Counting down with date_diff, or what?

[zonkd]

'The event' happens on 2006-03-31.

I'd like to have on a webpage a countdown of minutes and seconds to 'the event'.

How would an experienced php builder tackle this task, please?

[molat3000]

Google around for javasript count-downer - it must be out there already done - then just insert a date via php script (read from eg. database,...) and let the js-script handle the counting...

or maybe include a Flash/ActionScript counter - fancy but a bit more complicated I guess (passing the date to actionscript)

Hope it helps.

Regards