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E	05-15-2002 10:07 AM

Time

I want to use an if statement like this

if ($action==time) {
eval (blah blah) for 6 hours;
}

i know theres time but ii dunno how to use it...

so if i want an action to do something for a certain amount of time what do i do?

Mark Hensler

05-15-2002 05:21 PM

I'm not quite sure what you want.

Do you want to adjust the timeout setting?

E	05-15-2002 11:43 PM

i want to say like.... if $away=1 then bla blah....

but i want to program that
if ($action=="away") {
$away=1 for 6 hours
}

i just need to be able to have it changed for 6 hours.. then after that time its changed back

Mark Hensler

05-16-2002 05:28 AM

You want a variable to have a value for 6 hours?
Why?
That won't do you any good unless you've got this one script running for that long (like a shell script, or daemon).

If you want to change the configuration of a program globally, try setting a flag in a database with a timestamp for it to revert. Everytime you access the flag in the DB, check the timestamp. If time()==timestamp, then revert the flag.

E	05-18-2002 09:38 AM

umm i dont understand that...
but... hmm
lets say i wanted a user away kind of thing

so if the user clicks this "I'm away button" there account would be inaccessible for like 6 hours

tubedogg

05-18-2002 10:05 AM

You would have to store the time somewhere, e.g. in a database, then check it against the current time.

PHP Code:


		
			
$then = time() + ($hours*60*60); // figure out what time they're returning

$DB_site->query("INSERT INTO time (time) VALUES ($then)"); // put it in the db



// grab their return time in both timestamp and human-readable

$time = $DB_site->query("SELECT time,FROM_UNIXTIME(time) AS returns FROM time");

if (time() < $time['time']) {

  // user is away - show when they'll be back

  echo "User is away and will return at " . $time['returns'] .".";

} else {

  //user is not away

  "User is present";

}

or something like that.

See?

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