PHP - Countdown Timer To Set Time Each Day

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!

So I have a count down timer on my site.   http://fpsboost.net

And I am clueless as to how I would set a final date with this. Cant find where it's grabbing the info for "finaldate" or anything like that. Want to set the final date to feb 1st 2015

Javascript newb here. Anyone willing to help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance!   Btw, I'm using a generic js countdown timer from: http://hilios.github...uery.countdown/ called "The Final Countdown for jQuery v2.0.4" It was preloaded in a template that I downloaded for my site.
Edited by jakobe, 09 December 2014 - 01:09 AM.

Hi again people!

I found this code that codes for a countdown timer.
My problem is, how do I implement it?
I've found similar codes that leave me dazzled as I try to get them to work.

The URL from which I found this is:
http://scripts.franciscocharrua.com/server-side-countdown-clock.php

The code is:

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function countdown_clock(year, month, day, hour, minute, format)
         {
         //I chose a div as the container for the timer, but
         //it can be an input tag inside a form, or anything
         //who's displayed content can be changed through
         //client-side scripting.
         html_code = '<div id="countdown"></div>';

         document.write(html_code);

         Today = new Date();
         Todays_Year = Today.getFullYear() - 2000;
         Todays_Month = Today.getMonth();

         <?
         $date = getDate();

         $second = $date["seconds"];
         $minute = $date["minutes"];
         $hour = $date["hours"];
         $day = $date["mday"];
         $month = $date["mon"];
         $month_name = $date["month"];
         $year = $date["year"];
         ?>

         //Computes the time difference between the client computer and the server.
         Server_Date = (new Date(<?= $year - 2000 ?>, <?= $month ?>, <?= $day ?>,
                                 <?= $hour ?>, <?= $minute ?>, <?= $second ?>)).getTime();
         Todays_Date = (new Date(Todays_Year, Todays_Month, Today.getDate(),
                                 Today.getHours(), Today.getMinutes(), Today.getSeconds())).getTime();

         countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, (Todays_Date - Server_Date), format);
         }

function countdown(year, month, day, hour, minute, time_difference, format)
         {
         Today = new Date();
         Todays_Year = Today.getFullYear() - 2000;
         Todays_Month = Today.getMonth();

         //Convert today's date and the target date into miliseconds.

         Todays_Date = (new Date(Todays_Year, Todays_Month, Today.getDate(),
                                 Today.getHours(), Today.getMinutes(), Today.getSeconds())).getTime();
         Target_Date = (new Date(year, month, day, hour, minute, 00)).getTime();

         //Find their difference, and convert that into seconds.
         //Taking into account the time differential between the client computer and the server.
         Time_Left = Math.round((Target_Date - Todays_Date + time_difference) / 1000);

         if(Time_Left < 0)
            Time_Left = 0;

         switch(format)
               {
               case 0:
                    //The simplest way to display the time left.
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
                    break;
               case 1:
                    //More datailed.
                    days = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60 * 24));
                    Time_Left %= (60 * 60 * 24);
                    hours = Math.floor(Time_Left / (60 * 60));
                    Time_Left %= (60 * 60);
                    minutes = Math.floor(Time_Left / 60);
                    Time_Left %= 60;
                    seconds = Time_Left;

                    dps = 's'; hps = 's'; mps = 's'; sps = 's';
                    //ps is short for plural suffix.
                    if(days == 1) dps ='';
                    if(hours == 1) hps ='';
                    if(minutes == 1) mps ='';
                    if(seconds == 1) sps ='';

                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML = days + ' day' + dps + ' ';
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += hours + ' hour' + hps + ' ';
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += minutes + ' minute' + mps + ' and ';
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML += seconds + ' second' + sps;
                    break;
               default:
                    document.all.countdown.innerHTML = Time_Left + ' seconds';
               }

         //Recursive call, keeps the clock ticking.
         setTimeout('countdown(' + year + ',' + month + ',' + day + ',' + hour + ',' + minute + ',' +
                     time_difference + ', ' + format + ');', 1000);
         }
I've tried saving the file as a php file and html file, but to no avail...

Hi,

This is my first post so dont kill me if i did somthing wrong.

Im trying to make a simple php/javascript page that will display the time remaining in each period every day (we have 4 periods per day). I found a nice javascript library from www.hashemian.com and am using the example that he linked to to do multiple countdown timers on one page.

The problem i am having is that the only way i can think of to make it so that it counts down to a dynamic date is to specify that date as a variable and then combine it with the string that specifys the rest of the date/time combo for the target date/time.

The current live version is at smd75jr.com/test/index2.php

The first timer is just a test that im using to make sure i havent completely broken it.
THe second timer is the one im trying to troubleshoot, it is currently set for 11:59 PM EST "today". (see code below)


Any help would be greatly appreciated!!



This is my code:

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<html>
<head>
<title>Multiple Countdown Clocks</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="clock1">[clock1]</div>
<div id="clock2">[clock2]</div>
</body>
<script language="JavaScript">


StartCountDown("clock1","06/27/2012 9:33 PM -0400")
StartCountDown("clock2","periodTest")
TodaysDate()



//var today = new Date()
//var todayMonth = today.getMonth() + 1
//var todayDay = today.getDate()
//var todayYear = today.getFullYear()
//var todayDate = (todayMonth + "/" + todayDay + "/" + todayYear)

var periodTest = (todayDate + " 11:59 PM -0400")


var periodA1 = (todayDate + " 8:53 AM -0400")
var periodA2 = (todayDate + " 10:26 AM -0400")
var periodA31 = (todayDate + " 12:32 PM -0400")
var periodLunch1 = (todayDate + " 11:00 AM -0400")
var periodLunch2 = (todayDate + " 12:32 PM -0400")
var periodA32 = (todayDate + " 11:59 AM -0400")
var periodA4 = (todayDate + " 2:05 PM -0400")



//function Periods(todayDate, periodA1, periodA2, periodA31, periodA32, periodA4, periodB1, periodB2, periodB31, periodB32, periodB4, periodLunch1, periodLunch2, periodSchoolStart, periodSchoolEnd)
// {
// var today = new Date()
// var todayMonth = today.getMonth() + 1
// var todayDay = today.getDate()
// var todayYear = today.getFullYear()
// var todayDate = (todayMonth + "/" + todayDay + "/" + todayYear)
//
// var periodA1 = (todayDate + " 21:25 PM -0400")
// }




function TodaysDate(todayDate)
{
var today = new Date()
var todayMonth = today.getMonth() + 1
var todayDay = today.getDate()
var todayYear = today.getFullYear()
var todayDate = (todayMonth + "/" + todayDay + "/" + todayYear)
}

 
  /*
  Author: Robert Hashemian (http://www.hashemian.com/)
  Modified by: Munsifali Rashid (http://www.munit.co.uk/)
  Modified by: Tilesh Khatri
  */
 
  function StartCountDown(myDiv,myTargetDate)
  {
    var dthen = new Date(myTargetDate);
    var dnow = new Date();
    ddiff = new Date(dthen-dnow);
    gsecs = Math.floor(ddiff.valueOf()/1000);
    CountBack(myDiv,gsecs);
  }
 
  function Calcage(secs, num1, num2)
  {
    s = ((Math.floor(secs/num1))%num2).toString();
    if (s.length < 2)
    {
      s = "0" + s;
    }
    return (s);
  }
 
  function CountBack(myDiv, secs)
  {
    var DisplayStr;
    var DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days %%H%%:%%M%%:%%S%%";
    DisplayStr = DisplayFormat.replace(/%%D%%/g, Calcage(secs,86400,100000));
    DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%H%%/g, Calcage(secs,3600,24));
    DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%M%%/g, Calcage(secs,60,60));
    DisplayStr = DisplayStr.replace(/%%S%%/g, Calcage(secs,1,60));
    if(secs > 0)
    {
      document.getElementById(myDiv).innerHTML = DisplayStr;
      setTimeout("CountBack('" + myDiv + "'," + (secs-1) + ");", 990);
    }
    else
    {
      document.getElementById(myDiv).innerHTML = "Period Over";
    }
  }

</script>
</html>

Hey all!
In the code in question I echo out individual records of data from MySQL successfully. For each record there is a number which is used as a var in the javascript that does the count-down-timer part.
However when I view the resulting page the timer works dynamically only with the first record. With the rest, the timer is static.

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<?
$result0 = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM table WHERE field='$value'");
while ($riw0 = mysql_fetch_assoc($result0)) {
$seconds1 = $riw0['seconds'] ;
//// echo out data and set variable for the number of seconds to count down
?>

<script language="JavaScript">
var countDownInterval=<?=$seconds1?>;
var c_reloadwidth=200
</script>
<ilayer id="c_reload" width=&{c_reloadwidth}; ><layer id="c_reload2" width=&{c_reloadwidth}; left=0 top=0></layer></ilayer>
<script>
var countDownTime=countDownInterval+1;
function countDown(){
countDownTime--;
if (countDownTime <=0){
countDownTime=countDownInterval;
clearTimeout(counter)
window.location.href="military3.php" //Redirection URL
return
}
var mins = Math.floor(countDownTime/60)
var secs = countDownTime-(mins*60)
if (document.all) //if IE 4+
document.all.countDownText.innerText = mins+" minutes "+secs+ " ";
else if (document.getElementById) //else if NS6+
document.getElementById("countDownText").innerHTML=mins+" minutes "+secs+ " "
else if (document.layers){
document.c_reload.document.c_reload2.document.write('Soldiers will be ready in... <span id="countDownText">'+countDownTime+' </span> seconds')
document.c_reload.document.c_reload2.document.close()
}
counter=setTimeout("countDown()", 1000);
}

function startit(){
if (document.all||document.getElementById)
document.write('Soldiers will be ready in <span id="countDownText">'+countDownTime+' </span> seconds')
countDown()
}

if (document.all||document.getElementById)
startit()
else
window.onload=startit
</script>
<? } ?>

I tried replacing the javascript vars with PHP echoes for unique variables, but then no timer shows up, even static.
So could anyone advice me on how I could use this code to apply for all MySQL records?

Thanks in advance,
Thauwa

P.S. If I am unclear with my quandary, do let me know. Thank you.

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,

Hi guys,

I will like to insert a countdown timer of 5 mins after form has been submitted to a php page.

At the moment when they submit the form they see the date and time they submitted:

echo date("M d Y  H:i", time()) ";

Any ideas?

PHP date and time function is not showing correct time on my local system

I have the following php code

date_default_timezone_set("Africa/Lagos");

$date = date('d-m-y h:i:s');

echo "Server Time ".$date ."<br>";

echo "The time is " . date("h:i:sa")."<br>";

$current_datetime = date("Y-m-d") . ' ' . date("H:i:s", STRTOTIME(date('h:i:sa')));

echo "Current time1: ".$current_datetime . "<br>";

 

Output

Server Time 21-05-21 09:55:39
The time is 09:55:39am
Current time1: 2021-05-21 09:55:39

 

Expected Output

Server Time 21-05-21 10:55:39
The time is 10:55:39am
Current time1: 2021-05-21 10:55:3

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Edited May 21 by Ponel

Basically I have recently been playing around with parsing a csv file. What I am looking to do at this point is simply take the date/timestamp (part of the csv file), which is in the following format:DD/MM HH:MM:SS.100th/s
For the sake of argument, lets say I have this in an array string called $csv[0] and the file has several lines that span the course of a couple hours. I wouldn't mind having to use explode() to breakup/remove the date or 100th/s IF that would make things a lot simpler.

So where would I start in trying to achieve this?. The result I am looking for will simply return "X Seconds". Storing this in a string variable would be a bonus, as I plan to use this to divide a separate piece of information.

Any examples or ideas would be great. Thank you.

ps:
Here is an example time from the csv file itself:
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11/19 22:23:18.143

I am trying to simulate an ad expiration and carry out an action if the ad is expired. And I cannot get the if/else to work properly... I've tried many variations and I cannot see what I am doing wrong here. Any tips please 3 hours and counting of no solution!

$ad_start = time()-14 . "<br />"; // 14 days from today in the past (negative)
echo $ad_start;

$current_time = time() . "<br />"; // current epoch time
echo $current_time;

$days_past = $ad_start - $current_time; // days past

echo "<br />$days_past days have past since the ad started!<br />";

if($days_past <= 14)
{
echo "<br />Ad is less than 14 days.  Not expired.";
}
else
{
echo "<br />Ad is over 14 days. Expired.";
}

PHP 5.2.6

We rent PHP server space on a server in California. Several of my pages generated by PHP show the current date and time, so when the page is printed, the user knows when the data was printed. Our users could be anywhere in the US, I am in Michigan. How do I convert the server time (PDT) into local time, regardless of where the user is?

Thanks.

What are the differences and implications of UTC time and Zulu time?
  

<?php
function getArr(string $time):array
{
    $dateTime = new \DateTime($time);
    return [
        'time'=>$time,
        'timestamp'=> $dateTime->getTimestamp(),
        'dateTime' => $dateTime
    ];
}
$arr = getArr('2020-08-05');  
$arr_z = getArr('2020-08-05T00:00:00Z');  

print_r($arr);
print_r($arr_z);

echo('equal timestamps: '.($arr['timestamp'] === $arr['timestamp']?'true':'false'));

 

Array
(
    [time] => 2020-08-05
    [timestamp] => 1596585600
    [dateTime] => DateTime Object
        (
            [date] => 2020-08-05 00:00:00.000000
            [timezone_type] => 3
            [timezone] => UTC
        )

)
Array
(
    [time] => 2020-08-05T00:00:00Z
    [timestamp] => 1596585600
    [dateTime] => DateTime Object
        (
            [date] => 2020-08-05 00:00:00.000000
            [timezone_type] => 2
            [timezone] => Z
        )

)
equal timestamps: true

 

Hello,

I tried to implement some PHP code to enable a web page to show "Dinner" specials versus "Lunch" specials based on the time.

The business is located in the Eastern Time Zone, so I only need to routine to work based on Eastern Time (New York).

What I am noticing is that the server is processing the lines of code so fast that the command to establish the correct time for the remaining code is not always being acknowledged.

This line of code appears to be processing too fast for the remaining lines of code:
date_default_timezone_set ( "America/New_York" );

Is there some additional code I can put in place to make sure the correct time is always ascertained?

I need the $hourmin variable to always return a combination of hour + minute based on 24-hour time and Eastern Time zone.

My code is as follows:


 <?php
   $name8 = file_get_contents("test/special8name.txt");
date_default_timezone_set ( "America/New_York" );
$gethour = date("H");
$getminutes = $gettimedate["minutes"];
$gettimedate = date();
$hourmin = $gethour . $getminutes;
$currentday = date("l", time());
$currentdate = date("M j, Y");
if ($hourmin < 1500 && $currentday <> "Saturday" && $currentday <> "Sunday") {
   echo "<span class=\"namesred\">$name8 </span>";
}
  else if ( $hourmin > 1500 && $hourmin < 2300 && $currentday <> "Saturday" && $currentday <> "Sunday") {
   echo "<span class=\"namesblue\">$name8 </span>";
  }
  else if ( $currentday == "Saturday" or $currentday == "Sunday") {
   echo "<span class=\"namesblue\">$name8 </span>";
  }
?>

OK So I've got a datepicker that sends a date in d/m/y format. My DB stores the data in Unix Timestamp Which I can convert the date to with strtotime however this does the exact date & time.

All I want is the actual day. I've spent hours trying to convert this with just the day with mixed results...

Thanks.

I am having a problem with PHP displaying the correct date and time. It updates as it should, but is fast by 4min and is always displaying a date in 2004. I ran a basic php script to make sure the application im using itself is not wrong. go to lunenburgledger.com/time.php

Anybody had any ideas on where to check? The system time on the Windows Server 2003 is correct. The only thing I can think of is that it was converted to a virtual machine on vmware esxi, but the system time stayed right. Any ideas?

Thanks!