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<h1>iCalcreator 2.8</h1>
iCalcreator class v2.8<br />
copyright (c) 2007-2011 Kjell-Inge Gustafsson, kigkonsult<br />
<a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator/index.php" title="www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator" target="_blank">www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator</a><br />
ical@kigkonsult.se<br />
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iCalcreator is a PHP class managing iCal formatted files for non-calendar
systems like CMS, project management systems and other applications able
to process calendar information like agendas, tasks, reports, totos,
journaling data and for communication with calendar systems and applications.
<br /><br />
This is a <b>short summary</b> how to use iCalcreator; create, parse, edit, select and output functionality.
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iCalcreator is built of a class file with support of a function class file and are calendar component property oriented.
Development environment is PHP version 5.x but coding is done to meet 4.x backward compatibility and may work.
<h4>iCal</h4>
A short iCal description is found at <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar#Core_object" title="iCalendar From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a>. If You are not familiar with iCal, read this first!<br />
Knowledge of calendar protocol rfc2445/rfc2446 is to recommend;<br />
<a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/dl.php?f=rfc2445" title="RFC2445" target="_blank">rfc2445</a>
- Internet Calendaring and Scheduling Core Object Specification (iCalendar)<br />
<a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/dl.php?f=rfc2446" title="RFC2446" target="_blank">rfc2446</a>
- iCalendar Transport-Independent Interoperability Protocol (iTIP) Scheduling Events, BusyTime, To-dos and Journal Entries <br />
All functions calls are made as simple as possible BUT (, !!!,) read these rfc's properly!<br />
<h4>Downloads</h4>
Download
<a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/index.php#iCalcreator" title="iCalcreator complete manual" target="_blank"><b>complete manual</b></a>
and
<a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/index.php#iCalcreator" title="iCalcreator coding samples" target="_blank"><b>coding samples</b></a>.
from <a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator/index.php" title="iCalcreator" target="_blank">www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator</a>.
<h4>INSTALL</h4>
Unpack to any folder<br />
- add this folder to your include-path<br />
- or unpack to your application-(include)-folder<br />
Add &quot;require_once [folder/]iCalcreator.class.php;&quot; to your php-script.
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If using php version 5.1 or higher, the default timezone need to be set/altered, now "Europe/Stockholm",
line 50 in the iCalcreator.class.php file.
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When creating a new calendar/component instance, review config settings.
<h2>CREATE</h2>
<p class="code">require_once( 'iCalcreator.class.php' );
$config = array( 'unique_id' => 'icaldomain.com' ); // <span class="comment">set Your unique id</span>
$v = new vcalendar( $config ); // <span class="comment">create a new calendar instance</span>
$v->setProperty( 'method', 'PUBLISH' ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "x-wr-calname", "Calendar Sample" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-CALDESC", "Calendar Description" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-TIMEZONE", "Europe/Stockholm" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
.. .
$vevent = & $v->newComponent( 'vevent' ); // <span class="comment">create an event calendar component</span>
$vevent->setProperty( 'dtstart', array( 'year'=>2007, 'month'=>4, 'day'=>1, 'hour'=>19, 'min'=>0, 'sec'=>0 ));
$vevent->setProperty( 'dtend', array( 'year'=>2007, 'month'=>4, 'day'=>1, 'hour'=>22, 'min'=>30, 'sec'=>0 ));
$vevent->setProperty( 'LOCATION', 'Central Placa' ); // <span class="comment">property name - case independent</span>
$vevent->setProperty( 'summary', 'PHP summit' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'description', 'This is a description' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'comment', 'This is a comment' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'attendee', 'attendee1@icaldomain.net' );
.. .
$vevent = & $v->newComponent( 'vevent' ); // <span class="comment">create next event calendar component</span>
$vevent->setProperty( 'dtstart', '20070401', array('VALUE' => 'DATE'));// <span class="comment">alt. date format, now for an all-day event</span>
$vevent->setProperty( "organizer" , 'boss@icaldomain.com' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'summary', 'ALL-DAY event' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'description', 'This is a description for an all-day event' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'resources', 'COMPUTER PROJECTOR' );
$vevent->setProperty( 'rrule', array( 'FREQ' => 'WEEKLY', 'count' => 4));// <span class="comment">weekly, four occasions</span>
$vevent->parse( 'LOCATION:1CP Conference Room 4350' ); // <span class="comment">supporting parse of strict rfc2445 formatted text</span>
.. .
.. .// <span class="comment">all calendar components are described in <a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/dl.php?f=rfc2445" title="RFC2445" target="_blank">rfc2445</a></span>
.. .// <span class="comment">a complete iCalcreator function list (ex. setProperty) in <a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/index.php#iCalcreator" title="iCalcreator complete manual" target="_blank">iCalcreator manual</a></span>
.. .
$v->returnCalendar(); // <span class="comment">redirect calendar file to browser</span>
</p>
<h2>PARSE</h2>
<p class="code">require_once( 'iCalcreator.class.php' );
$config = array( 'unique_id', 'icaldomain.com' ); // <span class="comment">set Your unique id, required if any component UID is missing</span>
$v = new vcalendar( $config ); // <span class="comment">create a new calendar instance</span>
/* start parse of local file */
$config = array( 'directory' => 'calendar', 'filename' => 'file.ics' );
$v->setConfig( $config ); // <span class="comment">set directory and file name</span>
$v->parse();
/* start parse of remote file */
$v->setConfig( 'url', 'http://www.aDomain.net/file.ics' ); // <span class="comment">iCalcreator also support parse from or write to remote files</span>
$v->parse();
$v->setProperty( 'method', 'PUBLISH' ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "x-wr-calname", "Calendar Sample" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-CALDESC", "Calendar Description" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-TIMEZONE", "Europe/Stockholm" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
.. .
$v->sort(); // <span class="comment">ensure start date order</span>
.. .
</p>
<h2>EDIT</h2>
<p class="code">require_once( 'iCalcreator.class.php' );
$config = array( 'unique_id' => 'icaldomain.com', 'directory' => 'calendar', 'filename' => 'file.ics' );
// <span class="comment">set Your unique id, import directory and file name</span>
$v = new vcalendar( $config ); // <span class="comment">create a new calendar instance</span>
$v->parse();
$v->setProperty( 'method', 'PUBLISH' ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "x-wr-calname", "Calendar Sample" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-CALDESC", "Calendar Description" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-TIMEZONE", "Europe/Stockholm" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
while( $vevent = $v->getComponent( 'vevent' )) { // <span class="comment">read events, one by one</span>
$uid = $vevent->getProperty( 'uid' ); // <span class="comment">uid required, one occurence (unique id/key for component)</span>
.. .
$dtstart = $vevent->getProperty( 'dtstart' ); // <span class="comment">dtstart required, one occurence</span>
.. .
if( $description = $vevent->getProperty( 'description', 1 )) { // <span class="comment">description optional, first occurence</span>
.. . // <span class="comment">edit the description</span>
$vevent->setProperty( 'description', $description, FALSE, 1 ); // <span class="comment">update/replace the description</span>
}
while( $comment = $vevent->getProperty( 'comment' )) { // <span class="comment">comment optional, may occur more than once </span>
.. . // <span class="comment">manage comments</span>
}
.. .
while( $vevent->deleteProperty( 'attendee' ))
continue; // <span class="comment">remove all ATTENDEE properties .. .</span>
.. .
$v->setComponent ( $vevent, $uid ); // <span class="comment">update/replace event in calendar with <b>uid</b> as key </span>
}
.. .
.. .// <span class="comment">a complete iCalcreator function list (ex. getProperty, deleteProperty) in <a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/index.php" title="iCalcreator complete manual" target="_blank">iCalcreator manual</a></span>
.. .
</p>
<h2>SELECT</h2>
<p class="code">require_once( 'iCalcreator.class.php' );
$config = array( 'unique_id' => 'icaldomain.com' ); // <span class="comment">set Your unique id</span>
$v = new vcalendar( $config ); // <span class="comment">create a new calendar instance</span>
$v->setConfig( 'url', 'http://www.aDomain.net/file.ics' ); // <span class="comment">iCalcreator also support remote files</span>
$v->parse();
$v->sort(); // <span class="comment">ensure start date order</span>
$v->setProperty( 'method', 'PUBLISH' ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "x-wr-calname", "Calendar Sample" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-CALDESC", "Calendar Description" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-TIMEZONE", "Europe/Stockholm" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$eventArray = $v->selectComponents(); // <span class="comment">select components occuring <b>today</b></span>
// <span class="comment">(including components with recurrence pattern)</span>
foreach( $eventArray as $year => $yearArray) {
foreach( $yearArray as $month => $monthArray ) {
foreach( $monthArray as $day => $dailyEventsArray ) {
foreach( $dailyEventsArray as $vevent ) {
$currddate = $event->getProperty( 'x-current-dtstart' );
// <span class="comment">if member of a recurrence set (2nd occurence etc)</span>
// <span class="comment">returns array( 'x-current-dtstart'</span>
// <span class="comment"> , &lt;(string) date(&quot;Y-m-d [H:i:s][timezone/UTC offset]&quot;)&gt;)</span>
$dtstart = $vevent->getProperty( 'dtstart' ); // <span class="comment">dtstart required, one occurence, (orig. start date)</span>
$summary = $vevent->getProperty( 'summary' );
$description = $vevent->getProperty( 'description' );
.. .
.. .
</p>
<h2>OUTPUT</h2>
<p class="code">require_once( 'iCalcreator.class.php' );
$config = array( 'unique_id' => 'icaldomain.com' ); // <span class="comment">set Your unique id</span>
$v = new vcalendar( $config ); // <span class="comment">create a new calendar instance</span>
$v->setProperty( 'method', 'PUBLISH' ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "x-wr-calname", "Calendar Sample" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-CALDESC", "Calendar Description" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
$v->setProperty( "X-WR-TIMEZONE", "Europe/Stockholm" ); // <span class="comment">required of some calendar software</span>
.. .
.. .// <span class="comment">parse calendar file(s) and/or edit/create calendar components.. .</span>
.. .
</p>
<h4> // opt 1</h4>
<p class="code">.. .
$v->returnCalendar(); // <span class="comment">redirect calendar file to browser</span>
</p>
<h4> // opt 2</h4>
<p class="code">.. .
$config = array( 'directory' => 'depot', 'filename' => 'calendar.ics' );
$v->setConfig( $config ); // <span class="comment">set output directory and file name</span>
$v->saveCalendar(); // <span class="comment">save calendar to (local) file</span>
</p>
<h4> // opt 3</h4>
<p class="code">.. .
$config = array( 'url' => 'http://www.aDomain.net/file.ics' );
$v->setConfig( $config ); // <span class="comment">set output url</span>
$v->saveCalendar(); // <span class="comment">save calendar to remote url</span>
</p>
<h2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</h2>
<h4>Copyright</h4>
iCalcreator class<br />
copyright (c) 2007-2011 Kjell-Inge Gustafsson, kigkonsult<br />
<a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator/index.php" title="www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator" target="_blank">www.kigkonsult.se/iCalcreator</a><br />
ical@kigkonsult.se<br />
<h4>License</h4>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
<br /><br />
This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
Lesser General Public License for more details.
<br /><br />
You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
or download it <a href="http://www.kigkonsult.se/downloads/dl.php?f=LGPL" target="_blank">here</a>.
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