PHP - 60 Timer Needed

Hi all,

I would like to create a timer showing a countdown from 0% to 100% (representing "power") ending at noon GMT on Sunday 4th September.
The countdown started a few weeks ago, hence as of 1pm GMT on Tuesday 1st March, the countdown should be at 15%
The "power" increases by 5% every 11 days so by my calculations, the percentage in our countdown should increase by 0.01% every 1900.8 seconds.

So, with this theory, how would I go about coding it?

I guess since I use GMT, I need to take a timestamp in GMT first, then calculate the difference between this and Sunday 4th September at 12.00pm.

I am not sure though which format of time/date is best to do the calculation. Would it be better to use Unix time?

Any help, suggestions and/or code is greatly appreciated.


Skulty

Hi,

I'm new to the forum, I have a slight issue with my script.

Basically, I need to figure out a script that will allow me to do the following:

- The user defines x amount of ours to count down (ie. 16 hours, 8 hours, 4 hours)
- The script then starts the count down of the x hours
- I need the script to count between 08:00 - 20:00 after 20:00 it needs to stop, then start again at 08:00
- The script also need to stop throughout the weekend (ie counts until 20:00 on friday, stops saturday & sunday, then starts 08:00 on monday)

Can this be done? If so, any pointers or help?

Many thanks, Lewis.

I am currently in the process of creating an online time based game. One of the big things is that users get gold every half an hour :00 & :30. What I am trying to do is offer a physical clock so that users can see how much time is left before they more more gold. I have been trying to do this using PHP.

All I have currently is the time, but would like something like "$minutes until more gold".

This is currently what I have now: (added 1 hour for EST.)
<?php echo date("h:i A",time()+60*60); ?>

Here's the code for the countdown timer. It works. At the end of the countdown, it's suppose to show the message "EXPIRED". But that message only shows once I reload the page. The countdown itself stops at 00:00:01. Is there a way to automatically show the message after that, instead of reloading the page to show it?

<style>
  div#counter{
      margin: 100px auto;
      width: 305px;
      padding:20px;
      border:1px solid #000000;
  }
  div#counter span{
      background-color: #00CAF6;
      padding:5px;
      margin:1px;
      font-size:30px;
  }
</style>

<?php 
  $target_date = '2019-01-12 05:40:00';
  $timeLeft = (strtotime($target_date) - time()) * 1000;
?>
<script src="javascripts/timer.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){

      var timeLeft = <?php echo $timeLeft ; ?>;
      var timer =  new Timer($('#counter'), timeLeft);
      
      if (timeLeft <= 0) {
        $('#counter').text('EXPIRED');
      }

});
</script>
<div id="counter">
  <span class="hour">00</span>
  <span class="min">00</span>
  <span class="sec">00</span>
</div>

 

Edited January 11, 2019 by imgrooot

I am looking for a tutorial or advice wherein I can create a timer for my auction items. You can see those timers on the site like quibids.com The concept is like this.

I post and auction and set an end time for the auction. When the auction is live, The timer will start and will show how many hours and seconds are remaining. If any one has a class or some link to a tutorial site, that'll be a great help.

Thanks a lot.

Hi im trying to Make a Timer count down in this code

 function getTime($host, $user, $pass, $db, $hours, $ip, $serverId) {
  $c = @mysql_connect($host, $user, $pass);
      if(mysql_select_db($db, $c)) {
              $dateQ = mysql_query('SELECT MAX(date) AS lastVoteDate FROM `'. $db .'`.`votes` WHERE ip="'. $ip .'"') or die(mysql_error());
              $getDate = mysql_fetch_assoc($dateQ);
              $diffrence = time() - strtotime($getDate['lastVoteDate']);
              $hours = number_format(($diffrence / 60 / 60));
              $minutes = number_format(($hours / 60));
              if(!$hours < 1){
                return ("". $hours ."");
                } else {
                return ("0");
                }
      } else {
          return array(1, "Error connecting to DB.");
      }   
 }

I don't know if this can be done in PHP, but what I'm wanting to do is calculate the amount of time a user has spent in a session. I am planning on making a script that allows users to race through questions and the person who does it the fastest is the winner. Could someone help me out with this? Thanks

Hello.
Well I am really annoyed at myself at the moment.
I am trying to make a timer script that is uninterrupted by a refresh of the page, so this to me would be a Mysql database thing to check

My idea was simple, at least until I forgot it.
But, I was going to grab the current time using time();
and place it into the database.
Then I would set another value in the structure called check, to 1.

The database while the value is set on 1 will keep checking every time a user refreshes.
It would get the time from the database that was set, and the current time again. It would take away the stored time from the current time and if that value equals less then ten, it would keep running the script and won't change the check. But if it was over ten, it would do a random function (What ever the user wanted, right now it just an echo for a test) and delete both the current timestamp in the database, and set the check to 0.

If the value was 0, it would set the new timestamp in the database, eg the current time, and set the value to 1 so it will keep running again.

Is this possible?
It is getting a bit annoying, getting a few errors, again like most of the time its little ones that I can't seem to put my finger on.
Hey, we have all started somewhere :/

This is my code so fa

Code: [Select]
<?php

$db = mysql_pconnect("localhost","root",""); 
mysql_select_db("test",$db);

$time = time();
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM timer");

while($row = mysql_fetch_array($result))
  {
  $timestamp = $row['timestamp'];
  $check = $row['check'];
  }

if ($check=="0") {
$query = "UPDATE timer SET check = '1' WHERE id = '1'";
$query .= "UPDATE timer SET timestamp = '$time' WHERE id = '1'";
multi_query($query);
}
elseif ($check=="1") {
$timenow = time();
$timecheck = $timenow - $timestamp;

if ($timecheck >= "10") {
echo "bigger then 10, do what ever at the end of the countdown here";
$query2 = "UPDATE timer SET check = '0' WHERE id = '1'";
$query2 .= "UPDATE timer SET timestamp = '' WHERE id = '1'";
multi_query($query2);
}

}

?>

Now even looking at this code confuses me, and I wrote it.
I tested it, I expected an error and got one.

Quote

Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_ELSEIF in D:\xampp\htdocs\tests\timer.php on line 17



As you have probably already stated, I am a very small form of BASIC at PHP, would anyone like to push me in the right direction as to how to get this working?

Hi Guys!

Hoping someone can help me with this. I need to produce a timer which I can embed on a website.
It needs to count down the remaining hours until 7pm during the weekdays, then at the weekends count down until 7pm on Monday.

Any ideas or points in the right direction would be greatly appreciated! I'm a bit of a newbie!

Ok guys, I'm gonna have to throw a question out there. I am building a mmorpg. And I could use some help with some coding.

I have two cron files that run every hour and every day(24 hrs )
My question is, how can I add a visual countdown based on server time to show how long the cron has left to tick?

I have tried many countdowns but most of them reset once I leave the page.

So basically I need a countdown timer to show the user how long till he getts more food or whatever.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for taking time to read and/or help.

Is it possible to set a certain session to time out after say 2 minutes. I want to lock a person from seeing a page for 2 minutes then destroy the session yet keep the primary session and still keep dpoing what they were doing? Just curious.

Thanks,

I have a loop creating a block_vars array for displaying records from a database. (In this case auction listings).
The following code creates this array:

// get random selection of 6 items for home page display
$query = "SELECT id, title, current_bid, pict_url, ends, num_bids, minimum_bid, bn_only, buy_now, subtitle, starts, ends, reserve_price
        FROM " . $DBPrefix . "auctions
        WHERE closed = 0 AND suspended = 0 AND starts <= " . $NOW . "
        ORDER BY RAND() DESC LIMIT 6";
$res = mysql_query($query);
$system->check_mysql($res, $query, __LINE__, __FILE__);
   $showendtime = false;
   $has_ended = false;
      
$k = 0;
while($row = mysql_fetch_assoc($res))
{
   $ends = $row['ends'];
   $difference = $ends - time();
   if ($difference > 0)
   {
      $ends_string = FormatTimeLeft($difference);
   }
   else
   {
      $ends_string = $MSG['911'];
   }
   
   $high_bid = ($row['num_bids'] == 0) ? $row['minimum_bid'] : $row['current_bid'];
   $high_bid = ($row['bn_only'] == 'y') ? $row['buy_now'] : $high_bid;
   
   //determine whether the auction has a Buy Now price, show if appropriate.
   if($row['buy_now'] == '0.0000') {
   $bnamount = "";
   } else {
   $bnamount = "<a href='" . $system->SETTINGS['siteurl'] . "buy_now.php?id=" . $row['id'] ."'>$" . substr($row['buy_now'], 0, -2) . "<br />" . "Buy Now</a>";
   }
      
   //determine if the auction has a reserve set and if it has been met. display appropriate symbol
   if($row['reserve_price'] == '0.0000' && $row['bn_only'] == 'n' && ($row['current_bid'] < $row['minimum_bid'])) {
      $flag = '<img src="images/noreserve.gif" alt="No Reserve">';
      $flagdesc = " No Reserve!";
      $bnonly = "Current Bid<br />";
      } else {
         if($row['current_bid'] >= $row['reserve_price']) {
         $flag = '<img src="images/reservemet.gif" alt="Reserve Met">';
         $flagdesc = " Reserve Met!";
         $bnonly = "Current Bid<br />";
         } else {
         $flag = '<img src="images/noflag.gif">';
         $flagdesc = "";
         $bnonly = "Current Bid<br />";
         }
      }
   if($row['reserve_price'] == '0.0000' && $row['bn_only'] == 'y') {
      $flag = '<img src="images/noflag.gif">';
      $flagdesc = "";
      $bnonly = "Asking Price ";
      $bnamount = "";   
      }

   $template->assign_block_vars('randomitems', array(
         'ID' => $row['id'],
         'BID' => $bnonly . "$" . substr($high_bid, 0, -2),
         'IMAGE' => (!empty($row['pict_url'])) ? 'getthumb.php?w=' . $system->SETTINGS['thumb_show'] . '&fromfile=' . $uploaded_path . $row['id'] . '/' . $row['pict_url'] : 'images/email_alerts/default_item_img.jpg',
         'TITLE' => $row['title'],
         'BUY_NOW' => $bnamount,
         'SUBTITLE' => $row['subtitle'],
         'TIMELEFT' => $ends_string,
         'NUMBIDS' => $row['num_bids'],
         'FLAG' => $flag,
         'FLAGDESC' => $flagdesc
         ));
   $k++;
   
}

Pretty straightforward. You will see I have a TIMELEFT value which will show on my home page as no.days, no.hours, no.mins until it closes etc.
Here is the html in the tpl file:
Code: [Select]
<!-- BEGIN randomitems -->
            <div style="float:left;display:block;width:99%;border-bottom:#CCCCCC 1px solid;padding:2px;">
                <div style="display:block;">
                 <table width="100%">
                  <tr>
          <td align="center" style="vertical-align:middle;width:120px" >
       <a href="{SITEURL}item.php?id={randomitems.ID}"><img src="{randomitems.IMAGE}" alt="{randomitems.TITLE}" style="border: none;width:120px"></a>
       </td>
       <td align="left" width="40%">
        <table style="width:100%; vertical-align:middle; margin:0 auto">
         <tr>
          <td><a id="itemdesc" href="{SITEURL}item.php?id={randomitems.ID}">{randomitems.TITLE}</a><br />
                      {randomitems.SUBTITLE}</td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                      <td id="closes">Closes in:{randomitems.TIMELEFT}</td>
                     </tr>
                     <tr>
                      <td>{randomitems.FLAG}{randomitems.FLAGDESC}</td>
                     </tr>
                    </table>
       </td>
       <td id="buynow" align="center" width="15%">
       {randomitems.BUY_NOW}
       </td>
       <td id="currentbid" align="center" width="25%">
       {randomitems.BID}
       </td>
      </tr>
     </table>
                </div>
            </div>
<!-- END randomitems -->

This works quite nicely for me.
 
What I want, and cannot manage thus far is to have the TIMELEFT value count down.
 
The closest I have come is using a function like this:
Code: [Select]

<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
 var currenttime = '{randomitems.TIMELEFT}';
 function padlength(what)
 {
  var output=(what.toString().length == 1)? '0' + what : what;
  return output;
 }
 function displaytime()
 {
  currenttime -= 1;
  if (currenttime > 0){
   var hours = Math.floor(currenttime / 3600);
   var mins = Math.floor((currenttime - (hours * 3600)) / 60);
   var secs = Math.floor(currenttime - (hours * 3600) - (mins * 60));
   var timestring = padlength(hours) + ':' + padlength(mins) + ':' + padlength(secs);
   $("#ending_counter").html(timestring);
   setTimeout(displaytime, 1000);
  } else {
   $("#ending_counter").html('<span class="errfont">{L_911}</span>');
  }
 }
 setTimeout(displaytime, 1000);
});
</script>

This code is placed in the tpl file and I simply give an html element the appropriate ID. The problem with this is that it would only show a countdown timer for the first item returned, which is no good as there are always six items returned.
 
Can anyone offer a suggestion on how I could go about this? I can PM anyone with suggestions with a link to my development site so you know what I am raving about.

Newbie PHP user here, so go easy on me .

I've been trying to make a timer that starts on an arbitrary number of seconds, say 10 for example, then counts down to 0 (and refreshes itself every second for the user to see how much time is remaining), and then some more code is executed when 0 is reached.

I attempted to do something like:

<?php

$goal = time() + 10;

while($goal - time() >= 0) {

echo "$goal - time()";
sleep(1);

}

?>

This didn't seem to work as my page just took a while to load - I suspect it was going through the entire while loop before displaying anything rather than just dynamically updating the timer every second. Also when I chose 100 instead of 10, the webpage didn't seem to even finish loading. Also it displayed a lot of odd text - not a timer at all!

Help would be much appreciated !

Hey guys.
My question is simple.
I have a time value of the future, in seconds, that I extract from MySQL.
time();
How do I make an interactive countdown timer using it? It should show the numbers ticking away.
I tried Javascript, but it doesn't go with the php time layout.
Can anyone help me here?

Thanks!

Hey guys and gals!   I am currently working on implementing the following functionality in one of my pages:     Whenever a person with a specific IP address visits the page, an internal countdown timer of 2 hours should be started. Until that timer is active, the only response from the page ANYONE can get would be a predefined echo value. Once the timer has run out, the normal script execution of the rest of the page should be restored.   Any pointers and tips on how to approach that would be greatly appreciated.