Please can someone help me with a link on developing a php calender.
Can you add a little bit more details? Like, do you want just to display a calendar to print it? Do you need to add events on certain dates? Do you need an admin to maintain it? What do you want to do with your calendar?
I adapted a script by Derek Allard and it works fine.
http://derekallard.com/blog/post/modifying-the-default-codeigniter-calendar-template-for-fun-and-profit/index.phpThe script is called from a CodeIgniter library which you should be able to adapt to suit your needs.
thanks for the response, i want to be able to add events, i have read up on how to make an ordinary calendar.
i am trying to follow a tutorial by david walsh, that starts with an
ordinary calendar,
The controls
and
adding an event,
http://davidwalsh.name/php-event-calendar
i don’t know how to match the control and the basic calendar to work, please any guide
this is the calendar code
/* draws a calendar */
function draw_calendar($month,$year){
/* draw table */
$calendar = '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="calendar">';
/* table headings */
$headings = array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row"><td class="calendar-day-head">'.implode('</td><td class="calendar-day-head">',$headings).'</td></tr>';
/* days and weeks vars now ... */
$running_day = date('w',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
$days_in_month = date('t',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
$days_in_this_week = 1;
$day_counter = 0;
$dates_array = array();
/* row for week one */
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
/* print "blank" days until the first of the current week */
for($x = 0; $x < $running_day; $x++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
$days_in_this_week++;
endfor;
/* keep going with days.... */
for($list_day = 1; $list_day <= $days_in_month; $list_day++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day">';
/* add in the day number */
$calendar.= '<div class="day-number">'.$list_day.'</div>';
/** QUERY THE DATABASE FOR AN ENTRY FOR THIS DAY !! IF MATCHES FOUND, PRINT THEM !! **/
$calendar.= str_repeat('<p> </p>',2);
$calendar.= '</td>';
if($running_day == 6):
$calendar.= '</tr>';
if(($day_counter+1) != $days_in_month):
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
endif;
$running_day = -1;
$days_in_this_week = 0;
endif;
$days_in_this_week++; $running_day++; $day_counter++;
endfor;
/* finish the rest of the days in the week */
if($days_in_this_week < 8):
for($x = 1; $x <= (8 - $days_in_this_week); $x++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
endfor;
endif;
/* final row */
$calendar.= '</tr>';
/* end the table */
$calendar.= '</table>';
/* all done, return result */
return $calendar;
}
/* sample usages */
echo '<h2>July 2009</h2>';
echo draw_calendar(7,2009);
echo '<h2>August 2009</h2>';
echo draw_calendar(8,2009);
the css
/* calendar */
table.calendar { border-left:1px solid #999; }
tr.calendar-row { }
td.calendar-day { min-height:80px; font-size:11px; position:relative; } * html div.calendar-day { height:80px; }
td.calendar-day:hover { background:#eceff5; }
td.calendar-day-np { background:#eee; min-height:80px; } * html div.calendar-day-np { height:80px; }
td.calendar-day-head { background:#ccc; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; width:120px; padding:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #999; border-top:1px solid #999; border-right:1px solid #999; }
div.day-number { background:#999; padding:5px; color:#fff; font-weight:bold; float:right; margin:-5px -5px 0 0; width:20px; text-align:center; }
/* shared */
td.calendar-day, td.calendar-day-np { width:120px; padding:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #999; border-right:1px solid #999; }
this is the control code
/* date settings */
$month = (int) ($_GET['month'] ? $_GET['month'] : date('m'));
$year = (int) ($_GET['year'] ? $_GET['year'] : date('Y'));
/* select month control */
$select_month_control = '<select name="month" id="month">';
for($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++) {
$select_month_control.= '<option value="'.$x.'"'.($x != $month ? '' : ' selected="selected"').'>'.date('F',mktime(0,0,0,$x,1,$year)).'</option>';
}
$select_month_control.= '</select>';
/* select year control */
$year_range = 7;
$select_year_control = '<select name="year" id="year">';
for($x = ($year-floor($year_range/2)); $x <= ($year+floor($year_range/2)); $x++) {
$select_year_control.= '<option value="'.$x.'"'.($x != $year ? '' : ' selected="selected"').'>'.$x.'</option>';
}
$select_year_control.= '</select>';
/* "next month" control */
$next_month_link = '<a href="?month='.($month != 12 ? $month + 1 : 1).'&year='.($month != 12 ? $year : $year + 1).'" class="control">Next Month >></a>';
/* "previous month" control */
$previous_month_link = '<a href="?month='.($month != 1 ? $month - 1 : 12).'&year='.($month != 1 ? $year : $year - 1).'" class="control"><< Previous Month</a>';
/* bringing the controls together */
$controls = '<form method="get">'.$select_month_control.$select_year_control.' <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go" /> '.$previous_month_link.' '.$next_month_link.' </form>';
echo $controls;
Create a PHP file, like calendar.php, with the following:
<html>
<head>
<title>Calendar</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
... INSERT THE STYLE PART HERE ...
</style>
<body>
<?php
... INSERT THE PHP CODE HERE ...
?>
</body>
</html>
The PHP to insert should be the code mentioned in http://davidwalsh.name/php-event-calendar under the title “The PHP - Draw Calendar”.
I see nowhere in the tutorial where he mentioned to create the SQL table. Did you create a table “events”?
Note: This tutorial is not the best code in the world. The PHP is mixed up with the HTML, please keep in mind that it’s not really clean. 
i have not created the table “events”, as i was still following the tutorial, from creating the ordinary calendar, and trying to add controls., but i got stuck with the controls.
i have followed the advice from above, and i am getting a blank page.
<html>
<head>
<title>Calendar</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
. /* calendar */
table.calendar { border-left:1px solid #999; }
tr.calendar-row { }
td.calendar-day { min-height:80px; font-size:11px; position:relative; } * html div.calendar-day { height:80px; }
td.calendar-day:hover { background:#eceff5; }
td.calendar-day-np { background:#eee; min-height:80px; } * html div.calendar-day-np { height:80px; }
td.calendar-day-head { background:#ccc; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; width:120px; padding:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #999; border-top:1px solid #999; border-right:1px solid #999; }
div.day-number { background:#999; padding:5px; color:#fff; font-weight:bold; float:right; margin:-5px -5px 0 0; width:20px; text-align:center; }
/* shared */
td.calendar-day, td.calendar-day-np { width:120px; padding:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #999; border-right:1px solid #999; }
</style>
<body>
<?php
/* draws a calendar */
function draw_calendar($month,$year,$events = array()){
/* draw table */
$calendar = '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="calendar">';
/* table headings */
$headings = array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row"><td class="calendar-day-head">'.implode('</td><td class="calendar-day-head">',$headings).'</td></tr>';
/* days and weeks vars now ... */
$running_day = date('w',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
$days_in_month = date('t',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
$days_in_this_week = 1;
$day_counter = 0;
$dates_array = array();
/* row for week one */
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
/* print "blank" days until the first of the current week */
for($x = 0; $x < $running_day; $x++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
$days_in_this_week++;
endfor;
/* keep going with days.... */
for($list_day = 1; $list_day <= $days_in_month; $list_day++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day"><div style="position:relative;height:100px;">';
/* add in the day number */
$calendar.= '<div class="day-number">'.$list_day.'</div>';
$event_day = $year.'-'.$month.'-'.$list_day;
if(isset($events[$event_day])) {
foreach($events[$event_day] as $event) {
$calendar.= '<div class="event">'.$event['title'].'</div>';
}
}
else {
$calendar.= str_repeat('<p> </p>',2);
}
$calendar.= '</div></td>';
if($running_day == 6):
$calendar.= '</tr>';
if(($day_counter+1) != $days_in_month):
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
endif;
$running_day = -1;
$days_in_this_week = 0;
endif;
$days_in_this_week++; $running_day++; $day_counter++;
endfor;
/* finish the rest of the days in the week */
if($days_in_this_week < 8):
for($x = 1; $x <= (8 - $days_in_this_week); $x++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
endfor;
endif;
/* final row */
$calendar.= '</tr>';
/* end the table */
$calendar.= '</table>';
/** DEBUG **/
$calendar = str_replace('</td>','</td>'."\
",$calendar);
$calendar = str_replace('</tr>','</tr>'."\
",$calendar);
/* all done, return result */
return $calendar;
}
function random_number() {
srand(time());
return (rand() % 7);
}
/* date settings */
$month = (int) ($_GET['month'] ? $_GET['month'] : date('m'));
$year = (int) ($_GET['year'] ? $_GET['year'] : date('Y'));
/* select month control */
$select_month_control = '<select name="month" id="month">';
for($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++) {
$select_month_control.= '<option value="'.$x.'"'.($x != $month ? '' : ' selected="selected"').'>'.date('F',mktime(0,0,0,$x,1,$year)).'</option>';
}
$select_month_control.= '</select>';
/* select year control */
$year_range = 7;
$select_year_control = '<select name="year" id="year">';
for($x = ($year-floor($year_range/2)); $x <= ($year+floor($year_range/2)); $x++) {
$select_year_control.= '<option value="'.$x.'"'.($x != $year ? '' : ' selected="selected"').'>'.$x.'</option>';
}
$select_year_control.= '</select>';
/* "next month" control */
$next_month_link = '<a href="?month='.($month != 12 ? $month + 1 : 1).'&year='.($month != 12 ? $year : $year + 1).'" class="control">Next Month >></a>';
/* "previous month" control */
$previous_month_link = '<a href="?month='.($month != 1 ? $month - 1 : 12).'&year='.($month != 1 ? $year : $year - 1).'" class="control"><< Previous Month</a>';
/* bringing the controls together */
$controls = '<form method="get">'.$select_month_control.$select_year_control.' <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go" /> '.$previous_month_link.' '.$next_month_link.' </form>';
/* get all events for the given month */
$events = array();
$query = "SELECT title, DATE_FORMAT(event_date,'%Y-%m-%D') AS event_date FROM events WHERE event_date LIKE '$year-$month%'";
$result = mysql_query($query,$db_link) or die('cannot get results!');
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$events[$row['event_date']][] = $row;
}
echo '<h2 style="float:left; padding-right:30px;">'.date('F',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year)).' '.$year.'</h2>';
echo '<div style="float:left;">'.$controls.'</div>';
echo '<div style="clear:both;"></div>';
echo draw_calendar($month,$year,$events);
echo '<br /><br />';
?>
</body>
</html>
Try this at the top of your page, followed by your pasted script:
file: calendar.php
<?php
error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
// echo '<br />' .__LINE__;
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Calendar</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
Page then displays the following:
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected ‘;’, expecting T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM in /home/my-Site/public_html/downloads/sp-c/calendar/index.php on line 137
its showing the blank page
<?php
error_reporting(-1);
ini_set('display_errors', TRUE);
// echo '<br />' .__LINE__;
?>
<html>
<head>
<title>Calendar</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
<html>
<head>
<title>Calendar</title>
</head>
<style type="text/css">
. /* calendar */
table.calendar { border-left:1px solid #999; }
tr.calendar-row { }
td.calendar-day { min-height:80px; font-size:11px; position:relative; } * html div.calendar-day { height:80px; }
td.calendar-day:hover { background:#eceff5; }
td.calendar-day-np { background:#eee; min-height:80px; } * html div.calendar-day-np { height:80px; }
td.calendar-day-head { background:#ccc; font-weight:bold; text-align:center; width:120px; padding:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #999; border-top:1px solid #999; border-right:1px solid #999; }
div.day-number { background:#999; padding:5px; color:#fff; font-weight:bold; float:right; margin:-5px -5px 0 0; width:20px; text-align:center; }
/* shared */
td.calendar-day, td.calendar-day-np { width:120px; padding:5px; border-bottom:1px solid #999; border-right:1px solid #999; }
</style>
<body>
<?php
/* draws a calendar */
function draw_calendar($month,$year,$events = array()){
/* draw table */
$calendar = '<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="calendar">';
/* table headings */
$headings = array('Sunday','Monday','Tuesday','Wednesday','Thursday','Friday','Saturday');
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row"><td class="calendar-day-head">'.implode('</td><td class="calendar-day-head">',$headings).'</td></tr>';
/* days and weeks vars now ... */
$running_day = date('w',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
$days_in_month = date('t',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year));
$days_in_this_week = 1;
$day_counter = 0;
$dates_array = array();
/* row for week one */
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
/* print "blank" days until the first of the current week */
for($x = 0; $x < $running_day; $x++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
$days_in_this_week++;
endfor;
/* keep going with days.... */
for($list_day = 1; $list_day <= $days_in_month; $list_day++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day"><div style="position:relative;height:100px;">';
/* add in the day number */
$calendar.= '<div class="day-number">'.$list_day.'</div>';
$event_day = $year.'-'.$month.'-'.$list_day;
if(isset($events[$event_day])) {
foreach($events[$event_day] as $event) {
$calendar.= '<div class="event">'.$event['title'].'</div>';
}
}
else {
$calendar.= str_repeat('<p> </p>',2);
}
$calendar.= '</div></td>';
if($running_day == 6):
$calendar.= '</tr>';
if(($day_counter+1) != $days_in_month):
$calendar.= '<tr class="calendar-row">';
endif;
$running_day = -1;
$days_in_this_week = 0;
endif;
$days_in_this_week++; $running_day++; $day_counter++;
endfor;
/* finish the rest of the days in the week */
if($days_in_this_week < 8):
for($x = 1; $x <= (8 - $days_in_this_week); $x++):
$calendar.= '<td class="calendar-day-np"> </td>';
endfor;
endif;
/* final row */
$calendar.= '</tr>';
/* end the table */
$calendar.= '</table>';
/** DEBUG **/
$calendar = str_replace('</td>','</td>'."\
",$calendar);
$calendar = str_replace('</tr>','</tr>'."\
",$calendar);
/* all done, return result */
return $calendar;
}
function random_number() {
srand(time());
return (rand() % 7);
}
/* date settings */
$month = (int) ($_GET['month'] ? $_GET['month'] : date('m'));
$year = (int) ($_GET['year'] ? $_GET['year'] : date('Y'));
/* select month control */
$select_month_control = '<select name="month" id="month">';
for($x = 1; $x <= 12; $x++) {
$select_month_control.= '<option value="'.$x.'"'.($x != $month ? '' : ' selected="selected"').'>'.date('F',mktime(0,0,0,$x,1,$year)).'</option>';
}
$select_month_control.= '</select>';
/* select year control */
$year_range = 7;
$select_year_control = '<select name="year" id="year">';
for($x = ($year-floor($year_range/2)); $x <= ($year+floor($year_range/2)); $x++) {
$select_year_control.= '<option value="'.$x.'"'.($x != $year ? '' : ' selected="selected"').'>'.$x.'</option>';
}
$select_year_control.= '</select>';
/* "next month" control */
$next_month_link = '<a href="?month='.($month != 12 ? $month + 1 : 1).'&year='.($month != 12 ? $year : $year + 1).'" class="control">Next Month >></a>';
/* "previous month" control */
$previous_month_link = '<a href="?month='.($month != 1 ? $month - 1 : 12).'&year='.($month != 1 ? $year : $year - 1).'" class="control"><< Previous Month</a>';
/* bringing the controls together */
$controls = '<form method="get">'.$select_month_control.$select_year_control.' <input type="submit" name="submit" value="Go" /> '.$previous_month_link.' '.$next_month_link.' </form>';
/* get all events for the given month */
$events = array();
$query = "SELECT title, DATE_FORMAT(event_date,'%Y-%m-%D') AS event_date FROM events WHERE event_date LIKE '$year-$month%'";
$result = mysql_query($query,$db_link) or die('cannot get results!');
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($result)) {
$events[$row['event_date']][] = $row;
}
echo '<h2 style="float:left; padding-right:30px;">'.date('F',mktime(0,0,0,$month,1,$year)).' '.$year.'</h2>';
echo '<div style="float:left;">'.$controls.'</div>';
echo '<div style="clear:both;"></div>';
echo draw_calendar($month,$year,$events);
echo '<br /><br />';
?>
</body>
</html>
Try CTRL-F5 or CTRL-R to refresh your browser or add ?test=123 to the URL.
If you still get a blank page then try the URL with another browser.
This is the line causing the problem:
$query = "SELECT title, DATE_FORMAT(event_date,'%Y-%m-%D') AS event_date FROM events WHERE event_date LIKE '$year-$month%'";
// replace with the follwoing
$query = "SELECT title, DATE_FORMAT(event_date,'%Y-%m-%D') AS event_date
FROM events
WHERE event_date LIKE '$year-$month%' ";
Your database connections are at fault because you cannot connect to the database, table, etc.
Here is your script working without the database connection:
http://www.johns-jokes.com/downloads/sp-c/calendar/?month=2&year=2014
Scroll to the bottom to get the source.
thanks john, it is displaying now, i will work more on the db and event side.
thanks