Adding a delay upon submit

[Dragonlord]

Ok what I am trying to do is add a delay like say 5 seconds between uses of a command say.. command1=Fish

then when user types fish and submits or presses a button that activates the fish command he/she has to wait another 5 seconds before he/she may use the command again.. and if it is before the 5 seconds.
i dont want anything to happen.. can anyone help me out with this?

[dalecosp]

[man]sleep/man

Which is what I need to do now . . . 😉

[Dragonlord]

Ok yah i know that ... but what i dont know is where to put it so ok maybe if i put my crappy scripting up here someone can help me better... and i took some of the results for random out...

what i need is to have the delay after the process is done before they are allowed to hit submit again...

and i need to print you may not preform action at this time if submit is hit before the sleep time is over

<?
$random = rand(1, 100);

$command = $GET['command'];
if (!isset($command)){
$command = $POST['command'];
}

include("db.php");
$userid=$COOKIE['login'];
$query = mysql_query("SELECT FROM character WHERE sessid='$userid' LIMIT 0, 1");
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$user=$row["User"];
$location=$row["Location"];
$loggedin=$row["Loggedin"];
$rest=$row["rest"];
$palive=$row["alive"];
$weapon=$row["weapon"];
}
include("db.php");
$userid=$COOKIE['login'];
$query = mysql_query("SELECT FROM items WHERE sessid='$userid' LIMIT 0, 100");
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$itemname=$row["name"];
}

$query = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM rooms WHERE location='$location' LIMIT 0, 1");
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($query))
{
$mine = $row["mine"];
$fish = $row["fish"];
$chop = $row["chop"];
$gather = $row["gather"];
}

if ($command == "mine" AND $mine == "y" AND $weapon == "Mining Axe"){

if ($random == '1'){
$string = "As you strike the wall with your axe, the walls begin to shake as the roof suddenly falls upon you. CAVE IN! ";
}

if ($random == '2' OR $random == '3'){
$string = "Your axe struck the wall with such force that it split into two pieces. Perhaps you can find a blacksmith to repair it?";
}

if ($random > '3' AND $random <= '50'){
$string = "You strike away at the stone wall, but to no avail, only pieces of rock seem to scatter around you.";
}

if ($random > '50' AND $random <= '75'){
$itemname="copper ore";
$string = "You found a piece of Copper!";
include('db.php');
$item_found=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM items WHERE name ='$itemname'");
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($item_found)){
$proceed=$row['name'];

if ($proceed != ''){
include('db.php');
$findempty=mysql_query("SELECT * FROM inv WHERE name ='$user'") or die (mysql_error());
while ($row = @mysql_fetch_array($findempty)){
for ($i='1'; $i < '25'; $i++){
$item_number = $row['item'.$i];
if($item_number == ''){
$num_empty = 'item'.$i;
}else{
$item = explode(' ', $item_number);
$number=$item[0];
$name1=$item[1];
$name2=$item[2];
if ($name2 != ''){
$full_name = $name1.' '.$name2;
}else{
$full_name = $name1;
}
if ($full_name == $itemname){
$number_of_items=$number + '1';
$num = $i;
$found='y';
}
}
}
}
if ($found != ''){
$itemnumber = 'item'.$num;
}else{
$itemnumber = $num_empty;
}
$new_number=$number_of_items++;
$new_number++;
$full_details = $new_number." ".$itemname;
include('db.php');
mysql_query("UPDATE inv SET $itemnumber='$full_details' WHERE name='$user'") or die (mysql_error());
}
}
if ($done == 'y'){
$number10 = $number;
$itemnum = 'item'.$num;
}
}
print "$string";

?>

<form action="<? $PHP_SELF ?>" method="POST">
<input type='hidden' name='command' value='mine'>
<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Mine!">
</form>
<?
}else{
if ($command == "mine" AND $mine == "n"){
print "You can not mine here.";
}else{
if ($command == "mine" AND $weapon != "Mining Axe"){
print "You must equip a Mining Axe before mining.";
}
}

}

[Dragonlord]

and yes i know im missing the end of the script i diddnt copy it all cause i dont feel its needed in what i am trying to do... anyone able to help me 🙁

[kburger]

If you're wanting to disable a submit button for a period of time, for example, you'll have to use javascript, since that's something that happens on the client side, not the server side.

[Kudose]

Using sleep will completely stop everything for the period of time specified. I am not sure if it's the same for JS. Anyways, if you want to use sleep, I recommend doing it this way:

$random = rand(1, 100);
if(isset($_POST))
  sleep(5); // 5 seconds 

[dalecosp]

Originally posted by Dragonlord
and i need to print you may not preform action at this time if submit is hit before the sleep time is over

Well, that tears it. You want JavaScript.

I'm not good enough with it to give it a go "off the top of my head". Probably something like this:

1. PHP determines if the POST array has been set (i.e., the submit button was pushed).

2. If submit was pressed, PHP, in the course of reloading the page, echoes the Javascript to the browser.

3. The Javascript itself might be like this (but I warned you I was no good at it . . . :p)

Create a function "you_must_wait" which is triggered when the page loads ("onLoad" method). This function reads the submit control, counts, and if the form is submitted during the loop, echoes an alert() to the browser. If I remember/understand correctly, you'll need to make sure and set a name attribute in the button creation HTML so that JS can grab a handle on it ...

And, like I said, keep in mind that millions upon millions of programmers are better at JavaScript than I am.

But JavaScript is what you're asking for. You might try our "sister" site, javascript.internet.com.

Good luck!