
-     * @param string $from_name The original from_name.
-     * @return string
-     */
-    public function set_from_name($from_name)
-    {
-        $parsed_from = $this->_parse_from();
-        if (is_array($parsed_from) && ! empty($parsed_from[0])) {
-            $from_name = $parsed_from[0];
-        }
-
-        //if from name is "WordPress" let's sub in the site name instead (more friendly!)
-        //but realize the default name is HTML entity-encoded
-        $from_name = $from_name == 'WordPress' ? wp_specialchars_decode(get_bloginfo(), ENT_QUOTES) : $from_name;
-
-        return $from_name;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * setup body for email
-     *
-     * @param bool $preview will determine whether this is preview template or not.
-     * @return string formatted body for email.
-     * @throws EE_Error
-     * @throws \TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\Exception
-     */
-    protected function _body($preview = false)
-    {
-        //setup template args!
-        $this->_template_args = array(
-            'subject'   => $this->_subject,
-            'from'      => $this->_from,
-            'main_body' => wpautop($this->_content),
-        );
-        $body                 = $this->_get_main_template($preview);
-
-        /**
-         * This filter allows one to bypass the CSSToInlineStyles tool and leave the body untouched.
-         *
-         * @type    bool $preview Indicates whether a preview is being generated or not.
-         * @return  bool    true  indicates to use the inliner, false bypasses it.
-         */
-        if (apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Email_messenger__apply_CSSInliner ', true, $preview)) {
-            //require CssToInlineStyles library and its dependencies via composer autoloader
-            require_once EE_THIRD_PARTY . 'cssinliner/vendor/autoload.php';
-
-            //now if this isn't a preview, let's setup the body so it has inline styles
-            if (! $preview || ($preview && defined('DOING_AJAX'))) {
-                $style = file_get_contents(
-                    $this->get_variation(
-                        $this->_tmp_pack,
-                        $this->_incoming_message_type->name,
-                        false,
-                        'main',
-                        $this->_variation
-                    ),
-                    true
-                );
-                $CSS   = new TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\CssToInlineStyles($body, $style);
-                //for some reason the library has a bracket and new line at the beginning.  This takes care of that.
-                $body  = ltrim($CSS->convert(true), ">\n");
-                //see https://events.codebasehq.com/projects/event-espresso/tickets/8609
-                $body  = ltrim($body, "<?");
-            }
-
-        }
-        return $body;
-    }
-
-
-    /**
-     * This just returns any existing test settings that might be saved in the database
-     *
-     * @access public
-     * @return array
-     */
-    public function get_existing_test_settings()
-    {
-        $settings = parent::get_existing_test_settings();
-        //override subject if present because we always want it to be fresh.
-        if (is_array($settings) && ! empty($settings['subject'])) {
-            $settings['subject'] = sprintf(__('Test email sent from %s', 'event_espresso'), get_bloginfo('name'));
-        }
-        return $settings;
-    }
+	/**
+	 * To field for email
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_to = '';
+
+
+	/**
+	 * CC field for email.
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_cc = '';
+
+	/**
+	 * From field for email
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_from = '';
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Subject field for email
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_subject = '';
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Content field for email
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $_content = '';
+
+
+	/**
+	 * constructor
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 */
+	public function __construct()
+	{
+		//set name and description properties
+		$this->name                = 'email';
+		$this->description         = sprintf(
+			esc_html__(
+				'This messenger delivers messages via email using the built-in %s function included with WordPress',
+				'event_espresso'
+			),
+			'<code>wp_mail</code>'
+		);
+		$this->label               = array(
+			'singular' => esc_html__('email', 'event_espresso'),
+			'plural'   => esc_html__('emails', 'event_espresso'),
+		);
+		$this->activate_on_install = true;
+
+		//we're using defaults so let's call parent constructor that will take care of setting up all the other
+		// properties
+		parent::__construct();
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * see abstract declaration in parent class for details.
+	 */
+	protected function _set_admin_pages()
+	{
+		$this->admin_registered_pages = array(
+			'events_edit' => true,
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * see abstract declaration in parent class for details
+	 */
+	protected function _set_valid_shortcodes()
+	{
+		//remember by leaving the other fields not set, those fields will inherit the valid shortcodes from the
+		// message type.
+		$this->_valid_shortcodes = array(
+			'to'   => array('email', 'event_author', 'primary_registration_details', 'recipient_details'),
+			'cc' => array('email', 'event_author', 'primary_registration_details', 'recipient_details'),
+			'from' => array('email', 'event_author', 'primary_registration_details', 'recipient_details'),
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * see abstract declaration in parent class for details
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _set_validator_config()
+	{
+		$valid_shortcodes = $this->get_valid_shortcodes();
+
+		$this->_validator_config = array(
+			'to'            => array(
+				'shortcodes' => $valid_shortcodes['to'],
+				'type'       => 'email',
+			),
+			'cc' => array(
+				'shortcodes' => $valid_shortcodes['to'],
+				'type' => 'email',
+			),
+			'from'          => array(
+				'shortcodes' => $valid_shortcodes['from'],
+				'type'       => 'email',
+			),
+			'subject'       => array(
+				'shortcodes' => array(
+					'organization',
+					'primary_registration_details',
+					'event_author',
+					'primary_registration_details',
+					'recipient_details',
+				),
+			),
+			'content'       => array(
+				'shortcodes' => array(
+					'event_list',
+					'attendee_list',
+					'ticket_list',
+					'organization',
+					'primary_registration_details',
+					'primary_registration_list',
+					'event_author',
+					'recipient_details',
+					'recipient_list',
+					'transaction',
+					'messenger',
+				),
+			),
+			'attendee_list' => array(
+				'shortcodes' => array('attendee', 'event_list', 'ticket_list'),
+				'required'   => array('[ATTENDEE_LIST]'),
+			),
+			'event_list'    => array(
+				'shortcodes' => array(
+					'event',
+					'attendee_list',
+					'ticket_list',
+					'venue',
+					'datetime_list',
+					'attendee',
+					'primary_registration_details',
+					'primary_registration_list',
+					'event_author',
+					'recipient_details',
+					'recipient_list',
+				),
+				'required'   => array('[EVENT_LIST]'),
+			),
+			'ticket_list'   => array(
+				'shortcodes' => array(
+					'event_list',
+					'attendee_list',
+					'ticket',
+					'datetime_list',
+					'primary_registration_details',
+					'recipient_details',
+				),
+				'required'   => array('[TICKET_LIST]'),
+			),
+			'datetime_list' => array(
+				'shortcodes' => array('datetime'),
+				'required'   => array('[DATETIME_LIST]'),
+			),
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @see   parent EE_messenger class for docs
+	 * @since 4.5.0
+	 */
+	public function do_secondary_messenger_hooks($sending_messenger_name)
+	{
+		if ($sending_messenger_name = 'html') {
+			add_filter('FHEE__EE_Messages_Template_Pack__get_variation', array($this, 'add_email_css'), 10, 8);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	public function add_email_css(
+		$variation_path,
+		$messenger,
+		$message_type,
+		$type,
+		$variation,
+		$file_extension,
+		$url,
+		EE_Messages_Template_Pack $template_pack
+	) {
+		//prevent recursion on this callback.
+		remove_filter('FHEE__EE_Messages_Template_Pack__get_variation', array($this, 'add_email_css'), 10);
+		$variation = $this->get_variation($template_pack, $message_type, $url, 'main', $variation, false);
+
+		add_filter('FHEE__EE_Messages_Template_Pack__get_variation', array($this, 'add_email_css'), 10, 8);
+		return $variation;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * See parent for details
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _set_test_settings_fields()
+	{
+		$this->_test_settings_fields = array(
+			'to'      => array(
+				'input'      => 'text',
+				'label'      => esc_html__('Send a test email to', 'event_espresso'),
+				'type'       => 'email',
+				'required'   => true,
+				'validation' => true,
+				'css_class'  => 'large-text',
+				'format'     => '%s',
+				'default'    => get_bloginfo('admin_email'),
+			),
+			'subject' => array(
+				'input'      => 'hidden',
+				'label'      => '',
+				'type'       => 'string',
+				'required'   => false,
+				'validation' => false,
+				'format'     => '%s',
+				'value'      => sprintf(__('Test email sent from %s', 'event_espresso'), get_bloginfo('name')),
+				'default'    => '',
+				'css_class'  => '',
+			),
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * _set_template_fields
+	 * This sets up the fields that a messenger requires for the message to go out.
+	 *
+	 * @access  protected
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	protected function _set_template_fields()
+	{
+		// any extra template fields that are NOT used by the messenger but will get used by a messenger field for
+		// shortcode replacement get added to the 'extra' key in an associated array indexed by the messenger field
+		// they relate to.  This is important for the Messages_admin to know what fields to display to the user.
+		//  Also, notice that the "values" are equal to the field type that messages admin will use to know what
+		// kind of field to display. The values ALSO have one index labeled "shortcode".  the values in that array
+		// indicate which ACTUAL SHORTCODE (i.e. [SHORTCODE]) is required in order for this extra field to be
+		// displayed.  If the required shortcode isn't part of the shortcodes array then the field is not needed and
+		// will not be displayed/parsed.
+		$this->_template_fields = array(
+			'to'      => array(
+				'input'      => 'text',
+				'label'      => esc_html_x(
+					'To',
+					'Label for the "To" field for email addresses',
+					'event_espresso'
+				),
+				'type'       => 'string',
+				'required'   => true,
+				'validation' => true,
+				'css_class'  => 'large-text',
+				'format'     => '%s',
+			),
+			'cc'      => array(
+				'input'      => 'text',
+				'label'      => esc_html_x(
+					'CC',
+					'Label for the "Carbon Copy" field used for additional email addresses',
+					'event_espresso'
+				),
+				'type'       => 'string',
+				'required'   => false,
+				'validation' => true,
+				'css_class'  => 'large-text',
+				'format'     => '%s',
+			),
+			'from'    => array(
+				'input'      => 'text',
+				'label'      => esc_html_x(
+					'From',
+					'Label for the "From" field for email addresses.',
+					'event_espresso'
+				),
+				'type'       => 'string',
+				'required'   => true,
+				'validation' => true,
+				'css_class'  => 'large-text',
+				'format'     => '%s',
+			),
+			'subject' => array(
+				'input'      => 'text',
+				'label'      => esc_html_x(
+					'Subject',
+					'Label for the "Subject" field (short description of contents) for emails.',
+					'event_espresso'
+				),
+				'type'       => 'string',
+				'required'   => true,
+				'validation' => true,
+				'css_class'  => 'large-text',
+				'format'     => '%s',
+			),
+			'content' => '',
+			//left empty b/c it is in the "extra array" but messenger still needs needs to know this is a field.
+			'extra'   => array(
+				'content' => array(
+					'main'          => array(
+						'input'      => 'wp_editor',
+						'label'      => esc_html__('Main Content', 'event_espresso'),
+						'type'       => 'string',
+						'required'   => true,
+						'validation' => true,
+						'format'     => '%s',
+						'rows'       => '15',
+					),
+					'event_list'    => array(
+						'input'               => 'wp_editor',
+						'label'               => '[EVENT_LIST]',
+						'type'                => 'string',
+						'required'            => true,
+						'validation'          => true,
+						'format'              => '%s',
+						'rows'                => '15',
+						'shortcodes_required' => array('[EVENT_LIST]'),
+					),
+					'attendee_list' => array(
+						'input'               => 'textarea',
+						'label'               => '[ATTENDEE_LIST]',
+						'type'                => 'string',
+						'required'            => true,
+						'validation'          => true,
+						'format'              => '%s',
+						'css_class'           => 'large-text',
+						'rows'                => '5',
+						'shortcodes_required' => array('[ATTENDEE_LIST]'),
+					),
+					'ticket_list'   => array(
+						'input'               => 'textarea',
+						'label'               => '[TICKET_LIST]',
+						'type'                => 'string',
+						'required'            => true,
+						'validation'          => true,
+						'format'              => '%s',
+						'css_class'           => 'large-text',
+						'rows'                => '10',
+						'shortcodes_required' => array('[TICKET_LIST]'),
+					),
+					'datetime_list' => array(
+						'input'               => 'textarea',
+						'label'               => '[DATETIME_LIST]',
+						'type'                => 'string',
+						'required'            => true,
+						'validation'          => true,
+						'format'              => '%s',
+						'css_class'           => 'large-text',
+						'rows'                => '10',
+						'shortcodes_required' => array('[DATETIME_LIST]'),
+					),
+				),
+			),
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * See definition of this class in parent
+	 */
+	protected function _set_default_message_types()
+	{
+		$this->_default_message_types = array(
+			'payment',
+			'payment_refund',
+			'registration',
+			'not_approved_registration',
+			'pending_approval',
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * @see   definition of this class in parent
+	 * @since 4.5.0
+	 */
+	protected function _set_valid_message_types()
+	{
+		$this->_valid_message_types = array(
+			'payment',
+			'registration',
+			'not_approved_registration',
+			'declined_registration',
+			'cancelled_registration',
+			'pending_approval',
+			'registration_summary',
+			'payment_reminder',
+			'payment_declined',
+			'payment_refund',
+		);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * setting up admin_settings_fields for messenger.
+	 */
+	protected function _set_admin_settings_fields()
+	{
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * We just deliver the messages don't kill us!!
+	 *
+	 * @return bool|WP_Error true if message delivered, false if it didn't deliver OR bubble up any error object if
+	 *              present.
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws \TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\Exception
+	 */
+	protected function _send_message()
+	{
+		$success = wp_mail(
+			$this->_to,
+			//some old values for subject may be expecting HTML entities to be decoded in the subject
+			//and subjects aren't interpreted as HTML, so there should be no HTML in them
+			wp_strip_all_tags(wp_specialchars_decode($this->_subject, ENT_QUOTES)),
+			$this->_body(),
+			$this->_headers()
+		);
+		if (! $success) {
+			EE_Error::add_error(
+				sprintf(
+					esc_html__(
+						'The email did not send successfully.%3$sThe WordPress wp_mail function is used for sending mails but does not give any useful information when an email fails to send.%3$sIt is possible the "to" address (%1$s) or "from" address (%2$s) is invalid.%3$s',
+						'event_espresso'
+					),
+					$this->_to,
+					$this->_from,
+					'<br />'
+				),
+				__FILE__,
+				__FUNCTION__,
+				__LINE__
+			);
+		}
+		return $success;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * see parent for definition
+	 *
+	 * @return string html body of the message content and the related css.
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws \TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\Exception
+	 */
+	protected function _preview()
+	{
+		return $this->_body(true);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Setup headers for email
+	 *
+	 * @access protected
+	 * @return string formatted header for email
+	 */
+	protected function _headers()
+	{
+		$this->_ensure_has_from_email_address();
+		$from    = $this->_from;
+		$headers = array(
+			'From:' . $from,
+			'Reply-To:' . $from,
+			'Content-Type:text/html; charset=utf-8',
+		);
+
+		if (! empty($this->_cc)) {
+			$headers[] = 'cc: ' . $this->_cc;
+		}
+
+		//but wait!  Header's for the from is NOT reliable because some plugins don't respect From: as set in the
+		// header.
+		add_filter('wp_mail_from', array($this, 'set_from_address'), 100);
+		add_filter('wp_mail_from_name', array($this, 'set_from_name'), 100);
+		return apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Email_messenger___headers', $headers, $this->_incoming_message_type, $this);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This simply ensures that the from address is not empty.  If it is, then we use whatever is set as the site email
+	 * address for the from address to avoid problems with sending emails.
+	 */
+	protected function _ensure_has_from_email_address()
+	{
+		if (empty($this->_from)) {
+			$this->_from = get_bloginfo('admin_email');
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This simply parses whatever is set as the $_from address and determines if it is in the format {name} <{email}>
+	 * or just {email} and returns an array with the "from_name" and "from_email" as the values. Note from_name *MAY*
+	 * be empty
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.3.1
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	private function _parse_from()
+	{
+		if (strpos($this->_from, '<') !== false) {
+			$from_name = substr($this->_from, 0, strpos($this->_from, '<') - 1);
+			$from_name = str_replace('"', '', $from_name);
+			$from_name = trim($from_name);
+
+			$from_email = substr($this->_from, strpos($this->_from, '<') + 1);
+			$from_email = str_replace('>', '', $from_email);
+			$from_email = trim($from_email);
+		} elseif (trim($this->_from) !== '') {
+			$from_name  = '';
+			$from_email = trim($this->_from);
+		} else {
+			$from_name = $from_email = '';
+		}
+		return array($from_name, $from_email);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback for the wp_mail_from filter.
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.3.1
+	 * @param string $from_email What the original from_email is.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function set_from_address($from_email)
+	{
+		$parsed_from = $this->_parse_from();
+		//includes fallback if the parsing failed.
+		$from_email = is_array($parsed_from) && ! empty($parsed_from[1])
+			? $parsed_from[1]
+			: get_bloginfo('admin_email');
+		return $from_email;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback fro the wp_mail_from_name filter.
+	 *
+	 * @since 4.3.1
+	 * @param string $from_name The original from_name.
+	 * @return string
+	 */
+	public function set_from_name($from_name)
+	{
+		$parsed_from = $this->_parse_from();
+		if (is_array($parsed_from) && ! empty($parsed_from[0])) {
+			$from_name = $parsed_from[0];
+		}
+
+		//if from name is "WordPress" let's sub in the site name instead (more friendly!)
+		//but realize the default name is HTML entity-encoded
+		$from_name = $from_name == 'WordPress' ? wp_specialchars_decode(get_bloginfo(), ENT_QUOTES) : $from_name;
+
+		return $from_name;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * setup body for email
+	 *
+	 * @param bool $preview will determine whether this is preview template or not.
+	 * @return string formatted body for email.
+	 * @throws EE_Error
+	 * @throws \TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\Exception
+	 */
+	protected function _body($preview = false)
+	{
+		//setup template args!
+		$this->_template_args = array(
+			'subject'   => $this->_subject,
+			'from'      => $this->_from,
+			'main_body' => wpautop($this->_content),
+		);
+		$body                 = $this->_get_main_template($preview);
+
+		/**
+		 * This filter allows one to bypass the CSSToInlineStyles tool and leave the body untouched.
+		 *
+		 * @type    bool $preview Indicates whether a preview is being generated or not.
+		 * @return  bool    true  indicates to use the inliner, false bypasses it.
+		 */
+		if (apply_filters('FHEE__EE_Email_messenger__apply_CSSInliner ', true, $preview)) {
+			//require CssToInlineStyles library and its dependencies via composer autoloader
+			require_once EE_THIRD_PARTY . 'cssinliner/vendor/autoload.php';
+
+			//now if this isn't a preview, let's setup the body so it has inline styles
+			if (! $preview || ($preview && defined('DOING_AJAX'))) {
+				$style = file_get_contents(
+					$this->get_variation(
+						$this->_tmp_pack,
+						$this->_incoming_message_type->name,
+						false,
+						'main',
+						$this->_variation
+					),
+					true
+				);
+				$CSS   = new TijsVerkoyen\CssToInlineStyles\CssToInlineStyles($body, $style);
+				//for some reason the library has a bracket and new line at the beginning.  This takes care of that.
+				$body  = ltrim($CSS->convert(true), ">\n");
+				//see https://events.codebasehq.com/projects/event-espresso/tickets/8609
+				$body  = ltrim($body, "<?");
+			}
+
+		}
+		return $body;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * This just returns any existing test settings that might be saved in the database
+	 *
+	 * @access public
+	 * @return array
+	 */
+	public function get_existing_test_settings()
+	{
+		$settings = parent::get_existing_test_settings();
+		//override subject if present because we always want it to be fresh.
+		if (is_array($settings) && ! empty($settings['subject'])) {
+			$settings['subject'] = sprintf(__('Test email sent from %s', 'event_espresso'), get_bloginfo('name'));
+		}
+		return $settings;
+	}
 }