Why Flight Schools & Pilots Love PHP Event Calendar

• Easily Book Aircraft & Training Sessions – View available planes and schedule flights in just a few clicks.
• See Real-Time Availability – Instantly check which aircraft or instructors are free.
• Prevent Double Bookings – Get alerts for conflicts and avoid scheduling mishaps.
• Automated Reminders – Receive notifications for upcoming flights, checkrides, or maintenance.
• Access from Anywhere – Web-based calendar that works on desktop, tablet, or mobile.

How PHP Event Calendar Simplifies Flight Scheduling

1. Book Aircraft & Flight Training with Ease

Just like booking a meeting room, pilots and students can reserve aircraft, instructors, and time slots in a shared calendar.

Example: A student pilot logs in, sees an open slot for a Cessna 172 with an instructor, and books it instantly.

2. View Real-Time Aircraft & Instructor Availability

No more calling or emailing to check availability! The calendar updates in real time, so pilots can see which aircraft and instructors are free at a glance.

3. Avoid Scheduling Conflicts Automatically

PHP Event Calendar prevents double bookings by alerting you if someone else has already scheduled the same aircraft or instructor.

Example: If two pilots try to book the same plane, the system immediately notifies them of a conflict.

4. Get Automatic Reminders & Notifications

Flight schedules can be hectic, but PHP Event Calendar keeps you on track with email or SMS reminders for:
Upcoming flights
Instructor availability changes
Aircraft maintenance schedules

Get Started with PHP Event Calendar Today!

Stop dealing with scheduling headaches! PHP Event Calendar is the ultimate tool for flight schools and pilots to manage aircraft bookings efficiently.

Simple Setup – No complex installations, just start scheduling!
Mobile-Friendly – Book flights from anywhere, anytime.
Flexible & Customizable – Tailor the calendar to fit your flight school’s needs.

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The user login can be changed in the database directly inside pec_users table. 

We installed PHP event calendar a few days ago and all was fine. Now we have lots of errors 
Strict Standards: date(): It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings…..

Solution:
Did you update the PHP version recently?  Please Set a value to date.timezone in your php.ini

http://php.net/manual/en/datetime.configuration.php#ini.date.timezone

Solution:
Here’s the SQL query to insert new user into the calendar database table ‘pec_users‘ with user role as “user“.

You would need to simply replace with some real user data. The password can be encode here.

INSERT INTO pec_users
(access_key, activated, admin_id, role, first_name, last_name, active_calendar_id, company, username, password, email, timezone, language, theme, kbd_shortcuts, created_on, updated_on)
VALUES
(NULL, 1, NULL, ‘user’, ‘Joe’, ‘Blow’, ‘0’, ‘Rand Corp’, ‘joeblow’, md5(‘123456’), ‘joeblow@example.com’, ‘+6’, ‘English’, ‘default’, 1, NOW(), NOW());

Solution:
In file ‘/server/html/event-create.html.php‘, there are three load options to choose from

Change the load option to 

Warning: C_Calendar::loadAllCalendars(): It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. 

It’s likely that the system timezone isn’t enabled.

Here’s an instruction how to set the timezone in php.ini in cPanel. If you don’t have cPanel, you can always open in any text editor and edit then save.

Always remember to restart web server after edit php.ini.

The admin I can only see the calendars I created. The other admin can’t see my calendars etc. The Users can create calendars, but I don’t want them too.

Solution:

All calendars are private by default unless they are made public.

For other users to view the calendar only, send you the public calendar link. Calendars must be made to the public. 

If you don’t see the language you need, please send us an email info (at) phpeventcalendar.com and request a new language pack for free!

Older PHP Event Calendar

Depending on the versions, especially older calendar versions, you may need to manually update a few more files under server/html directory may require some search and replace such as “Close” and “Calendar” and other minor text.

See the screenshot below: