sessions help

[simon999]

Hi,

I have found a sessions code that I think will solve my gradual content/drip feed issues but im not sure if its right or would work.

This code was written for a program called DLguard. Is it possible to adjust it to any kind of membership program? does it depend on the servers setings?

Here is the code. The idea is that it shows a link to new content every few days depending on the members membership time.

so say each lesson appears every 7 days that they have been a member.

Is this code right?

Im new to all of this and to be honest, im struggling.

Hope someone can help.

Code:

<?php include('header.php'); ?>

<?php

$lesson[0] = "Positioning Your Fingers";
$link[0] = "lesson01_secretkey.php";
$desc[0] = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas sagittis ipsum at lorem. Suspendisse feugiat. Sed imperdiet orci at magna.";
$days[0] = 0; // for immediate

$lesson[1] = "Understanding the Rythm";
$desc[1] = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas sagittis ipsum at lorem. Suspendisse feugiat. Sed imperdiet orci at magna.";
$link[1] = "lesson01_secretkey.php";
$days[1] = 30; //

$lesson[2] = "Playing the Melody";
$desc[2] = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas sagittis ipsum at lorem. Suspendisse feugiat. Sed imperdiet orci at magna.";
$link[2] = "lesson02_noaccess.php";
$days[2] = 60; //

$lesson[3] = "How to Play Jazz Piano";
$desc[3] = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas sagittis ipsum at lorem. Suspendisse feugiat. Sed imperdiet orci at magna.";
$link[3] = "lesson03_password.php";
$days[3] = 90; //

$lesson[4] = "How To Play Classical Piano";
$desc[4] = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit. Maecenas sagittis ipsum at lorem. Suspendisse feugiat. Sed imperdiet orci at magna.";
$link[4] = "lesson04_sesame.php";
$days[4] = 289; //

?>

<!-- CONTENT GOES HERE -->

<h1>Your Lessons</h1>

<?php
$seconds_a_day = 86400;
for($i = 0; $i < count($lesson); $i++)
{
   $days_to_release = $days[$i] * $seconds_a_day;
   $release_date = $signupDate + $days_to_release;
   $j = $i + 1;
   if ($release_date > time())
   {
      echo "<p style='color: #999;'><strong>Lesson ".$j.": <u>".$lesson[$i]."</u></strong><br/>".$desc[$i]."<br/><em>available to you on ". date('l jS \of F Y', $release_date) ."</em></p>";
   }
   else
   {
      echo "<p><strong>Lesson ".$j.": <a href='".$link[$i]."'>".$lesson[$i]."</a></strong><br/>".$desc[$i]."<br/><em>Content released on ". date('l jS \of F Y', $release_date) ."</em></p>";
   }
}


?>


<!-- CONTENT GOES HERE -->

<?php include('footer.php'); ?>

[bradgrafelman]

Couple problems...

1. You talk about a "sessions code" but the code you posted has nothing to do with sessions, at least in terms of PHP. Unless there is some session code being processed in header.php, then I'm confused about what you mean when you talk about "sessions code."

2. This might be related to the above point, but you use $signupDate, a variable which was never defined (as far as we can see).

3. simon999 wrote:

   Is it possible to adjust it to any kind of membership program? does it depend on the servers setings?

   It's possible to do anything that you can think of, as long as you know the basics of PHP programming and how to search the PHP manual.

4. simon999 wrote:

   so say each lesson appears every 7 days that they have been a member.

   Is this code right?

   Is it right as far as the 'every 7 days' bit? Well no - the 'days' values clearly increase by much more than 7...

[simon999]

Sorry I wasn't very clear on my post.

All I want is for a new link to appear every x days on the members page from their first signup.

eg link 1 after 30 day, link 2 after 60 days etc

Is the code I posted the right one for doing this.

does it need to be changed in order to run on my membership site or is the code universal?

As I said before im not good with php so any help you can give me is much appreciated

thanks

[bradgrafelman]

simon999 wrote:

does it need to be changed in order to run on my membership site or is the code universal?

Well, the "universal" answer is: try it and find out.

Another answer would be: as long as you assign $signupDate properly, the code appears to work fine. It's just using some simple mathematical operations and built-in PHP functions, so I'm not sure why you're worried about where or how it's used.

The only (minor) issue I see is that not every day consists of 86400 seconds.