between times

[drag0n]

how do I use the time function to determine wheather the time on the server is between the times I specify in my code?
For example:
If I want to restrict Chat section of my website to only be between 7:00AM-5:30 PM, whats a way to do this?
Samples would be greatly appreicated.
Thanks!

[LordShryku]

Well, first you'd want to find the timestamp for the start and end times. Couple ways to do this, but for this example, we'll use mktime....

/* 7:00 AM */
$start = mktime(7, 0, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("Y"));
/* 5:30 PM */
$end = mktime(17, 30, 0, date("m"), date("d"), date("Y"));
/* Current */
$now = time();
/* Check for validation */
if($now > $start && $now < $end) {
   // ok
}
else {
  // not ok
}