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PHP Calendar CSV Import to ICS (iCal): Convert calendar from CSV to ICS format

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This class can convert CSV calendar file, as from Outlook, to ICS (iCal) format.

It takes calendar information exported read from the CSV format and generates the calendar in the ICS, or iCal, format.

The class uses regular expressions to extract column headers CSV file and map the values to the corresponding fields in the ICS format.

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Microsoft Outlook can export calendar events in the CVS format. However, some applications only support the ICS format for describing timed events.

This class can convert Outlook calendar events in CSV format and convert to files in the ICS format.

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Example

<?
date_default_timezone_set
('America/Detroit');
include(
"csv2ics.class.php");

$new = 'wings.ics';
$cal = new Csv2Ics('wings.csv',true);
$cal->convert($new);

echo
is_file($new) ? "success" : "fail";

?>


Details

This class takes the path of a CSV file as input. It has the option to include UID event identifier with a random string. The first row of the CSV is compared to regular expressions to select relevant data to transpose. The output file by default is named cal.ics, but a different name can be specified.

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Accessible without login Plain text file calendar.php Example sample script
Plain text file csv2ics.class.php Class Class
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Accessible without login Plain text file wings.csv Data example CSV

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