[Resolved] Countdown to date, then display message?

heavenly

I'm not sure if something like this would require javascript, but I'd prefer to do it in PHP if possible.

What I'd like to do is have a small script that will count down to a specific date (configured w/in the script itself), displaying a message such as "3 days left". Once the specific date has been reached/passed, it would display something like "Been there!"

I know there is a DHTML script on dynamic drive that does this; however, it uses iframes and I'd prefer not to.

If anyone has an idea where I might start looking, I would be most grateful 😃

LordShryku

Look at this thread to figure out how to do the date calculation. Just a comparison of the target date to the current date would tell you if it had passed.

heavenly

That link helped me out. 😃 Thank you!

For those that are curious, this is the code I used:

<?php 
define('SECONDS_IN_A_DAY', 86400);

//define the 2 dates below
$mydate1 = "2005-04-16"; // DATE YOU WANT LINK TO EXPIRE
$mydate2 = "2005-04-17"; // TODAY

$mydays1 = floor(strtotime($mydate1)/SECONDS_IN_A_DAY);
$mydays2 = floor(strtotime($mydate2)/SECONDS_IN_A_DAY);

$event = $mydays1 - $mydays2;

if ($event > 0) {

echo 'Download <a href=somefile.file>here</a>. There are <b>' . $event . '</b> days left to download';

} else {

echo 'Link expired!';

}
?>

krs1

It might just be me, but.... why don't you:

$mydate2 = date (Y-m-d);

That way it gets todays date to compare...

heavenly

Originally posted by krs1
It might just be me, but.... why don't you:
$mydate2 = date (Y-m-d);
That way it gets todays date to compare... [/B]

Thanks! Worked like a charm and is definitely much easier than manually setting the date 🙂