php calendar that connects to database mysql for events - php

Question

So i have code for a very simple calendar, however I can't figure out how to query mysql database to find any events for each day of the month. I know how to query the database for that information, but i dont know where i would put it in the code of creating a calendar or how to structure it or anything. ive looked at many codes of php calendars and for each code i havent been able to get data from my database, i just have no idea how to do it. any help is grateful, thanks.
calendar code editted to include db stuff:
include ("connection.php");
$date =time ();
$day = date('d', $date);
$month = date('m', $date);
$month = $month + "02";
$year = date('Y', $date);
$years = substr($year, 2, 2);
$first_day = mktime(0,0,0,$month, 1, $year);
$title = date('F', $first_day);
$day_of_week = date('D', $first_day);
switch($day_of_week){
case "Sun": $blank = 0; break;
case "Mon": $blank = 1; break;
case "Tue": $blank = 2; break;
case "Wed": $blank = 3; break;
case "Thu": $blank = 4; break;
case "Fri": $blank = 5; break;
case "Sat": $blank = 6; break;
}
$days_in_month = cal_days_in_month(0, $month, $year);
echo "<table border=1 width=294>";
echo "<tr><th colspan=7> $title $year </th></tr>";
echo "<tr><td width=42>S</td><td width=42>M</td><td
width=42>T</td><td width=42>W</td><td width=42>T</td><td
width=42>F</td><td width=42>S</td></tr>";
$day_count = 1;
echo "<tr>";
while ( $blank > 0 )
{
echo "<td></td>";
$blank = $blank-1;
$day_count++;
}
$day_num = 1;
while ( $day_num <= $days_in_month )
{
echo "<td> $day_num <br/>";
$result = mysql_query("SELECT time, length FROM hire WHERE day = '$day_num' and month = '$month' and year = '$years'") or die ('Error: '.mysql_error ());
while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)){
$time = $row['time'];
$length = $row['length'];
}
if (isset($time) and (isset($length))) {
echo "Time: " . $time . "<br/> Length: " . $length . "<br/>";
}
"</td>";
$day_num++;
$day_count++;
if ($day_count > 7)
{
echo "</tr><tr>";
$day_count = 1;
}
}
while ( $day_count >1 && $day_count <=7 )
{
echo "<td> </td>";
$day_count++;
}
echo "</tr></table>";

Answer 1

You'll need to put your database code to the place where the date cells are outputted. Here's the code:
<?php
include ("connection.php");
$date =time ();
$day = date('d', $date);
$month = date('m', $date);
$month = $month + "01";
$year = date('Y', $date);
$first_day = mktime(0,0,0,$month, 1, $year);
$title = date('F', $first_day);
$day_of_week = date('D', $first_day);
switch($day_of_week){
case "Sun": $blank = 0; break;
case "Mon": $blank = 1; break;
case "Tue": $blank = 2; break;
case "Wed": $blank = 3; break;
case "Thu": $blank = 4; break;
case "Fri": $blank = 5; break;
case "Sat": $blank = 6; break;
}
$days_in_month = cal_days_in_month(0, $month, $year);
echo "<table border=1 width=294>";
echo "<tr><th colspan=7> $title $year </th></tr>";
echo "<tr><td width=42>S</td><td width=42>M</td><td width=42>T</td><td width=42>W</td><td width=42>T</td><td width=42>F</td><td width=42>S</td></tr>";
$day_count = 1;
echo "<tr>";
while ( $blank > 0 )
{
echo "<td></td>";
$blank = $blank-1;
$day_count++;
}
$day_num = 1;
while ( $day_num <= $days_in_month )
{
//database code here
$result = ''; //formatted html result
echo "<td> $day_num $result</td>";
$day_num++;
$day_count++;
if ($day_count > 7)
{
echo "</tr><tr>";
$day_count = 1;
}
}
while ( $day_count >1 && $day_count <=7 )
{
echo "<td> </td>";
$day_count++;
}
echo "</tr></table>";