POSTING variables with the Google Calendar API

[fawkman]

Hey Guys

I have been playing around with the google calendar API using the Zend Framework- Gdata library.

I have had mild success in using this and have stumbled accross an issue I beleive is to do with passing variables through a URL.

Basically, I can create several calendars and I want to create events for the chosen calendar. So, I chose the calendar I want and pass that calendar id ($vle_cal) through $_GET to a page where I can view all the events that exist for that calendar. On that page I click on an ADD EVENT link, which passes the calendar ID to a page where the even create form is. If I hard code the calendar ID then i can create events for whichever calendar I chose, but if I try and create the calendar using a variable I am pasing through, then the event is created for the default calendar.

calendar id = [e-mail]

the hard coded URL is: //$url = 'https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/[e-mail]/private/full';

but when trying to insert the URL using a variable e.g

$gcal->insertEvent($event,$_POST.'/owncalendars/full']);
it doesn't insert into my chosen calendar. I have done an
echo $_GET; to make sure the calendar id is correct. But still it doesnt work.

Here is my code:

// connect to service
$client = Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin::getHttpClient($user, $pass, $gcal);
	

;
      $gcal = new Zend_Gdata_Calendar($client);
      
	  $vle_cal = $_GET['vle_cal'];
    
      
      $url = 'https://www.google.com/calendar/feeds/'.$_GET['vle_cal'].'/private/full';
	  
	  $title = htmlentities($_POST['title']);

	  // start form date mm/dd/yyyy
	  $form_date_start = $_POST['start_date'];
	  // end form date
	  $form_date_end = $_POST['end_date'];
	  
	  
	  // start date
	  $start_vle_m = substr("$form_date_start", 0, 2);
	  $start_vle_d = substr("$form_date_start", -7, 2);
	  $start_vle_y = substr("$form_date_start", -4, 4);
	  
	  // end date
	  $end_vle_m = substr("$form_date_end", 0, 2);
	  $end_vle_d = substr("$form_date_end", -7, 2);
	  $end_vle_y = substr("$form_date_end", -4, 4);
	  
	  
	  
      $start = date(DATE_ATOM, mktime($_POST['sdate_hh'], $_POST['sdate_ii'], 0, $start_vle_m, $start_vle_d, $start_vle_y));
      $end = date(DATE_ATOM, mktime($_POST['edate_hh'], $_POST['edate_ii'], 0, $end_vle_m , $end_vle_d , $end_vle_y));
	 

      // construct event object
      // save to server      
      try {
        $event = $gcal->newEventEntry();        
        $event->title = $gcal->newTitle($title);
        $when = $gcal->newWhen();
        $when->startTime = $start;
        $when->endTime = $end;
        $event->when = array($when);        
//inser the new event
        $gcal->insertEvent($event,$url); 
		
      } catch (Zend_Gdata_App_Exception $e) {
        echo "Error: " . $e->getResponse();
      }
      echo 'Event successfully added!';      
    }
    ?>

If anyone can help shed some light on this for me then I would really appreciate it as I have been scratching my head for some time on this.

thanks very much