passing countdown timer value

[ajna]

Ineed to run a timer, let's say for two minutes as someone goes through a series of forms. At the end of the countdown (ie: if the counter runs down to zero and the final page is submitted) the user gets an ENDING page.

My question is how can I best run a timer that will display the minute and seconds remaining when a page is first displayed (not a running countdown -- more like "You have 1 minute 38 seconds remaining") AND how can I pass the correct countdown value in my form when the user submits their current page, so the next page knows to continue the countdown at 60 seconds remaining or 2 minutes, 39 seconds remaining, etc...

Thanks!

[sneakyimp]

sounds to me like you'll need to use javascript to display a timer that counts down the seconds. since you are accessing multiple forms, you'll need some way to hand off the 'seconds remaining' value.

a frameset comes to mind. set up a javascript counter in a frame and display the forms in the other frame. that might easily be circumvented though.

another way is to set a cookie with a timestamp once the quiz starts. you can either set this timestamp from php or from javascript.

[madwormer2]

Is there any reason to have multiple pages? If it's because of space issues, just use javascript to handle switching the two forms, and just have them both on one page. That way the issue isn't there at all.