plugin:Events-Manager Daily Events php call

if (class_exists('EM_Events')) {

    //  Get link to the main calendar of events
    $event_page_link = trailingslashit(get_permalink(get_option("dbem_events_page")));

    //  Echo a page title called "DAILY EVENTS"
    //  (we're sorting by days but could sort by weeks or months or years)
    echo '<h2 class="entry-title" class="header"><a href="'.$event_page_link.'">Daily Events</a></h2>';

    //  START IGNORE - but if you need this code I'd be happy to provide it)
    //  ADD "featured-image" from the page admin
    $my_featured_image = my_postimage_picker($myimagetype='post-thumbnails', 0, $myimageclass='header-image');
    echo $my_featured_image;
    //  END IGNORE

    //  place any CMS copy / text below the heading and main photo
    the_content();


    //  This is the default php to echo the events
    //  NOTICE it is commented out as we are calling a separate funciton
    //echo EM_Events::output( array(

    //  echo the grouped events so we can have headers above each group
    //      echo GROUPED events (I'm chosing 'daily' to get a DATE header,
        //  this way I don't have to repeat the date for each entry under the same date)
    //  This will accept all of the same arguments as EM_Events
    echo em_events_list_grouped( array(
        'orderby'=>'event_start_date',
        'pagination'=>1,
        'limit'=>10,
        //  the header above each content grouping (immediately following the DATE HEADER)
        'format_header' => $featuredEvtHeader,
        //  format each event's display
        'format'=>$featuredEvtFormat,
        //  the footer below each content grouping (what closes each content group)
        'format_footer' => $featuredEvtFooter,
        //  determines how to group the events.
            //  choices are 'daily', 'weekly', 'monthly', 'yearly'
            //  each of those will place a header above that group
            //  so 'daily' will put the date, then list all events under that date
        'mode'=>'daily',
    ) );
}