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[sguy]

anybody know the script that decrease 1 day itself.
for example, from 365 days to 364 in the next day, then from 364 to 363 in the next day, then from 363 to 362 in the next day, and until 0, then perform some task, after that, set to 365 again.
i want the script that 365 on Jan 1st of any year and then decrement it on each subsequent day till dec 31st, and then reset it on Jan 1st of the next year.
or where's the place can download this script?
thank you!

[drawmack]

for reference see: http://us4.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php

$today = 365 - date('z');

echo $today;

[sguy]

thanks

[sguy]

but this is not i want.

[Weedpacket]

Why not? Because it's off by one?

[ScubaKing22]

I think the reason he/she doesn't like it is because its not tailored completely too his needs...too many people are expecting custom made scripts. Well here one is because right now I have nothing better to do:

$today = 366 - date('z');  //Make it 366 cuz thats what manual shows is 0-366
if ($today==0)
{
//EXECUTE CODE CUZ TODAY IS NEW YEARS DAY!!!
}

[sguy]

is this correct, coz it can't update the result.
if i don't run the file on that day, can it update automatically?

<?
$today = 366 - date('z');
if ($today==0) 
{ 
$Connect = mysql_connect("localhost","root","");
mysql_select_db("mw");
$result=mysql_query("UPDATE Users SET abc='70'");
}
?>

[Weedpacket]

No, but that's the same with any program. If you don't run it then it won't do anything....

Now if you'd actually asked for what you wanted in the first place, you could have been a lot closer to working out a solution already: When you update, record the time and date you updated. Then, each time you want to use whatever it is you're wanting to be updated on this regular basis, look to see if that recorded date is earlier than Jan 1 of the present year. If it is, update. If not, the update has already happened.

If you're doing this on New Years' day, all you really need to store is the year, and then compare that with the current year. It would be nicer to store a Unix-style timestamp though, because it would be more flexible: if it's less than strtotime('January 1') then an update is due (and you aren't forced to update on January 1).

[sguy]

can use something like set to 'true' or set to 'false' statement after load the form?
if i don't load the form on that day and load the form in the next day or next two day, then run the script once, can it be done?

[drawmack]

I don't understand what you're trying to do. You want to get the number of days left in the year. If you're displaying this to the user then have the page calculate and display it on the page (which is what my script did except for the little error that weedpacket pointed out.)

From what you're saying it sounds like you want to use this to run a script, or control running a script. You want the script to run a maximum of 1 per day. If this is the case why don't you try this:

//see if this program has ever run before
if(file_exists('somefile.dat') {
  $outfile = fopen('somefile.dat','r');
  $lastrun = chop(fgets($outfile));
} else {
  //ensure the script runs the first time it is loaded
  $lastrun = 0;
} //end if

//if the program has not run in the last 24 hours
if(($lastrun + (60 * 60 * 24)) < time()) {
  //whatever you only want to do once a day

  //open the log file safely and record the current time
  //to is as the last run time
  if($outfile = fopen('somefile.dat','w')) {
    $now = time() . "\n";
    fwrite($outfile,$now);
  } else {
    //if we could not log the run time then tell the user that
    echo "Could not log run time, script will rerun next time it is loaded.\n";
  } //end if
} //end if

Is this something like you want to accomplish?

[sguy]

can this code change to run the script once a year?
is this 'somefile.dat' can change to whatever file?

[drawmack]

Originally posted by sguy
can this code change to run the script once a year?

Yes, this line is the important one

if(($lastrun + (60 * 60 * 24)) < time())

the (606024) is the number of seconds in one day.

to make this once a year, just about will run one day early cumulatively for each leap year passed, you would modify this to (60 60 24 * 365). Though it is better to figure out the number of seconds with a calculator and embed that into your code with a comment about how long it is because it's much more efficient then having the computer do the multiplication.

[quoteis this 'somefile.dat' can change to whatever file?[/QUOTE]

Yup

[sguy]

when i run test9.php, it shows this error message:
Parse error: parse error in c:\phpweb/test9.php on line 3

<?
//see if this program has ever run before 
if(file_exists('test9.php') { 
  $outfile = fopen('test9.php','r'); 
  $lastrun = chop(fgets($outfile)); 
} else { 
  //ensure the script runs the first time it is loaded 
  $lastrun = 0; 
} //end if 

//if the program has not run in the last 24 hours 
if(($lastrun + (60 * 60 * 24 * 365)) < time()) { 
  //whatever you only want to do once a day 

  //open the log file safely and record the current time 
  //to is as the last run time 
  if($outfile = fopen('test9.php','w')) { 
    $now = time() . "\n"; 
    fwrite($outfile,$now); 
  } else { 
    //if we could not log the run time then tell the user that 
    echo "Could not log run time, script will rerun next time it is loaded.\n"; 
  } //end if 
} //end if
?>

[drawmack]

I don't think you can work with the file you're currently running because the interpreter has it locked, try keeping the last run in an externale file like test9.dat.

[sguy]

what should i put in test9.php and test9.dat? and what should i named this file?

[sguy]

am i need to put this code in the separate file?
what should i create? test9.dat? and what should i edit the code?

[drawmack]

test9.php whould the the code, test9.dat would be the file created by the code.

[sguy]

if(file_exists('test9.php')) {  //what should i change? test9.dat or test9.php?

$outfile = fopen('test9.php','r');  //what should i change? test9.dat or test9.php?

if($outfile = fopen('test9.php','w')) {  //what should i change? test9.dat or test9.php?

[drawmack]

those should all be test9.dat

[sguy]

i've create a file called test9.dat, but when i run test9.php, it shows this error message:
Warning: Wrong parameter count for fgets() in c:\phpweb/test9.php on line 5

$lastrun = chop(fgets($outfile));

i've insert some code under this line

if(($lastrun + (60 * 60 * 24 * 365)) < time()) {