Email notification of a schedule event?

Discontinued products Scheduler for Joomla and WP
#1

I just installed scheduler on a website for wife’s Pilates business. Great extension!

I was wondering if there is a way to have the joomla server send an email when an appointment is scheduled?

Thank you

#2

In current version it can be done only through code customization
We plan to include it as one of standard features in next version ( probably in September’s release )

#3

Any chance on getting a quick how to on that. This components is great, but not sure why you would leave out a notification. You tell me what files to modify, and what to modify I shouldn’t have a problem doing myself…Thanks!

#4

You should modify file
components/com_scheduler/codebase/dhtmlxSchedulerConfigurator.php:

  1. edit getEventsRec method:
public function getEventsRec($usertype) {
...
	$this->scheduler = new schedulerConnector($this->connection);
	$this->scheduler->event->attach("afterInsert", Array($this, "send_notification"));
...
  1. add method send_notification in this class:
	protected function replaceHostInURL($url) {
		$url_parsed = parse_url($url);
		$host = $_SERVER['SERVER_NAME'];
		$url = preg_replace("/".preg_quote($url_parsed['host'])."/", $host, $url, 1);
		return $url;
	}

	public function send_notification($action) {
		// send notification code is here
		// you may take information about event from $action object
		// Learn more how use DataAction object
		// http://docs.dhtmlx.com/doku.php?id=dhtmlxconnector:dataaction_object
	}

}

?>
#5

Has a feature been added to the Wordpress plugin yet? If not, can either of you share exactly how you enabled this through Wordpress files. Many thanks in advance.

#6

Hi, this feature hasn’t been added to plugin.
My previous post explains how to implement it yourself.
You have just to write code which will sent email inside send_notification method.

#7

Thanks! Unfortunately, I don’t know how to do the last part.

Any ideas when this will be implemented in the plugin?

#8

Try to use something like this:

function email_friends()  {
    // take users using wordpress api and generate emails list
    $friends = 'bob@example.org,susie@example.org';

    // now you may use php function to send email.
    mail($friends, "email subject is here", "email text is here");
}
#9

Hello!

I can’t get this to work. Is it possible to paste in all the code I need to add in dhtmlxSchedulerConfigurator.php?

BR,
omhelland

#10

Hello!
Where I can insert this function to send email even when a event is edited or deleted?

Thank you!

#11

The above code snippets do not contain full solution.
You need to

a) edit getEventsRec method:

public function getEventsRec($usertype) { ... $this->scheduler = new schedulerConnector($this->connection); //add the next line $this->scheduler->event->attach("afterInsert", Array($this, "send_notification")); ...

  1. in same file add method send_notification in this class:

[code] public function send_notification($action) {
$id = $action->get_id();
$start_date = $action->get_value(“start_date”);
//similar for end_date, text and any other custom propety which you are using in lightbox

  // send notification code is here

}
[/code]

Send Notification code is need to be written according to your goals
?>

#12

Help me.
Sorry, I’m Italian and I do not understand English well.
The code for joomla shown in item 1) for email notification, I’ve tried but I can not.
I do not understand the steps.
I’m not good in php language.
If I send you my file dhtmlxSchedulerConfigurator.php, could you help me to fill it in?
Tanks