Does the world need another simple PHP calendar? Not really. But here you go. No database, no user management, no group functionality, no templating system, not css skinnable. Just a small, easily-modified script and a text file for data. Great for what I use it for.

Status: Neglected

Features:

• Displays a calendar.
• Can display "text" on any day.
• Highlights current day (easily "commented" out).
• Navigation between months dependent on items in that month.
• Data stored in text file for easy manual entry.
• A very simple admin interface geared torwards bulk entry of items also provided.
• Fully customizable via HTML and PHP.

Features Not So Simple and You Probably Won't Need:

• Week can start on any day (only Sunday and Monday really (sorta) tested though). Default is Sunday.
• Can have one day of week missing. Default is none.

Requirements:

• A purpose similar to mine.
• PHP 4.x (?)**
• If you want to use the provided admin interface (not required), the ability to control access to a directory (e.g. .htaccess).

** I developed it under 4.2 and run it under 4.0.4pl1. Requires --enable-calendar if <=4.0.5 (although there's a simple hack to get around this). Your mileage may vary.

Example:

Well, now, I actually use a modified version of this under Drupal: http://www.arizmendibakery.com/pizza [1]. This is how I use it. Notice how our week starts on Monday, but hey, we're closed Mondays so we don't show it. This is not the default setup.

Install Instructions:

• Put on a webserver that runs the required version of PHP.
• If you are going to use the admin interface (not required), make sure the "user" that the webserver runs under can write to your data file.
• Use admin interface or just modify calendar.dat file to your liking.
  Format: YEAR::MONTH::DAY::ITEM
• Put this somewhere in a php file: <? include("calendar.inc") ?>

History:

I work at a bakery. I had been modifying an HTML document each month for our pizza schedule. It was tedious and I didn't want to do it anymore. But everyone at the bakery is, um, a baker, and not a computer person. So I needed something simple that anyone could use. Of course, I searched around and nothing quite fit the bill, but I found one that was close (http://www.danagas.com/php/calendar/ [2]) and modified it.

Over the years I modified it more to make it easier (unfortunately, I never released a new version), and just recently I made it a Drupal module with some nifty DHTML drag and drop so no more typing in all the pizzas. But that's another program I'll probably never get around to releasing.

License:

Uh, GPL, sure, why not.