$json = '{';
    foreach($events as $event) {
        $date = date('m-d-Y',strtotime($event->date));
        $id--;
        $all_events = explode('¥',$event->event_title);
        echo debug($all_events);

        $json .= "'".$date."' : [ ";
        foreach($all_events as $title) {
            $json .= "'<span>".$event->start." - ".$event->end." | ".str_replace("'","\'",$title)."</span>',";
        }
        $json .= "],";
    }


    $json .= '}';