[RESOLVED] count down

[sebjlan]

Hi,

When you enter a certain page of mine, I have set it to redirect to another page within some time.

// In the head section:
<?php
$time = rand(5,8);
print "<meta http-equiv=\"refresh\" content=\"$time;url=http://some-adress.com\">";
?>

// In the body section:
<?php print "<p>Time until redirect: $time seconds</p>"; ?>

How do I do, so that the time displayed counts down?

[dhodge]

You can't do that in PHP since its processed on the server. You would need to do that in Javascript.

Use the setInterval() javascript function to run. Looks like you would need to print out the javascript code or at least part of it using PHP since the $time variable is dynamic I assume.

[TenFold]

you could also use certain <span> tags from html, but thats really hard, Ive tried it before lol, it waits until a certain time has elapsed, then shows the text you want, then if you want, you can make a certain duration then it goes away. I dont remember what the code is, but you can try looking it up.

[sebjlan]

I just use javascript, but thanks

[TenFold]

Welcome. I was just stating you could do it in html also.