}
if (isset($_POST["description"])) {
$description = htmlspecialchars($_POST["description"]);
}
if (isset($_POST["max_attendance"])) {
$max_attendance = htmlspecialchars($_POST["max_attendance"]);
}
// set up event object
$event = new Event();
$event->setTitle($title);
$event->setDate($date);
$event->setStartTime($start_time);
$event->setEndTime($end_time);
$event->setLocation($location);
$event->setDescription($description);
$event->setMaxAttendance($max_attendance);
$event->setCreatorUserId($_SESSION['uid']);
$failure_messages = array();
if (!$event->validate()) {
foreach ($event->getValidationFailures() as $failure) {
$message = '<p><strong>Error in ' . $failure->getPropertyPath() . ' field!</strong> ' . $failure->getMessage() . '</p>';
array_push($failure_messages, $message);
// clear out the bad data
$_POST[$failure->getPropertyPath()] = '';
}
unset($message);
} else {
// validate date fields
//$now = new DateTime('now');
$st = DateTime::createFromFormat("m/d/Y H:i A", $date . " " . $start_time);
$et = DateTime::createFromFormat("m/d/Y H:i A", $date . " " . $end_time);
