Using the ranges with the rss.php in the CVS

I did that patch in the most recent CVS.  cpath is a parameter added to several of the files in the CVS...it lets you keep calendars in different subdirectories, and it's unrelated to the patch for date ranges.  I think I need to figure out how to handle that - probably the code should test for whether cpath is defined and only add to the $_GET vars passed if it is.  I guess I missed it because I never use the links.  You should be able to just edit out the &cpath= in line 133.

Jim Hu  

p.s. Here's an example of how I use phpicalendar and magpie to generate a page with a range of events...it's why I did the patch in the first place.  Here's the page: http://molbio.tamu.edu/index.php?linkname=Home&content=seminars

Here's the key section of the php code:

<x-tad-smaller><?php
require_once ("magpierss-0.71/rss_fetch.inc");

$thisyear = date("Y") * 10000;
$thismonth = date("n");

$fromdate = $thisyear + 101;
$todate = $thisyear + 515;

if ($thismonth > 4) {
$fromdate = $thisyear + 401;
$todate = $thisyear + 831;

}
if ($thismonth > 7) {
$fromdate = $thisyear + 801;
$todate = $thisyear + 1231;
}

$url = "http://dimer.tamu.edu/phpicalendar-2.0a/rss/rss.php?cpath=seminars&rssview=range&from=$fromdate&to=$todate";
#print "url:$url<br>\n";
$rss = fetch_rss( $url  );

echo "<h2> " . $rss->channel['title'] . "</h2>";

foreach ($rss->items as $item) {
$href = $item['link'];
$title = $item['title']; #title of the rss feed item - not the seminar title
$seminardate = $item['seminardate'];
$seminarspeaker = stripslashes(urldecode($item['seminarspeaker']));
$seminartitle = $item['seminartitle'];
$time = $item['event_start'];
$location = $item['location'];
$status = $item['status'];
$seminarhost = $item['seminarhost'];
$temp = explode('"',$seminarhost);
$host = $temp[4];
if (strpos($temp[9],'@') > 0){
$host.=" (".$temp[9].")";
}


if ($title == 'No events found'){
print "No Seminars in the Calendar for this period - check back later";
}else{
echo "
<tr> 
<td height='19' bgcolor= '#FFFFFF'><p><font color='#660000' size='2'>
<strong>$seminardate $time $status</strong></font>$location<font size='2'><br>
Speaker:$seminarspeaker<br>
Title: $seminartitle<br>
Host: $host</font></p>
</td>
</tr>	
";
}
}
?>
</x-tad-smaller>



On Feb 25, 2005, at 10:15 PM, phpicalendar-devel-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

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> Message: 1
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 14:43:40 +0000
> From: Ben Francis <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:  phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] phpicalendar lite
> Reply-To: phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Chad Little wrote:
>
> > It is fairly modular. If you know PHP arrays it is very simple. At the 
> > end of ical_parser are some comment tags, uncomment the $master_array 
> > and you will see our structure. Each page (day, week, month, ect) is 
> > simply a different manipulation of this array.
>
> ===Aim===
>
> I'm also working on a kind of "phpicalendar lite" as mentioned 
> previously on the list but I called it content management.
>
> I want to be able to generate a web page showing the next few events 
> coming up with a title, description, start date and time, end date and 
> time if applicable and which calendar they've come from.
>
> ===Problems===
>
> I'm struggling a little with manipulating the master_array returned by 
> ical_parser.php. It would  make more sense in my head if I could get 
> from the multidimensional format of the master_array which is something 
> like...
>
> [20050222] => Array
> (
> [1600] => Array
> (
> [8D69CBD9-8664-11D9-8CFA-000D936C280E-RID] => Array
> (
> [event_start] => 1600
> [event_end] => 1700
> [display_end] =>
> [start_unixtime] => 1109088000
> [end_unixtime] => 1109091600
> [event_text] => Recurring+Event
> [event_length] => 3600
> [event_overlap] => 0
> [description] =>
> [status] =>
> [class] =>
> [spans_day] =>
> [location] =>
> [organizer] => a:0:{}
> [attendee] => a:0:{}
> [calnumber] => 1
> [calname] => exhibitions
> [url] =>
> [recur] => Array
> (
> [FREQ] => daily
> [INTERVAL] => 1
> [UNTIL] => February 25
> )
>
> )
>
> )
>
>
> to something more like a flat table....
>
>
> [8D69CBD9-8664-11D9-8CFA-000D936C280E-RID] => Array
> (
> [event_text] => Recurring+Event
> [start_date] => 20050222
> [end_date] => 20050225
> [start_time] => 1600
> [end_time] => 1700
> [calname] => exhibitions
> )
>
>
> This might be similar to what the draw_print function in 
> functions/template.php does, but... well I don't understand it!
>
> My main problems are:
> 1) A recurring event only needs to appear once
> 2) I need to get an end date for recurring events
> 3) My skills with PHP arrays are very limited.
>
>
> ===Other Questions===
>
> 1) What are the dependencies of the ical_parser.php file? Does it rely 
> on any files other than init.incs.php, date_functions.php, 
> draw_functions.php, overlapping_events.php and timezones.php? If not, 
> can I use the functions directory on its own without the rest of 
> phpicalendar in an entirely separate directory?
>
> 2) I'd really like to be able to associate images with events and I'm 
> not sure how to achieve this. Perhaps I could create a directory of 
> images with the directory name matching the UID of the events. Or 
> perhaps I should generate a MySQL database from the .ics file with UIDs 
> and fields for image paths. I could even create a table from the array 
> I'm trying to create and store all the calendar data in the database to 
> increase the speed of execution.
>
>
> There's a good chance I'm approaching this in entirely the wrong way. If 
> so, please put me out of my misery!
>
> Thanks
>
> tola
>
> -- 
> Ben "tola" Francis            http://hippygeek.co.uk
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> Message: 2
> From: Blaine Cook <lattice@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] phpicalendar lite
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 10:35:14 -0800
> To: phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Reply-To: phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> There was a recently applied patch to the RSS feeds that allows you to 
> get an arbitrary x days; if you're using PHP (as I assume you are), use 
> MagpieRSS ( http://magpierss.sf.net ) to fetch the RSS feeds, and you 
> have exactly what you're looking for, available at almost zero 
> dependency cost within whatever code you're working on.
>
> If that still doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll post some 
> running code.
>
> b.
>
> On Feb 25, 2005, at 6:43 AM, Ben Francis wrote:
>
> > ===Aim===
> >
> > I'm also working on a kind of "phpicalendar lite" as mentioned 
> > previously on the list but I called it content management.
> >
> > I want to be able to generate a web page showing the next few events 
> > coming up with a title, description, start date and time, end date and 
> > time if applicable and which calendar they've come from.
> >
> > ===Problems===
> >
> > I'm struggling a little with manipulating the master_array returned by 
> > ical_parser.php. It would  make more sense in my head if I could get 
> > from the multidimensional format of the master_array which is 
> > something like...
> >
> > [20050222] => Array
> > (
> > ...
> > to something more like a flat table....
> >
> > [8D69CBD9-8664-11D9-8CFA-000D936C280E-RID] => Array
> > (
> > ...
> >
> > ===Other Questions===
> >
> > 1) What are the dependencies of the ical_parser.php file? Does it rely 
> > on any files other than init.incs.php, date_functions.php, 
> > draw_functions.php, overlapping_events.php and timezones.php? If not, 
> > can I use the functions directory on its own without the rest of 
> > phpicalendar in an entirely separate directory?
> >
> > 2) I'd really like to be able to associate images with events and I'm 
> > not sure how to achieve this. Perhaps I could create a directory of 
> > images with the directory name matching the UID of the events. Or 
> > perhaps I should generate a MySQL database from the .ics file with 
> > UIDs and fields for image paths. I could even create a table from the 
> > array I'm trying to create and store all the calendar data in the 
> > database to increase the speed of execution.
> >
> > There's a good chance I'm approaching this in entirely the wrong way. 
> > If so, please put me out of my misery!
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > tola
>
>
>
> --__--__--
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:44:26 +0000
> From: Ben Francis <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To:  phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] phpicalendar lite
> Reply-To: phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Blaine Cook wrote:
>
> > There was a recently applied patch to the RSS feeds that allows you to 
> > get an arbitrary x days; if you're using PHP (as I assume you are), 
> > use MagpieRSS ( http://magpierss.sf.net ) to fetch the RSS feeds, and 
> > you have exactly what you're looking for, available at almost zero 
> > dependency cost within whatever code you're working on.
>
> Wow, I really hadn't thought of using RSS, what a good idea! What does 
> MagpieRSS do with the feed exactly? Does it output an array?
>
> > If that still doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll post some 
> > running code.
>
> I'll have a proper look when I get chance but I will probably be back to 
> ask for some hints at least!
>
> Also, can you think of any way of permenantly associating images with 
> events in this way? Or at least a unique ID for each event so I can use 
> that to refer to images with.
>
> Many Thanks for this
>
> tola
>
> -- 
> Ben "tola" Francis            http://hippygeek.co.uk
> ----------------------------------------------------
> COMPUTER SUPPORT for small businesses and home users
> http://tolatech.co.uk
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
>
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>
> Message: 4
> Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 17:08:10 -0600 (CST)
> From: Greg Westin <phpicalendar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] phpicalendar lite
> Reply-To: phpicalendar-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Running MagpieRSS, I noticed that the 'link' parameters don't seem to
> work.  They come out ending with cpath= , rather than pointing to a
> particular event.  Is that a problem with something on my end, or with
> PHPiCalendar?  Maybe I'm misunderstanding the purpose of the link
> parameter.
>
> Greg Westin
> --
> http://www.gregwestin.com
> Contact info: http://www.gregwestin.com/contact.php
>
> On Feb 25, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Blaine Cook wrote:
>
> > There was a recently applied patch to the RSS feeds that allows you to
> > get an arbitrary x days; if you're using PHP (as I assume you are),
> > use MagpieRSS ( http://magpierss.sf.net ) to fetch the RSS feeds, and
> > you have exactly what you're looking for, available at almost zero
> > dependency cost within whatever code you're working on.
> >
> > If that still doesn't make sense, let me know and I'll post some
> > running code.
> >
> > b.
> >
> > On Feb 25, 2005, at 6:43 AM, Ben Francis wrote:
> >
> > > ===Aim===
> > >
> > > I'm also working on a kind of "phpicalendar lite" as mentioned
> > > previously on the list but I called it content management.
> > >
> > > I want to be able to generate a web page showing the next few events
> > > coming up with a title, description, start date and time, end date
> > > and time if applicable and which calendar they've come from.
> > >
> > > ===Problems===
> > >
> > > I'm struggling a little with manipulating the master_array returned
> > > by ical_parser.php. It would  make more sense in my head if I could
> > > get from the multidimensional format of the master_array which is
> > > something like...
> > >
> > > [20050222] => Array
> > > (
> > > ...
> > > to something more like a flat table....
> > >
> > > [8D69CBD9-8664-11D9-8CFA-000D936C280E-RID] => Array
> > > (
> > > ...
> > >
> > > ===Other Questions===
> > >
> > > 1) What are the dependencies of the ical_parser.php file? Does it
> > > rely on any files other than init.incs.php, date_functions.php,
> > > draw_functions.php, overlapping_events.php and timezones.php? If not,
> > > can I use the functions directory on its own without the rest of
> > > phpicalendar in an entirely separate directory?
> > >
> > > 2) I'd really like to be able to associate images with events and I'm
> > > not sure how to achieve this. Perhaps I could create a directory of
> > > images with the directory name matching the UID of the events. Or
> > > perhaps I should generate a MySQL database from the .ics file with
> > > UIDs and fields for image paths. I could even create a table from the
> > > array I'm trying to create and store all the calendar data in the
> > > database to increase the speed of execution.
> > >
> > > There's a good chance I'm approaching this in entirely the wrong way.
> > > If so, please put me out of my misery!
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > tola
> >
> >
> >
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