u dont need to read from text file but u can easily create an calendar with the help of php functions. here is the source code u can see the demo online at forum.pctechindia.com/calendar.php
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<?
//
//*******************************************************
//*******************************************************
// Author :- Pooran
// Specs :- Calender to be used for other projects.
// Start date :- Wednesday, December 21, 2005
// End date :- Thrusday, December 22, 2005
// Status :- PHP DONE
// *******************************************************
//*******************************************************
//
$days_array = array("M", "T", "W", "T", "F", "S", "S");
$month_array=array("1","2","3","4","5","6","7","8","9","10","11","12");
$month_array_name=array("January","Feburary","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December");
function month_archive_dir_name($month_text){
switch ($month_text) {
case "January" : $dir_month = "jan"; break;
case "Feburary" : $dir_month = "feb"; break;
case "March" : $dir_month = "march"; break;
case "April" : $dir_month = "april"; break;
case "May" : $dir_month = "may"; break;
case "June" : $dir_month = "june"; break;
case "July" : $dir_month = "july"; break;
case "August" : $dir_month = "aug"; break;
case "September" : $dir_month = "sep"; break;
case "October" : $dir_month = "oct"; break;
case "November" : $dir_month = "nov"; break;
case "December" : $dir_month = "dec"; break;
}
return($dir_month);
}
?>
<html>
<head>
<title> Calendar
</title>
<LINK href="/css/font.css" type=text/css rel=STYLESHEET>
<style type="text/css">
select {width:60px;font:12 arial; border:0}
optgroup.1 {background:#CCFFFF;color:#CCFFFF; border:0}
optgroup.2 {background:darkred;color:yellow;}
optgroup.3 {background:steelblue;color:yellow;}
option.1 {background:green;color:white;}
option.2 {background:red;color:white;}
option.3 {background:navy;color:white;}
</style>
<script>
function call_to_phunk(yr, mon){
location.replace("calendar.php?year="+yr+"&month="+mon)
}
</script>
</head>
<body topmargin='0' leftmargin='0'>
<form name="form1" >
<table bgcolor="#CCCCFF" border="1" align="center">
<?
if(!$month) $month = date("m");
if(!$year) $year = date("Y")+1;
$day = date("d");
$num = cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, $month, $year);
$prev = $month - 1;
$next = $month + 1;
$day_1 = $day;
$month_text = $month_array[$month];
$date_difference = date("Y") - 2002 +1;
$dir_year = "y2k".substr($year, 3,strlen($year));
//$dir_month = month_archive_dir_name($month_text);
$cnt = 2;
$date_list_box .= "<select class=\"optgroup\" name=\"year\" onChange=\"call_to_phunk(form1.year.value, '".$month."')\">";
for($i=0; $i<= $date_difference; $i++){
if(date("Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, date("Y")+$cnt)) == $year)
$sel_year = "selected";
else
$sel_year = "";
$date_list_box .= " <option $sel_year value=\"".date("Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, date("Y")+$cnt))."\">".
date("Y", mktime(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, date("Y")+$cnt)).
"</option>";
$cnt--;
}
$date_list_box .= "</select>";
$start_day = date('w', mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, 1, $year));
//exit;
echo "<tr>";
if(trim(strtolower($month_array[$month])) != "january") $prev_link = "«";
else $prev_link = " ";
if(trim(strtolower($month_array[$month])) != "december") $nxt_link = "»";
else $nxt_link = " ";
if($prev=="0" )
{
$prev=12;
$year=$year-1;
}
echo "<td> <a href=\"calendar.php?month=$prev&year=$year\" class=\"headlinelink\"> $prev_link </a></td>";
echo "<td class=\"normaltxt\" align=\"center\" colspan=\"5\">".$month_array_name[$month-1]." $date_list_box</td>";
if($next=="13" && $year==date("Y"))
{
$next=1;
$year=$year+1;
}
echo "<td> <a href=\"calendar.php?month=$next&year=$year\" class=\"headlinelink\"> $nxt_link </a> </td>";
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr>";
for($i=0; $i<7; $i++){
echo "<td $color align=\"center\"> <a href=\"\" class=\"headlinelink\">$days_array[$i]</a> </td>";
}
echo "</tr>";
echo "<tr valign='top'>";
$cnt =1;
if($day < 10) $day = substr($day, 1,1);
$day = $start_day-1;
for($i=1; $i<=$num+$day; $i++){
if($day != $cnt && !$flag){
$flag="true";
for($n=0; $n < $day; $n++){
echo "<td> </td>";
$i++;
}
}
if($cnt == $day_1) $color = "bgcolor=#FFFFF";
else $color = "";
$lnk = "<a href=\"javascript
:setdate('$cnt-$month-$year')\" class=\"headlinelink\">$cnt</a>";
/*
if($month > date("m")) {
$lnk = "$cnt";
}
elseif($month == date("m")){
//echo "<LI> $file_path";
if($cnt <= date("d"))
//$lnk = "<a href=\"checkforfile.php?file_path=$file_path&day=$cnt&month=$month&year=$year\" class=\"headlinelink\">$cnt</a>";
$lnk = "<a href=\"javascript
:setdate('$cnt,$month,$year')\" class=\"headlinelink\">$cnt</a>";
else
$lnk = $cnt;
}else
if($i % 7 == 0)
$lnk = "$cnt";
else
// $lnk = "<a href=\"checkforfile.php?file_path=$file_path&day=$cnt&month=$month&year=$year\" class=\"headlinelink\">$cnt </a>";
$lnk = "<a href=\"javascript
:setdate('$cnt-$month-$year')\" class=\"headlinelink\">$cnt</a>";
//$lnk = "<a href=\"$file_path\" class=\"headlinelink\">$cnt</a>";
*/
if($i % 7 == 0) echo "<td class=\"headlinelink\" valign='center'> $lnk </td></tr><tr valign='top'>";
else
echo "<td $color class=\"headlinelink\" > $lnk </td>";
$cnt++;
}
echo "</tr>";
?>
</table>
</form>
<?
if($holder=="sdate")
{
?>
<script language='javascript'>
function setdate(dt)
{
window.opener.document.story.sdate.value = dt;
window.close();
}
</script>
<?
}
else
{
?>
<script language='javascript'>
function setdate(dt)
{
window.opener.document.story.pdate.value = dt;
window.close();
}
</script>
<?
}
?>
</body>
</html>
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