Time() coding ideas?

chakorules

Of course I am very new to PHP.

I have a download script that I'd like to keep track and clear the downloads every day. I have the script coded to where it counts, but what I am having trouble with is how do I know when to clear the counts and start over the next day? What is the best way? Playing with UNIXTIME stamp, I discovered the difference in one day to the next is 86400 units.

Is this the way I should approach this problem? I figured maybe I am going down the wrong road here.

I need to check the time with each download, see if it's passed midnight the next day.

If it is, then I need to erase all the download counts back to ZERO.

Should I do that with a time() or would I just look at the time and see if's it less than current time?

Any suggestions?

chads2k2

Check this out.

use time() for this.

$download_time = time();

then use this:

<?php 
function DispElapsedTime($start_time) 
{ 

   // calculate elapsed time (in seconds!) 

   $diff = time()-$start_time; 
   $daysDiff = floor($diff/60/60/24); 
   $diff -= $daysDiff*60*60*24; 
   $hrsDiff = floor($diff/60/60); 
   $diff -= $hrsDiff*60*60; 
   $minsDiff = floor($diff/60); 
   $diff -= $minsDiff*60; 
   $secsDiff = $diff; 

   if($daysDiff > 0)
   {
         echo "Over a day.  WHOOO!!";
   }
} 
?>

Just include on the page and then run the function.

Try that and you should be good to go. Other ways to do this but this one will do your job. Don't know if it is the most efficent but hey, it's easy to understand and learn from. Master the basics and go for the advancements. 🙂

Keep coding, and learning.

Chad

chakorules

Thanks for your suggestion.

chads2k2

Hey yeah did that work out for ya?

It's easy with that function cause it will tell you exactly how much time has passed. Might be easier ways of doing this but heck if you want it to change every 30 seconds in theory you could.

Chad