Does anyone know about open source accessibility / planning systems?

Question

I am trying to create an accessibility / planning system ... Basically, I want users to be able to log into this system and show that they are available for a certain time block, and then I want another user to be able to log in and Find out who is available and when, and be able to order for a while (so that they no longer appear as available). I want to use PHP and SQL. Does anyone know if there are any open source systems that do something like this? I feel that it would be, and it would be foolish to rebuild it from scratch.

Although I want to use PHP and SQL, I will consider any other open source tools that do not use these technologies, but php and sql are obviously preferred. Thanks

EDIT . I know this problem can be solved using Google Calendar ... but I need to find a different way than Google.

Answer 1

I found this open source project. You can check it out: http://supercali.inforest.com/

SuperCali is a script event calendar that supports nested event categories and several moderators, which makes it a good choice for organizations managing a large number of activities. SuperCali is designed to make data entry as simple and error-free as possible, as well as providing a flexible modular structure for displaying event information. SuperCali works with PHP and MySQL and is free, open source software, licensed under the GNU General Public.

Answer 2

Okay, I'm going to get out of here a bit and ask if you looked at the Gmail calendar app? This one has apis, but I think you can skip this one and the user just shares their calendars and they can see them all together in one view.

It has advantages to take care of security for you, advanced planning for you.

I know this is not what you are asking for, but if you just want to plan without the headaches and security coding needed to run it online, it might work.

Answer 3

mrbs ? Any server?

Answer 4

Mark http://phpicalendar.net/ as a worthy ICalendar client. This makes almost any ICalendar server viable.

More specifically for planning, there is an open source project using php and mysql called phpMyCal at http://dev.neb.net/phpMyCal/

Answer 5

We do this using MRBS http://mrbs.sourceforge.net/ , and it meets your php / mysql- requirements, while it sounds like a room reservation system, this is to reserve something. It is very flexible, uses many different authentication systems, and if I can install it (using user forums), probably anyone can.