Re: [PHPiCalendar-DEV] phpMyCal - editable calendars in phpicalendar

[Benjamin L. <be...@um...>]

You make a good point here.  As far as integrating with iCal directly I=20=

do think working directly with the files may be the way to go in the=20
future.  I think in my project I approached things from a slightly=20
different point of view, thinking of the server as being remote and not=20=

read/writable by iCal (except for the DAV publishing currently=20
supported).  Given those limitations, this provides a way to enter=20
events away from your copy of iCal and still receive them later.  It's=20=

possible, though, that the annoyances of not being able to edit the=20
online calendar from iCal will be too much, and make this all not very=20=

useful.

That said, there are a few other reasons for using a database - namely=20=

I think it's much easier to deal with editing events in a database than=20=

modifying a flat file.  Another issue is that many web hosting=20
providers do not provide anyway to give the web server/php write=20
permission to your files.  In my case, even writing to /tmp is=20
disabled.  As for using MySQL, it just seems to be a typical database=20
system these days.

What I've built is sort of an independent thing that knows how to write=20=

ics files.  That's the functionality I built first (minus any user=20
interface).  But my goal all along was to integrate with phpicalendar,=20=

and so it can also just build the parsed master array that phpicalendar=20=

uses.

Ben

On Sunday, December 1, 2002, at 01:09  AM, Wilfredo S=E1nchez wrote:

>   Why use MySQL instead of editing the ics calendar files directly? =20=

> Or is this a independent thing that just happens to know how to=20
> generate ics files?
>
>   The reason I care is that I figure that iCal will become smart=20
> enough at some point that it will be able to open ics files over DAV=20=

> as read-write.  Which means the authoritative file can on the net=20
> instead of on one of my computers, and all my Macs can edit it using=20=

> iCal (no iSync required) and other software (eg. phpicalendar) can=20
> also edit it.
>
>   If you store the data in MySQL and generate ics files from there,=20
> this wouldn't be possible for those calendars; the only way to edit=20
> them would be though your app.  Plus it requires MySQL, which isn't=20
> all that easy to set up and manage.
>
> 	-wsv
>
>
> On Saturday, November 30, 2002, at 02:50  PM, Benjamin Levy wrote:
>
>> phpMyCal is an interface for a schedule database using MySQL.
>
>
>
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