i'm a newbie to php need help

ICP_Wolverine

i have a guestbook on my site the uses interactive flash to send to a php file then the php file sends to a text file
what i need to know is how do i get the php file to post the date and time but in local time of the person who submits the entry... right now it will post date and time but the date and time is of the server
what can i change in the php file to make it register local time of submitter this is the php file

<?php
if (isset($submit)){
if ($submit=="Y"){
$datestamp =(date ("dS F Y ( h:i:s A )",time()));
$fpn=@fopen("guestbook.txt","a+");
@flock ($fpn,2);
$rec = "Name: <b>$txtname</b><br>Email: <b><u><a href=\"mailto:$txtemail\">$txtemail</a></u></b><br>Website: <b><u><a href=\"$txtwebsite\" target=\"_blank\">$txtwebsite</a></u></b><br>Comments: <b>$txtcomments</b><br><i>Posted on: $datestamp<br>" . "\n";
$fw=fwrite($fpn,$rec);
@flock($fpn,3);
@fclose($fpn);
}
}
$fp=@fopen("guestbook.txt","r");
@flock ($fp,2);
$garr=array();
while ($line=@fgets($fp,1024)){
array_push($garr,$line);
}
$totalent=count($garr)-1;
if ($totalent<0){
$totalent=0;
}
if($highlimit>$totalent){
$highlimit=$totalent;
}
print "&txtll=$lowlimit&txthl=$highlimit&totalentries=$totalent&txtmain=" ;
if (count($garr)==0){
print "<br><br><b> :::: Nothing to display :::: </b>";
exit();
}
$ar=array_reverse($garr);
$garr=array();
for($i=$lowlimit;$i<=$highlimit;$i++){

				if (!$ar[$i]) {
						print "<br><br><b>::: Nothing Below This :::</b>";
						exit;
				}
				print $ar[$i];
				print "<br><br>";
		}
		@flock($fp,3);
		@fclose($fp);

Weedpacket

PHP, running on the server, doesn't know the time on the client. Use Javascript for that.

ICP_Wolverine

ok but how do i code it into the php file or do i action script it in the flash mx... plus can you give me an example i'm totally new at this stuff

Weedpacket

In flash? Doesn't its scripting language have any time/date functions? Use them.

As for PHP, like I said, you wouldn't be using PHP.

As for code, look around some appropriate code libraries.

herve

Hi,

As Weedpacket tell you, it's not a PHP problem (since
the PHP prg is running on the server) ; you need to
code that in Javascript, then get back the value
to your PHP script.

<SCRIPT>
function newDate(form)
{

    form.output.value = (new Date()).toString()

}
</SCRIPT>

...

Ok, so now you can store the value returned by
the function in a HIDDEN <input> tag so, when
the user submit the form, it's send to you its own hour/date.

Something like that :

<SCRIPT>
function newDate(form)
{
form.USER_DATE.value = (new Date()).toString()
}
</SCRIPT>

...

Hervé.