Generate and Download .ics file for an event using jQuery

Here is the code to generate and download the .ics file for an event using jQuery.

var todayDate	= new Date();
var msgData	= todayDate.toISOString();
var startDate	= e.start.toISOString();
var endDate	= e.end.toISOString();

var icsMSG1 = "BEGIN:VCALENDAR\r\nVERSION:2.0\r\nPRODID:https://www.google.com/\r\nBEGIN:VEVENT\r\nUID:https://www.google.com/\r\nDTSTAMP:" + msgData + "Z\r\nDTSTART:" + startDate + "\r\n";

var icsMSG2 = '';
if(endDate != '') {
    icsMSG2 = "DTEND:" + endDate +"\r\n";
}

icsMSG3 = "SUMMARY:" + title + "\r\nEND:VEVENT\r\nEND:VCALENDAR";

icsMSG = icsMSG1 + icsMSG2 + icsMSG3;

$('.test-ics').click(function(){
    window.open( "data:text/calendar;charset=utf8," + escape(icsMSG));
});

and, add this line in your html code

<div><a class="test-ics">Add to Calendar</a></div>

replace e.start with your event start date & time
replace e.end with your event end date & time
replace title with your event title

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Generate random password in PHP

When creating web apps, there’s often a need to generate a random password for your users. It uses PHP’s handy str_shuffle() function:

function random_password( $length = 8 ) {
    $chars = "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789!@#$%^&*()_-=+;:,.?";
    $password = substr( str_shuffle( $chars ), 0, $length );
    return $password;
}

$password = random_password(8);