Contao Advanced Repeating Events Bundle

This bundles replaces the contao build in recurrence handling with a more powerful implementation. Technically, it uses rrule-based recurrence definitions.

Features

• allow advanced recurring rule like nth weekday of the month or weekday selection
• Migration command for existing recurring events
• Support for import event from cgoit/contao-calendar-ical-bundle

Requirements

• PHP ^8.4
• Contao ^5.6

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require koertho/contao-advanced-repeating-events-bundle

Then update the database schema in the Contao install tool or via console.

Usage

In the backend, you'll find a new field for activating recurrences replacing the old field. After activating it, you'll see the recurrence widget.

In frontend, you can use the normal event list module, but the bundles reader module for output.

Migrating Existing Recurring Events

If you already use Contao's legacy recurring event fields, you can migrate them to RRULE format:

php vendor/bin/contao-console are:migrate-recurrences

Options:

• --dry-run shows what would be written without changing data
• --overwrite-existing replaces already stored RRULE values
• --limit=50 restricts how many records are processed

Example:

php vendor/bin/contao-console are:migrate-recurrences --dry-run

iCal Import

If cgoit/contao-calendar-ical-bundle is installed, imported RRULE values are copied into the advanced recurrence fields automatically.

Advances usage

Recurrence calculator

You can use the RecurrenceCalculator to calculate the occurrences of an event.

use Koertho\AdvancedRepeatingEventsBundle\Recurrence\RecurrenceCalculatorFactory;

function (RecurrenceCalculatorFactory $factory) {
    $calculator = $factory->createForEvent($event);
    
    $occurrences = $calculator->listOccurrencesInRange(rangeStart: new \DateTime('2024-01-01'), rangeEnd: new \DateTime('2024-12-31'), limit: 12, excludeOriginal: false);
    // Returns an array of start and end dates like [['start' => 1711922400, 'end' => 1711926000], ...]
    
    $next = $calculator->resolveCurrentOrUpcomingOccurrence();
    // Returns the next occurrence as array with start and end timestamps like ['start' => 1711922400, 'end' => 1711926000]
    
    $description = $calculator->toText();
}

Notes

• The recurrence logic is based on simshaun/recurr.
• Parts of this extension are created with AI