Cal File Parser

Parser for Calendar files (.ical, .vcal, .ics). Reads event information and outputs data into an Array or JSON.

Supports parsing iCal and vCal files

Initializing Class

include('../CalFileParser.php');

$cal = new CalFileParser();

Public Functions

• parse($file = '', $output = 'array') //reads file and outputs either array or json

• set_base_path($path) // defaults to './', not required if setting file_name to absolute path

• set_file_name($filename) // local file or URL

• set_output($output) // 'array' or 'json'

• set_timezone($timezone) // i.e. "Europe/Berlin", "UTC", "Australia/Sydney", ...

• get_base_path();

• get_file_name();

• get_output();

Using CalFileParser

Parse file into Array

$example1 = $cal->parse('schedule.ical');

Parse file into JSON

$example2 = $cal->parse('schedule.ical', 'json');

Parse remote file

$example3 = $cal->parse('http://mywebsite.com/events.ical');

Alternative method to choose file

$cal->set_file_name('icalexample.ics');

$example4 = $cal->parse();

Alternative methods to select path and output

$cal->set_base_path('./');
$cal->set_file_name('icalexample.ics');
$cal->set_output('json');
$example5 = $cal->parse();

Set timezone for returned data

$cal->set_timezone('Europe/Berlin');
$example6 = $cal->parse('schedule.ical');

License (MIT)

Copyright © 2011 Michael Mottola

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.