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php coding - revealing link

simon999

Hi,
I have a script which makes links available at certain times depending when a member joined the site

Im new to php and struggling to find simple answers on the web regarding it.

basically I want someone to log into the site, the site to check when they signed up and display links depending on their membership duration.

If someone could help me write this script I would be eternally grateful. I have a script below which I can modify to suit. Its just the begining I am struggling with.

so its like this -
they log in.
the site checks their signup date.
if they have been a member for 1 day then link 1 is displayed,
if they have been a member for 2 days then link1 and link 2 will display etc.

I really am a noob at php. If someone could help me or guide me, I would be very very thankful

In the header.php - What do i put in here regarding finding information about signup date and if they are logged in?

is it -
<?php include('header.php'); ?>
<?php
session_start();
$signupdate

$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; //

<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 "Lesson ".$j.": ".$lesson[$i]." ".$desc[$i]." available to you on ". date('l jS \of F Y', $release_date) ."";
}
else
{
echo "Lesson ".$j.": <a href='".$link[$i]."'>".$lesson[$i]."</a> ".$desc[$i]." Content released on ". date('l jS \of F Y', $release_date) ."";
}
}

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

halojoy

Best is to work with timestamps and seconds.
This is numbers seconds you get from [man]time[/man]

now time() - timestamp time() of join = member-duration, in seconds
release-after = days 24 3600 seconds

Note that you actually do not have to use Release Date.
But if you want to give info on what date,
it is:
now time() + release-after = r_timestamp
and display using date:

$release_date = date( 'format', r_timestamp);

Regarding get the user name, duration and login status.
What you call 'header.php' is usually called 'common.php'
( header.php is the HTML header part and is used in templates )

So, you can have a common.php
This is a page that is called first thing in many (all) your pages.
It will put the info of the user into variables you can use in the page.
If user is logged in, how long has been member, username etc...
The first line in common.php should often be:
session_start();
This way you do not have to put it into your other pages.
Just include common.php
🙂

The structure of your pages can be like:

<?php 

// Init. Get current user status, data + connect to database and such
include('common.php');

$signupdate = "?????";

$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; //


//BEGIN Output, Display, Echo 

include 'header.php' // top of page
?>
<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>";
}
}

//More CONTENT GOES HERE

include('footer.php'); // the bottom of page

?>

simon999

thanks for replying.

I know it would be simpler to pay someone to do it for me but I dont have any money at the min so im having to learn it all myself.

all I need is their sign up date in whichever form (session or timestamp) so that the correct links/information is displayed. Its for gradual content release.

There are very few programs that do this so having to create my own.

so if i create a common.php file and add <?php include('footer.php'); ?> to my header.php file?

and in the common.php i put

<?php
session_start();
get $signupDate
?>

im really not good at php, im fine at html though

simon999

Sorry didnt see the table when first looked at your post.

Ive added the edited script in but its not displaying correct time.

this could be due to not including common.php

I have a common.inc.php file. would that be the same thing? is there a particular place this needs to be placed or will it find it regardless of location?

Is there a way of hiding the links until the set day?

simon999

the problem seems to be its not getting the current time/date or the $signupDate

it keeps displaying date as 1st jan 1970.

This is all starting to hurt my head. lol

How much would it cost for someone to write the script etc for me?

Do you know of anyone or do you do this kind of thing?

Thank you again for all your help so far.

Weedpacket

simon999 wrote:
the problem seems to be its not getting the current time/date or the $signupDate

Where is it supposed to be getting $signupDate from? There's nothing you've shown that gives it any sort of value.

Incidentally, $release_date = strtotime("+$days_to_release days", $signupDate) would be a more reliable (and more readable) way to get that information, since not all days are 86400 seconds long.

bradgrafelman

Or, if the signup date is coming from a database, use the DBMS' date and time functions so that you don't even have to work with Unix timestamps in the first place.

simon999

this is the problem im having. the posted code would work if i could get the info that it needs, but i dont know where to get this from.

the code below ive copied from my config.inc.php file. is this the data that is needed for it to search db? if not, do you know where(roughly) i could find it?

I have searched my files on the server in a blind attempt to find what you ask.
I hope one of these code help.

$product = & get_product($product_id[0]);
$begin_date = $product->get_start();
$expire_date = $product->get_expire($begin_date, null, $terms); //yyyy-mm-dd

$pc = array();
$pc['db'] = '??????';
$pc['user'] = '???????';
$pc['pass'] = '???????';
$pc['host'] = '???????';
$pc['prefix'] = '???????';
$pc['charset'] = ''; // replace with 'utf8' for example

$config = array();
$config['db']['mysql'] = $pc;
$config['use_mysql_connect'] = 1;
$config['root_dir']    = dirname(__FILE__);

the ??? are details I have edited.

I thank you for your help and patience with me any my 'noob' ways.

simon999

so basically I need to send a query to the database?
and this gets added to header.php?
so that all pages get info?

I tried including common.inc.php but its still returning 1970 despite trying different codes.

Its not easy to find php basic info on the net.