DevShed: Miles To Go Before I Sleep…

“Sadly, this tutorial isn’t going to teach you how to build a WAP-compatible online scheduler. Nor will it
teach you how to synchronize your Palm VII date book with your Yahoo! calendar, your Java-powered
wristwatch with your Jini-powered toaster, or any of a million other permutations.”

“What it will do, however, is offer you some insight into building a simple, extensible and modular
PHP-based calendar by combining PHP’s date and time functions with a mySQL database. You can then
incorporate this calendar module into a larger application, or use it as your personal date book on an
Internet Web site or the corporate intranet. Either way, it should offer you some insight into how to apply
PHP’s capabilities to a real-world problem, and create a simple and elegant solution.”

What it will do, however, is offer you some insight into building a simple, extensible and modular
PHP-based calendar by combining PHP’s date and time functions with a mySQL database. You can then
incorporate this calendar module into a larger application, or use it as your personal date book on an
Internet Web site or the corporate intranet. Either way, it should offer you some insight into how to apply
PHP’s capabilities to a real-world problem, and create a simple and elegant solution.