* @copyright Copyright (c) 2013 - 2016, Alex Tselegidis * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/GPL-3.0 - GPLv3 * @link http://easyappointments.org * @since v1.0.0 * ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- */ /** * Appointments Controller * * @package Controllers */ class Appointments extends CI_Controller { /** * Class Constructor */ public function __construct() { parent::__construct(); $this->load->library('session'); $this->load->helper('installation'); // Set user's selected language. if ($this->session->userdata('language')) { $this->config->set_item('language', $this->session->userdata('language')); $this->lang->load('translations', $this->session->userdata('language')); } else { $this->lang->load('translations', $this->config->item('language')); // default } // Common helpers $this->load->helper('google_analytics'); } /** * Default callback method of the application. * * This method creates the appointment book wizard. If an appointment hash * is provided then it means that the customer followed the appointment * manage link that was send with the book success email. * * @param string $appointment_hash The db appointment hash of an existing record. */ public function index($appointment_hash = '') { if (!is_ea_installed()) { redirect('installation/index'); return; } $this->load->model('appointments_model'); $this->load->model('providers_model'); $this->load->model('services_model'); $this->load->model('customers_model'); $this->load->model('settings_model'); try { $available_services = $this->services_model->get_available_services(); $available_providers = $this->providers_model->get_available_providers(); $company_name = $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_name'); $date_format = $this->settings_model->get_setting('date_format'); // Remove the data that are not needed inside the $available_providers array. foreach ($available_providers as $index=>$provider) { $stripped_data = array( 'id' => $provider['id'], 'first_name' => $provider['first_name'], 'last_name' => $provider['last_name'], 'services' => $provider['services'] ); $available_providers[$index] = $stripped_data; } // If an appointment hash is provided then it means that the customer // is trying to edit a registered appointment record. if ($appointment_hash !== '') { // Load the appointments data and enable the manage mode of the page. $manage_mode = TRUE; $results = $this->appointments_model->get_batch(array('hash' => $appointment_hash)); if (count($results) === 0) { // The requested appointment doesn't exist in the database. Display // a message to the customer. $view = array( 'message_title' => $this->lang->line('appointment_not_found'), 'message_text' => $this->lang->line('appointment_does_not_exist_in_db'), 'message_icon' => base_url('assets/img/error.png') ); $this->load->view('appointments/message', $view); return; } $appointment = $results[0]; $provider = $this->providers_model->get_row($appointment['id_users_provider']); $customer = $this->customers_model->get_row($appointment['id_users_customer']); } else { // The customer is going to book a new appointment so there is no // need for the manage functionality to be initialized. $manage_mode = FALSE; $appointment = array(); $provider = array(); $customer = array(); } // Load the book appointment view. $view = array ( 'available_services' => $available_services, 'available_providers' => $available_providers, 'company_name' => $company_name, 'manage_mode' => $manage_mode, 'date_format' => $date_format, 'appointment_data' => $appointment, 'provider_data' => $provider, 'customer_data' => $customer ); } catch(Exception $exc) { $view['exceptions'][] = $exc; } $this->load->view('appointments/book', $view); } /** * Cancel an existing appointment. * * This method removes an appointment from the company's schedule. * In order for the appointment to be deleted, the hash string must * be provided. The customer can only cancel the appointment if the * edit time period is not over yet. * * @param string $appointment_hash This is used to distinguish the * appointment record. * @param string $_POST['cancel_reason'] The text that describes why * the customer cancelled the appointment. */ public function cancel($appointment_hash) { try { $this->load->model('appointments_model'); $this->load->model('providers_model'); $this->load->model('customers_model'); $this->load->model('services_model'); $this->load->model('settings_model'); // Check whether the appointment hash exists in the database. $records = $this->appointments_model->get_batch(array('hash' => $appointment_hash)); if (count($records) == 0) { throw new Exception('No record matches the provided hash.'); } $appointment = $records[0]; $provider = $this->providers_model->get_row($appointment['id_users_provider']); $customer = $this->customers_model->get_row($appointment['id_users_customer']); $service = $this->services_model->get_row($appointment['id_services']); $company_settings = array( 'company_name' => $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_name'), 'company_email' => $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_email'), 'company_link' => $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_link') ); // :: DELETE APPOINTMENT RECORD FROM THE DATABASE. if (!$this->appointments_model->delete($appointment['id'])) { throw new Exception('Appointment could not be deleted from the database.'); } // :: SYNC APPOINTMENT REMOVAL WITH GOOGLE CALENDAR if ($appointment['id_google_calendar'] != NULL) { try { $google_sync = filter_var($this->providers_model ->get_setting('google_sync',$appointment['id_users_provider']), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); if ($google_sync == TRUE) { $google_token = json_decode($this->providers_model ->get_setting('google_token', $provider['id'])); $this->load->library('Google_Sync'); $this->google_sync->refresh_token($google_token->refresh_token); $this->google_sync->delete_appointment($provider, $appointment['id_google_calendar']); } } catch(Exception $exc) { $exceptions[] = $exc; } } // :: SEND NOTIFICATION EMAILS TO CUSTOMER AND PROVIDER try { $this->load->library('Notifications'); $send_provider = filter_var($this->providers_model ->get_setting('notifications', $provider['id']), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); if ($send_provider == TRUE) { $this->notifications->send_delete_appointment($appointment, $provider, $service, $customer, $company_settings, $provider['email'], $_POST['cancel_reason']); } $send_customer = filter_var($this->settings_model->get_setting('customer_notifications'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); if ($send_customer === TRUE) { $this->notifications->send_delete_appointment($appointment, $provider, $service, $customer, $company_settings, $customer['email'], $_POST['cancel_reason']); } } catch(Exception $exc) { $exceptions[] = $exc; } } catch(Exception $exc) { // Display the error message to the customer. $exceptions[] = $exc; } $view = array( 'message_title' => $this->lang->line('appointment_cancelled_title'), 'message_text' => $this->lang->line('appointment_cancelled'), 'message_icon' => base_url('assets/img/success.png') ); if (isset($exceptions)) { $view['exceptions'] = $exceptions; } $this->load->view('appointments/message', $view); } /** * GET an specific appointment book and redirect to the success screen. * * @param int $appointment_id Contains the id of the appointment to retrieve. */ public function book_success($appointment_id) { //if the appointment id doesn't exist or zero redirect to index if(!$appointment_id){ redirect('appointments'); } $this->load->model('appointments_model'); $this->load->model('providers_model'); $this->load->model('services_model'); $this->load->model('settings_model'); //retrieve the data needed in the view $appointment = $this->appointments_model->get_row($appointment_id); $provider = $this->providers_model->get_row($appointment['id_users_provider']); $service = $this->services_model->get_row($appointment['id_services']); $company_name = $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_name'); //get the exceptions $exceptions = $this->session->flashdata('book_success'); // :: LOAD THE BOOK SUCCESS VIEW $view = array( 'appointment_data' => $appointment, 'provider_data' => $provider, 'service_data' => $service, 'company_name' => $company_name, ); if($exceptions){ $view['exceptions'] = $exceptions; } $this->load->view('appointments/book_success', $view); } /** * [AJAX] Get the available appointment hours for the given date. * * This method answers to an AJAX request. It calculates the available hours * for thegiven service, provider and date. * * @param numeric $_POST['service_id'] The selected service's record id. * @param numeric|string $_POST['provider_id'] The selected provider's record id, can also be 'any-provider'. * @param string $_POST['selected_date'] The selected date of which the available hours we want to see. * @param numeric $_POST['service_duration'] The selected service duration in minutes. * @param string $_POST['manage_mode'] Contains either 'true' or 'false' and determines the if current user * is managing an already booked appointment or not. * * @return Returns a json object with the available hours. */ public function ajax_get_available_hours() { $this->load->model('providers_model'); $this->load->model('appointments_model'); $this->load->model('settings_model'); try { // Do not continue if there was no provider selected (more likely there is no provider in the system). if (empty($_POST['provider_id'])) { echo json_encode(array()); return; } // If manage mode is TRUE then the following we should not consider the selected // appointment when calculating the available time periods of the provider. $exclude_appointments = ($_POST['manage_mode'] === 'true') ? array($_POST['appointment_id']) : array(); // If the user has selected the "any-provider" option then we will need to search // for an available provider that will provide the requested service. if ($_POST['provider_id'] === ANY_PROVIDER) { $_POST['provider_id'] = $this->_search_any_provider($_POST['service_id'], $_POST['selected_date']); if ($_POST['provider_id'] === NULL) { echo json_encode(array()); return; } } $empty_periods = $this->_get_provider_available_time_periods($_POST['provider_id'], $_POST['selected_date'], $exclude_appointments); $available_hours = $this->_calculate_available_hours($empty_periods, $_POST['selected_date'], $_POST['service_duration'], filter_var($_POST['manage_mode'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN)); echo json_encode($available_hours); } catch(Exception $exc) { echo json_encode(array( 'exceptions' => array(exceptionToJavaScript($exc)) )); } } /** * [AJAX] Register the appointment to the database. * * @return string Returns a JSON string with the appointment database ID. */ public function ajax_register_appointment() { try { $post_data = $_POST['post_data']; // alias $post_data['manage_mode'] = filter_var($post_data['manage_mode'], FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); $this->load->model('appointments_model'); $this->load->model('providers_model'); $this->load->model('services_model'); $this->load->model('customers_model'); $this->load->model('settings_model'); // Validate the CAPTCHA string. if ($this->settings_model->get_setting('require_captcha') === '1' && $this->session->userdata('captcha_phrase') !== $_POST['captcha']) { echo json_encode(array( 'captcha_verification' => FALSE, 'expected_phrase' => $this->session->userdata('captcha_phrase') )); return; } // Check appointment availability. if (!$this->_check_datetime_availability()) { throw new Exception($this->lang->line('requested_hour_is_unavailable')); } $appointment = $_POST['post_data']['appointment']; $customer = $_POST['post_data']['customer']; if ($this->customers_model->exists($customer)) { $customer['id'] = $this->customers_model->find_record_id($customer); } $customer_id = $this->customers_model->add($customer); $appointment['id_users_customer'] = $customer_id; $appointment['is_unavailable'] = (int)$appointment['is_unavailable']; // needs to be type casted $appointment['id'] = $this->appointments_model->add($appointment); $appointment['hash'] = $this->appointments_model->get_value('hash', $appointment['id']); $provider = $this->providers_model->get_row($appointment['id_users_provider']); $service = $this->services_model->get_row($appointment['id_services']); $company_settings = array( 'company_name' => $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_name'), 'company_link' => $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_link'), 'company_email' => $this->settings_model->get_setting('company_email') ); // :: SYNCHRONIZE APPOINTMENT WITH PROVIDER'S GOOGLE CALENDAR // The provider must have previously granted access to his google calendar account // in order to sync the appointment. try { $google_sync = filter_var($this->providers_model->get_setting('google_sync', $appointment['id_users_provider']), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); if ($google_sync == TRUE) { $google_token = json_decode($this->providers_model ->get_setting('google_token', $appointment['id_users_provider'])); $this->load->library('google_sync'); $this->google_sync->refresh_token($google_token->refresh_token); if ($post_data['manage_mode'] === FALSE) { // Add appointment to Google Calendar. $google_event = $this->google_sync->add_appointment($appointment, $provider, $service, $customer, $company_settings); $appointment['id_google_calendar'] = $google_event->id; $this->appointments_model->add($appointment); } else { // Update appointment to Google Calendar. $appointment['id_google_calendar'] = $this->appointments_model ->get_value('id_google_calendar', $appointment['id']); $this->google_sync->update_appointment($appointment, $provider, $service, $customer, $company_settings); } } } catch(Exception $exc) { log_message('error', $exc->getMessage()); log_message('error', $exc->getTraceAsString()); } // :: SEND NOTIFICATION EMAILS TO BOTH CUSTOMER AND PROVIDER try { $this->load->library('Notifications'); if ($post_data['manage_mode'] == FALSE) { $customer_title = $this->lang->line('appointment_booked'); $customer_message = $this->lang->line('thank_you_for_appointment'); $provider_title = $this->lang->line('appointment_added_to_your_plan'); $provider_message = $this->lang->line('appointment_link_description'); } else { $customer_title = $this->lang->line('appointment_changes_saved'); $customer_message = ''; $provider_title = $this->lang->line('appointment_details_changed'); $provider_message = ''; } $customer_link = site_url('appointments/index/' . $appointment['hash']); $provider_link = site_url('backend/index/' . $appointment['hash']); $send_customer = filter_var($this->settings_model->get_setting('customer_notifications'), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); if ($send_customer == TRUE) { $this->notifications->send_appointment_details($appointment, $provider, $service, $customer,$company_settings, $customer_title, $customer_message, $customer_link, $customer['email']); } $send_provider = filter_var($this->providers_model ->get_setting('notifications', $provider['id']), FILTER_VALIDATE_BOOLEAN); if ($send_provider == TRUE) { $this->notifications->send_appointment_details($appointment, $provider, $service, $customer, $company_settings, $provider_title, $provider_message, $provider_link, $provider['email']); } } catch(Exception $exc) { log_message('error', $exc->getMessage()); log_message('error', $exc->getTraceAsString()); } echo json_encode(array( 'appointment_id' => $appointment['id'] )); } catch(Exception $exc) { echo json_encode(array( 'exceptions' => array(exceptionToJavaScript($exc)) )); } } /** * [AJAX] Get Unavailable Dates * * Get an array with the available dates of a specific provider, service and month * of the year. Provide the "provider_id", "service_id" and "selected_date" as GET * parameters to the request. The "selected_date" parameter must have the Y-m-d format. * * @return string Returns a JSON array with the dates that are unavailable. */ public function ajax_get_unavailable_dates() { try { $provider_id = $this->input->get('provider_id'); $service_id = $this->input->get('service_id'); $selected_date = new DateTime($this->input->get('selected_date')); $number_of_days = (int)$selected_date->format('t'); $unavailable_dates = array(); // Handle the "Any Provider" case. if ($provider_id === ANY_PROVIDER) { $provider_id = $this->_search_any_provider($service_id, $this->input->get('selected_date')); if ($provider_id === NULL) { // No provider is available in the selected date. for ($i=1; $i<=$number_of_days; $i++) { $current_date = new DateTime($selected_date->format('Y-m') . '-' . $i); $unavailable_dates[] = $current_date->format('Y-m-d'); } echo json_encode($unavailable_dates); return; } } // Get the available time periods for every day of this month. $this->load->model('services_model'); $service_duration = (int)$this->services_model->get_value('duration', $service_id); for ($i=1; $i<=$number_of_days; $i++) { $current_date = new DateTime($selected_date->format('Y-m') . '-' . $i); if ($current_date < new DateTime()) { // Past dates become immediatelly unavailable. $unavailable_dates[] = $current_date->format('Y-m-d'); continue; } $empty_periods = $this->_get_provider_available_time_periods($provider_id, $current_date->format('Y-m-d')); $available_hours = $this->_calculate_available_hours($empty_periods, $current_date->format('Y-m-d'), $service_duration); if (empty($available_hours)) { $unavailable_dates[] = $current_date->format('Y-m-d'); } } echo json_encode($unavailable_dates); } catch(Exception $exc) { echo json_encode(array( 'exceptions' => array(exceptionToJavaScript($exc)) )); } } /** * Check whether the provider is still available in the selected appointment date. * * It might be times where two or more customers select the same appointment date and time. * This shouldn't be allowed to happen, so one of the two customers will eventually get the * prefered date and the other one will have to choose for another date. Use this method * just before the customer confirms the appointment details. If the selected date was taken * in the mean time, the customer must be prompted to select another time for his appointment. * * @return bool Returns whether the selected datetime is still available. */ protected function _check_datetime_availability() { $this->load->model('services_model'); $appointment = $_POST['post_data']['appointment']; $service_duration = $this->services_model->get_value('duration', $appointment['id_services']); $exclude_appointments = (isset($appointment['id'])) ? array($appointment['id']) : array(); if ($appointment['id_users_provider'] === ANY_PROVIDER) { $appointment['id_users_provider'] = $this->_search_any_provider($appointment['id_services'], date('Y-m-d', strtotime($appointment['start_datetime']))); $_POST['post_data']['appointment']['id_users_provider'] = $appointment['id_users_provider']; return TRUE; // The selected provider is always available. } $available_periods = $this->_get_provider_available_time_periods( $appointment['id_users_provider'], date('Y-m-d', strtotime($appointment['start_datetime'])), $exclude_appointments); $is_still_available = FALSE; foreach($available_periods as $period) { $appt_start = new DateTime($appointment['start_datetime']); $appt_start = $appt_start->format('H:i'); $appt_end = new DateTime($appointment['start_datetime']); $appt_end->add(new DateInterval('PT' . $service_duration . 'M')); $appt_end = $appt_end->format('H:i'); $period_start = date('H:i', strtotime($period['start'])); $period_end = date('H:i', strtotime($period['end'])); if ($period_start <= $appt_start && $period_end >= $appt_end) { $is_still_available = TRUE; break; } } return $is_still_available; } /** * Get an array containing the free time periods (start - end) of a selected date. * * This method is very important because there are many cases where the system needs to * know when a provider is avaible for an appointment. This method will return an array * that belongs to the selected date and contains values that have the start and the end * time of an available time period. * * @param numeric $provider_id The provider's record id. * @param string $selected_date The date to be checked (MySQL formatted string). * @param array $exclude_appointments This array contains the ids of the appointments that * will not be taken into consideration when the available time periods are calculated. * * @return array Returns an array with the available time periods of the provider. */ protected function _get_provider_available_time_periods($provider_id, $selected_date, $exclude_appointments = array()) { $this->load->model('appointments_model'); $this->load->model('providers_model'); // Get the provider's working plan and reserved appointments. $working_plan = json_decode($this->providers_model->get_setting('working_plan', $provider_id), TRUE); $where_clause = array( 'id_users_provider' => $provider_id ); $reserved_appointments = $this->appointments_model->get_batch($where_clause); // Sometimes it might be necessary to not take into account some appointment records // in order to display what the providers' available time periods would be without them. foreach ($exclude_appointments as $excluded_id) { foreach ($reserved_appointments as $index => $reserved) { if ($reserved['id'] == $excluded_id) { unset($reserved_appointments[$index]); } } } // Find the empty spaces on the plan. The first split between the plan is due to // a break (if exist). After that every reserved appointment is considered to be // a taken space in the plan. $selected_date_working_plan = $working_plan[strtolower(date('l', strtotime($selected_date)))]; $available_periods_with_breaks = array(); if (isset($selected_date_working_plan['breaks'])) { $start = new DateTime($selected_date_working_plan['start']); $end = new DateTime($selected_date_working_plan['end']); $available_periods_with_breaks[] = array( 'start' => $selected_date_working_plan['start'], 'end' => $selected_date_working_plan['end'] ); // Split the working plan to available time periods that do not contain the breaks in them. foreach ($selected_date_working_plan['breaks'] as $index => $break) { $break_start = new DateTime($break['start']); $break_end = new DateTime($break['end']); if ($break_start < $start) { $break_start = $start; } if ($break_end > $end) { $break_end = $end; } if ($break_start >= $break_end) { continue; } foreach ($available_periods_with_breaks as $key => $open_period) { $s = new DateTime($open_period['start']); $e = new DateTime($open_period['end']); if ($s < $break_end && $break_start < $e) { // check for overlap $changed = FALSE; if ($s < $break_start) { $open_start = $s; $open_end = $break_start; $available_periods_with_breaks[] = array( 'start' => $open_start->format("H:i"), 'end' => $open_end->format("H:i") ); $changed = TRUE; } if ($break_end < $e) { $open_start = $break_end; $open_end = $e; $available_periods_with_breaks[] = array( 'start' => $open_start->format("H:i"), 'end' => $open_end->format("H:i") ); $changed = TRUE; } if ($changed) { unset($available_periods_with_breaks[$key]); } } } } } // Break the empty periods with the reserved appointments. $available_periods_with_appointments = $available_periods_with_breaks; foreach($reserved_appointments as $appointment) { foreach($available_periods_with_appointments as $index => &$period) { $a_start = strtotime($appointment['start_datetime']); $a_end = strtotime($appointment['end_datetime']); $p_start = strtotime($selected_date . ' ' . $period['start']); $p_end = strtotime($selected_date . ' ' .$period['end']); if ($a_start <= $p_start && $a_end <= $p_end && $a_end <= $p_start) { // The appointment does not belong in this time period, so we // will not change anything. } else if ($a_start <= $p_start && $a_end <= $p_end && $a_end >= $p_start) { // The appointment starts before the period and finishes somewhere inside. // We will need to break this period and leave the available part. $period['start'] = date('H:i', $a_end); } else if ($a_start >= $p_start && $a_end <= $p_end) { // The appointment is inside the time period, so we will split the period // into two new others. unset($available_periods_with_appointments[$index]); $available_periods_with_appointments[] = array( 'start' => date('H:i', $p_start), 'end' => date('H:i', $a_start) ); $available_periods_with_appointments[] = array( 'start' => date('H:i', $a_end), 'end' => date('H:i', $p_end) ); } else if ($a_start >= $p_start && $a_end >= $p_start && $a_start <= $p_end) { // The appointment starts in the period and finishes out of it. We will // need to remove the time that is taken from the appointment. $period['end'] = date('H:i', $a_start); } else if ($a_start >= $p_start && $a_end >= $p_end && $a_start >= $p_end) { // The appointment does not belong in the period so do not change anything. } else if ($a_start <= $p_start && $a_end >= $p_end && $a_start <= $p_end) { // The appointment is bigger than the period, so this period needs to be removed. unset($available_periods_with_appointments[$index]); } } } return array_values($available_periods_with_appointments); } /** * Search for any provider that can handle the requested service. * * This method will return the database ID of the provider with the most available periods. * * @param numeric $service_id The requested service ID. * @param string $selected_date The date to be searched. * * @return int Returns the ID of the provider that can provide the service at the selected date. */ protected function _search_any_provider($service_id, $selected_date) { $this->load->model('providers_model'); $this->load->model('services_model'); $available_providers = $this->providers_model->get_available_providers(); $service = $this->services_model->get_row($service_id); $provider_id = NULL; $max_hours_count = 0; foreach($available_providers as $provider) { foreach($provider['services'] as $provider_service_id) { if ($provider_service_id == $service_id) { // Check if the provider is available for the requested date. $empty_periods = $this->_get_provider_available_time_periods($provider['id'], $selected_date); $available_hours = $this->_calculate_available_hours($empty_periods, $selected_date, $service['duration']); if (count($available_hours) > $max_hours_count) { $provider_id = $provider['id']; $max_hours_count = count($available_hours); } } } } return $provider_id; } /** * Calculate the avaialble appointment hours. * * Calculate the available appointment hours for the given date. The empty spaces * are broken down to 15 min and if the service fit in each quarter then a new * available hour is added to the "$available_hours" array. * * @param array $empty_periods Contains the empty periods as generated by the * "_get_provider_available_time_periods" method. * @param string $selected_date The selected date to be search (format ) * @param numeric $service_duration The service duration is required for the hour calculation. * @param bool $manage_mode (optional) Whether we are currently on manage mode (editing an existing appointment). * * @return array Returns an array with the available hours for the appointment. */ protected function _calculate_available_hours(array $empty_periods, $selected_date, $service_duration, $manage_mode = FALSE) { $this->load->model('settings_model'); $available_hours = array(); foreach ($empty_periods as $period) { $start_hour = new DateTime($selected_date . ' ' . $period['start']); $end_hour = new DateTime($selected_date . ' ' . $period['end']); $minutes = $start_hour->format('i'); if ($minutes % 15 != 0) { // Change the start hour of the current space in order to be // on of the following: 00, 15, 30, 45. if ($minutes < 15) { $start_hour->setTime($start_hour->format('H'), 15); } else if ($minutes < 30) { $start_hour->setTime($start_hour->format('H'), 30); } else if ($minutes < 45) { $start_hour->setTime($start_hour->format('H'), 45); } else { $start_hour->setTime($start_hour->format('H') + 1, 00); } } $current_hour = $start_hour; $diff = $current_hour->diff($end_hour); while (($diff->h * 60 + $diff->i) >= intval($service_duration)) { $available_hours[] = $current_hour->format('H:i'); $current_hour->add(new DateInterval("PT15M")); $diff = $current_hour->diff($end_hour); } } // If the selected date is today, remove past hours. It is important include the timeout before // booking that is set in the backoffice the system. Normally we might want the customer to book // an appointment that is at least half or one hour from now. The setting is stored in minutes. if (date('m/d/Y', strtotime($selected_date)) === date('m/d/Y')) { $book_advance_timeout = $this->settings_model->get_setting('book_advance_timeout'); foreach($available_hours as $index => $value) { $available_hour = strtotime($value); $current_hour = strtotime('+' . $book_advance_timeout . ' minutes', strtotime('now')); if ($available_hour <= $current_hour) { unset($available_hours[$index]); } } } $available_hours = array_values($available_hours); sort($available_hours, SORT_STRING ); $available_hours = array_values($available_hours); return $available_hours; } } /* End of file appointments.php */ /* Location: ./application/controllers/appointments.php */