Simple Calendar

A very simple, easy to use PHP calendar rendering class.

Requirements

• php: >=7.4
• ext-calendar: *

Installing

Install the latest version with:

composer require 'donatj/simplecalendar'

Examples

<?php

require '../vendor/autoload.php';

echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="../src/css/SimpleCalendar.css" />';

$calendar = new donatj\SimpleCalendar('June 2010');

echo $calendar->render();

<?php
require '../vendor/autoload.php';

echo '<link rel="stylesheet" href="../src/css/SimpleCalendar.css" />';

$calendar = new donatj\SimpleCalendar;

$calendar->setStartOfWeek('Sunday');
$calendar->addDailyHtml('Sample Event', 'today', 'tomorrow');

$calendar->setWeekDayNames([ 'Sun', 'Mon', 'Tu', 'W', 'Th', 'F', 'Sa' ]);
$calendar->setStartOfWeek('Monday');

echo $calendar->render();

Documentation

Class: donatj\SimpleCalendar

Simple Calendar

Method: SimpleCalendar->__construct

function __construct($calendarDate = null, $today = null)

Parameters

• \DateTimeInterface | int | string | null $calendarDate
• \DateTimeInterface | false | int | string | null $today

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Method: SimpleCalendar->setDate

function setDate($date = null): void

Sets the date for the calendar.

Parameters

• \DateTimeInterface | int | string | null $date - DateTimeInterface or Date string parsed by strtotime for the calendar date. If null set to current timestamp.

Throws: \Exception

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Method: SimpleCalendar->setCalendarClasses

function setCalendarClasses(array $classes): void

Sets the class names used in the calendar

[  
   'calendar'     => 'SimpleCalendar',  
   'leading_day'  => 'SCprefix',  
   'trailing_day' => 'SCsuffix',  
   'today'        => 'today',  
   'event'        => 'event',  
   'events'       => 'events',  
]  

Parameters

• array{calendar?: string,leading_day?: string,trailing_day?: string,today?: string,event?: string,events?: string} $classes - Map of element to class names used by the calendar.

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Method: SimpleCalendar->setToday

function setToday($today = null): void

Sets "today"'s date. Defaults to today.

Parameters

• \DateTimeInterface | false | int | string | null $today - null will default to today, false will disable the rendering of Today.

Throws: \Exception

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Method: SimpleCalendar->setWeekDayNames

function setWeekDayNames(?array $weekDayNames = null): void

Parameters

• array{0: string,1: string,2: string,3: string,4: string,5: string,6: string} | null $weekDayNames

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Method: SimpleCalendar->addDailyHtml

function addDailyHtml(string $html, $startDate, $endDate = null): void

Add a daily event to the calendar

Parameters

• string $html - The raw HTML to place on the calendar for this event
• \DateTimeInterface | int | string $startDate - Date string for when the event starts
• \DateTimeInterface | int | string | null $endDate - Date string for when the event ends. Defaults to start date

Throws: \Exception

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Method: SimpleCalendar->clearDailyHtml

function clearDailyHtml(): void

Clear all daily events for the calendar

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Method: SimpleCalendar->setStartOfWeek

function setStartOfWeek($offset): void

Sets the first day of the week

Parameters

• int | string $offset - Day the week starts on. ex: "Monday" or 0-6 where 0 is Sunday

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Method: SimpleCalendar->show

function show(bool $echo = true): string

Returns/Outputs the Calendar

DEPRECATED

Use render() method instead.

Parameters

• bool $echo - Whether to echo resulting calendar

Return Value

• string - HTML of the Calendar

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Method: SimpleCalendar->render

function render(): string

Returns the generated Calendar