how to dynamically add data for events to fullCalendar? - php

Question

My problem is about events for calendar, precisely speaking i dont know how to dynamically add data for events here is my code in view file
<div>
<?php $message = Message::model()->findAll(); ?>
<?php foreach($message as $messag): ?>
<?php $names[] = $messag['contacts']; ?>
<?php $date[] = $messag['send_datetime']; ?>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</div>
<script>
$(document).ready(function() {
// page is now ready, initialize the calendar...
$('#calendar').fullCalendar({
header: {
left: 'prev,next today',
center: 'title',
right: 'month,agendaWeek,agendaDay'
},
events: [
{
title: '<?php echo $names[0]; ?>',
start: '<?php echo $date[0]; ?>',
url: 'view/1'
},
{
title: '<?php echo $names[1]; ?>',
start: '<?php echo $date[1]; ?>',
url: 'view/2'
},
{
title: '<?php echo $names[2]; ?>',
start: '<?php echo $date[2]; ?>',
url: 'view/3'
},
{
title: '<?php echo $names[3]; ?>',
start: '<?php echo $date[3]; ?>',
url: 'view/4'
},
]
})
$('#calendar').fullCalendar('changeView', 'agendaWeek');
});
</script>
<div id='calendar'>
</div>
i dont know how to code it in such a way that it will add as many events as i have data in database. i would be very grateful if someone could help

Answer 1

I would load the events by ajax. You basically have two parts. The one file with datatable/javascript and the other file is the data source. It is a php file that gets all the data from database and outputs the events in json format.
to get the events from a the file use fullCalendar like this (simplified version):
$('#calendar').fullCalendar({
events: {url: 'myevents.php'}});
and in your myevents.php you make the usual database requests and out put your data like this:
<?php
//Do the Database stuff here...
//Here is a sample data for two events:
$events = array();
$agenda['allDay'] = true;
$agenda['start'] = '2014-08-25 12:00:00';
$agenda['end'] = '2014-08-30 12:00:00';
$agenda['title'] = "Hello World";
$agenda['id']= "1";
$events[] = $agenda;
$agenda['allDay'] = false;
$agenda['start'] = '2014-08-27 12:00:00';
$agenda['end'] = '2014-08-27 16:30:00';
$agenda['title'] = "Blah";
$agenda['id']= "2";
$events[] = $agenda;
echo json_encode($events);
exit();