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PHP Calendar
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Create a simple calendar in a matter of seconds with the following tutorial.

In this tutorial we will be providing a class that you can use to create a simple calendar.

Example:



The Code for the Calendar is as follows:

In File: myCalendar.php

Let's first create the constructors and all of the date and time functions required to output this calendar.

 Code Snippet 1

<?php

/*  
 *  myCalendar Class  
 *  
**/  

class myCalendar
{
  var $month = 0;
  var $day = 0;
  var $year = 0;
  var $Months = Array("January", "February", 
  "March", "April", "May", "June", "July", 
  "August", "September", "October", "November", "December"); 
  
  
  function myCalendar($thisMonth, $thisDay, $thisYear)
  {    
    $this->month = $thisMonth;
    $this->day = $thisDay;
    $this->year = $thisYear;
  }  
    
  function getDayOfMonth($month, $day, $year)
  {
    $myresult = date("l", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year));
    
    return $myresult;
  }  
  
  
  function getMonthName($month, $day, $year)
  {
    $myresult = date("F", mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year));
    
    return $myresult;
  }  
  
  function getWeekDay($day)
  {
      $myresult = 0;   
    switch ($day) {
    case "Monday":
      $myresult = 1; 
      break;
    case "Tuesday":
      $myresult = 2; 
      break;
    case "Wednesday":
      $myresult = 3; 
      break;
    case "Thursday":
      $myresult = 4; 
      break;
    case "Friday":
       $myresult =  5; 
      break;
    case "Saturday":
      $myresult = 6; 
      break;
    case "Sunday":
      $myresult = 7; 
      break;
    }
    return $myresult;
  }
  
  
  function getNumDaysOfMonth($month, $year)
  {
    
    // non-leap year         
    $nonleap = Array(31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);  
    
    // leap year 
    $leap = Array(31, 29, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31);  
    
    $isLeap = false ;
    
    if (($year % 4) == 0) { 
    
      if (($year % 100) == 0 && ($year % 400) != 0) { 
        $isLeap = false;
      } 
      else { 
        $isLeap = true;
      } 
    
    }  
    else { 
    
      $isLeap = false;
    } 
    
    
    if($isLeap == true) { 
      return $leap[$month - 1];
    } 
    else { 
      return $nonleap[$month - 1]; 
    } 

  }
  
  function isToday($month,$day,$year) 
  {
    
     if( ($month == intval(date("m"))) && ( $day == intval(date("d")))
      && ($year == intval(date("Y")))){
       return true;  
     } else {
      return false;
     }  
    
  }

  //generate and output the html code for the calendar:
  function generateHTML($toUrl) 
  {   
       
      //configure top navigation
       
      $nextMonth = $this->month + 1;
      $nextYear  = $this->year;
      
      if($nextMonth == 13) {
        $nextMonth = 1;  
        $nextYear = $this->year + 1;
      }
      
      $prevMonth = $this->month - 1;
      $prevYear = $this->year;
      
      if($prevMonth == 0) {
        $prevMonth = 12;  
        $prevYear = $this->year - 1;
      }      
      
      //configure bottom navigation

      $gobackwards = $toUrl . "&m=" . $prevMonth . "&y=" . $prevYear;
      $goforward = $toUrl . "&m=" . $nextMonth . "&y=" . $nextYear;
      
      echo "<small>";
      echo "<table border=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n";
      echo "<tr>\n";
      echo "   <td colspan=\"7\">";
      echo "      <table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" width=\"100%\">\n";
      echo "      <tr>\n";
      echo "           <td width=\"5%\"><a href=\"" . $gobackwards . 
                                                            "\"><<</a></td>\n";
      echo "          <td width=\"90%\" align=\"center\"><b>" . 
      $this->getMonthName($this->month , $this->day , $this->year) . 
      " " . $this->year . "</b></td>\n";
      echo "         <td width=\"5%\"><a href=\"" . $goforward .
                                                            "\">>></a></td>\n";
      echo "      </tr>\n";
      echo "      </table>\n";
      echo "   </td>";
      echo "</tr>\n";      
      echo "<tr>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Sun</b></td>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Mon</b></td>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Tue</b></td>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Wed</b></td>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Thu</b></td>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Fri</b></td>\n";
      echo "   <td><b>Sat</b></td>\n";
      echo "</tr>\n";
      
      $newrow = 1;
      $monLoop = $this->getNumDaysOfMonth($this->month, $this->year);
      $startDay = intval($this->getWeekDay($this->getDayOfMonth(
                                               $this->month, 1, $this->year)));
      $begin = false;
      

      
      for($i=1; $i <= $monLoop; $i++) {
        
         if($startDay == 7) {
        $begin = true;  
       }
       
         if($newrow == 8 || $newrow == 1) {
           echo "<tr>";
           $newrow = 1;  
         }
         
         if($begin == true) {
          
          if( $this->isToday($this->month, $i, $this->year)) {
            echo "   <td><font color=\"red\">" . $i . "</font></td>"; 
          } else {
            echo "   <td>" . $i . "</td>";   
         } 
         }
         
         if($i <= $startDay && $begin == false ) {
           
           echo "   <td> </td>";
           
           if($i == $startDay) {
             $begin = true;  
             $i = 0;
           }
           
         } 
         
         $newrow++;
         
     if($newrow == 8) {
           echo "</tr>";
         }          
        
      }
      
      echo "</table>\n";
      echo "</small>";
    
  }

}



Now, In the second page we will add a method to test our calendar class.


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