TristaSD wrote:
I've got a class that builds a calendar for the current month.
I have an extending class that adds links to all days in the
calendar via browser querystring.
My goal is to create links not to every single day, but only
to days that satisfy a certain condition - very similar to blog
calendars with posting dates highlighted. No post on that
day - the date is not highlighted.
I have to run a query from the extending class, which is
totally new to me. Any pointers?
Let's say that right now you have a class defined as follows:
class Calendar {
var $month;
var $year;
... other class members...
function render() {
}
}
When you call Calendar::render(), it renders the calendar for the month
defined by $year and $month. To achieve what you want, you need to
modify Calendar::render() and pass it, let's say, an array of integers,
each signifying the day of the month that should be specially marked
(e.g., days on which posts were added to a blog). So you would have
something like this:
class Calendar {
var $month;
var $year;
... other class members...
function render($special = array()) {
$days = date('t', strtotime("{$this->year}-{$this->month}-01"));
// output the table heading...
// output blank cells before the first of the month, if any...
for ($i = 1; $i <= $days) {
if (in_array($i, $special)) {
// output a specially formatted cell
} else {
// output a "normal" cell
}
}
// output blank cells after the last of the month, if any...
}
}
Cheers,
NC
