public function getEmptySpots(SS_HTTPRequest $request)
 {
     $query_string = $request->getVars();
     $summit_id = intval($request->param('SUMMIT_ID'));
     $days = isset($query_string['days']) ? json_decode($query_string['days']) : null;
     $start_time = isset($query_string['start_time']) ? $query_string['start_time'] : '06:00:00';
     $end_time = isset($query_string['end_time']) ? $query_string['end_time'] : '23:45:00';
     $locations = isset($query_string['locations']) ? json_decode($query_string['locations']) : null;
     $length = isset($query_string['length']) ? $query_string['length'] : null;
     $summit = null;
     if (intval($summit_id) > 0) {
         $summit = $this->summit_repository->getById(intval($summit_id));
     }
     if (strtolower($summit_id) === 'current') {
         $summit = Summit::ActiveSummit();
     }
     if (is_null($summit)) {
         return $this->notFound('summit not found!');
     }
     if (empty($days) || empty($locations) || empty($length)) {
         return $this->validationError('Parameters missing.');
     }
     $events = $this->summitevent_repository->getPublishedByTimeAndVenue($summit, $days, $start_time, $end_time, $locations);
     $empty_spots = array();
     $control = array();
     $previous_event = $previous_end_date = $previous_event_day = $previous_event_time = null;
     foreach ($events as $event) {
         $event_start_date = $event->getStartDate();
         $event_day = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($event_start_date));
         $control[$event_day][$event->LocationID] = true;
         //control array to see what days and locations had no events at all
         // if first event or first on this venue or first of the day we use the lower limit
         if ($previous_event == null) {
             $previous_time = $start_time;
         } else {
             if ($previous_event->LocationID != $event->LocationID || $previous_event_day != $event_day) {
                 $previous_time = $start_time;
                 // if it is the first event of the room/day, add empty spot between last event and top limit
                 $end_limit = $previous_event_day . ' ' . $end_time;
                 $unix_time = strtotime($previous_end_date);
                 $empty_space = strtotime($end_limit) - $unix_time;
                 if ($empty_space >= $length) {
                     $empty_spots[] = array('location_id' => $previous_event->LocationID, 'day' => $previous_event_day, 'time' => $previous_event_time, 'gap' => gmdate('G:i', $empty_space), 'unix_time' => $unix_time);
                 }
             } else {
                 $previous_time = $previous_event_time;
             }
         }
         $unix_time = strtotime($event_day . ' ' . $previous_time);
         $empty_space = strtotime($event_start_date) - $unix_time;
         if ($empty_space >= $length) {
             $empty_spots[] = array('location_id' => $event->LocationID, 'day' => $event_day, 'time' => $previous_time, 'gap' => gmdate('G:i', $empty_space), 'unix_time' => $unix_time);
         }
         $previous_event = $event;
         $previous_end_date = $previous_event->getEndDate();
         $previous_event_day = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($previous_end_date));
         $previous_event_time = date('H:i', strtotime($previous_end_date));
     }
     // check the empty space between the last event on the list and the top limit
     $end_limit = $previous_event_day . ' ' . $end_time;
     $unix_time = strtotime($previous_end_date);
     $empty_space = strtotime($end_limit) - $unix_time;
     if ($empty_space >= $length) {
         $empty_spots[] = array('location_id' => $previous_event->LocationID, 'day' => $previous_event_day, 'time' => $previous_event_time, 'gap' => gmdate('G:i', $empty_space), 'unix_time' => $unix_time);
     }
     // now add the days/venues without any events, ie completely free
     $full_gap = strtotime($end_time) - strtotime($start_time);
     foreach ($days as $day) {
         foreach ($locations as $loc) {
             if (!array_key_exists($day, $control) || !array_key_exists($loc, $control[$day])) {
                 // we add this location and day
                 $empty_spots[] = array('location_id' => $loc, 'day' => $day, 'time' => $start_time, 'gap' => gmdate('G:i', $full_gap), 'unix_time' => strtotime($day . ' ' . $start_time));
             }
         }
     }
     // sort by location, day, time
     usort($empty_spots, function ($a, $b) {
         if ($a['location_id'] == $b['location_id']) {
             if ($a['unix_time'] == $b['unix_time']) {
                 return 0;
             }
             return $a['unix_time'] < $b['unix_time'] ? -1 : 1;
         }
         return $a['location_id'] < $b['location_id'] ? -1 : 1;
     });
     return $this->ok(array('empty_spots' => $empty_spots));
 }