On Wed, 2008-05-28 at 14:27 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I've put this off as long as possible, however I think I've reached an
> impasse.
>
> I've got an application that I've been writing. One of the modules for
> this app is an event calendar. I've got the calendar to the place where
> it displays the current month as well as previous and future months. The
> place I'm stuck is it will only show months in the past or the future
> that are months in the current year.
>
> Basically the method I'm using to move backward and forward is with Unix
> timestamps.
>
> 1. When the calendar first loads the "what" is checked for;
> // passed in via $_GET
> $what == current, prev, or next
> a. "current" is the default
> $now = time()
> $prev = date('n',$now)-1
> $next = date('n',$now)+1
> b. Timestamp values are then stored in an array and then
> sent to client in session cookie which is then accessed
> upon each subsequent request to display the event calendar.
>
> My question/boggle is why, when the calendar advances to
> December(current year) it will display January, but of the current year.
> The same happens in reverse.
>
> Once I reach the end of the year either in the past or future the month
> increases or decreases accordingly, but the year doesn't change. Since
> the year value isn't changing the month calendar days that are displayed
> simply repeat themselves.
>
> I know there's something I'm missing, but I am definitely not seeing
> what it is...
>
> /********************** code below ************************/
>
> $cal = new Calendar;
> $calpos = array();
>
> // check incoming values
> if ($what === "current"){
> $cal->setCal(0,0,0,date('n'),1);
> $now = time();
> $prev = $cal->getStamp(date('n',$now)-1,1);
> $next = $cal->getStamp(date('n',$now)+1,1);
> $calpos['curr'] = $now;
> $calpos['prev'] = $prev;
> $calpos['next'] = $next;
> $_SESSION['calendar'] = $calpos;
> }
> elseif($what === "prev"){
> $peek = $_SESSION['calendar'];
> $now = $peek['prev'];
> $cal->setCal(0,0,0,date('n',$now),1);
> $prev = $cal->getStamp(date('n',$now)-1,1);
> $next = $cal->getStamp(date('n',$now)+1,1);
> $calpos['curr'] = $now;
> $calpos['prev'] = $prev;
> $calpos['next'] = $next;
> $_SESSION['calendar'] = $calpos;
> }
> elseif($what === "next"){
> $peek = $_SESSION['calendar'];
> $now = $peek['next'];
> $cal->setCal(0,0,0,date('n',$now),1);
> $prev = $cal->getStamp(date('n',$now)-1,1);
> $next = $cal->getStamp(date('n',$now)+1,1);
> $calpos['curr'] = $now;
> $calpos['prev'] = $prev;
> $calpos['next'] = $next;
> $_SESSION['calendar'] = $calpos;
> }
>
> <================================================================>
> function setCal($h=0,$m=0,$s=0,$offset,$dayVal=1){
> $stamp = date('U',mktime($h,$m,$s, $offset,$dayVal,date('Y')));
^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^
You don't want the current year. Fix this to a request year.
> // Using the stamp the various necessary properties are set for the
> // object
>
> function getStamp($dateStr,$dayVal=1){
> return date('U',mktime(0,0,0, $dateStr,$dayVal,date('Y')));
> }
^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^
^^^^^^^^^
Similarly.
Cheers,
Rob.
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