Time Based Page Redirection

[webhost]

We have a contact us page with online/open times and other information.

We would like to also have a page that is somewhat different from the online page lets call it offline page.

How would one use a php statement based on server time to have it automatically switch between pages?

[Black Vivi]

try this:

PHP Code:

$hour = date("G");

if ($hour < /* OFFLINE PAGE HOUR */) {
    /* OFFLINE PAGE */
} else {
    /* ONLINE PAGE */
} 

replace what's in the block quotes with whatever you want.
so, an example of a page would be:

PHP Code:

$hour = date("G");

if ($hour < 18 || $hour > 6) {
    echo("We are currently offline!");
} else {
    echo("We are currently online!");
} 

[webhost]

We want the time to switch between say contacton.html and contactoff.html

[Black Vivi]

what times do you want it to display "contactoff.html"?

then ill just give u the code.

[webhost]

http://www.realwebhost.net.contact.php = online
12:00 pm to 6:00 pm
http://www.realwebhost.net/contact1.php = offline
6:00pm to 12:00 pm

has to be hours and minutes not just hours are there will a hour delay

[webhost]

This is what we have in contact.php

PHP Code:

<?php 

// the online time will be from 14 to 16:59 
// taking minutes into consideration was 
// more trouble 
/// so $onlineuntil should be realend - 1 
$onlinefrom = 12; // in hours 
$onlineuntil = 18; // in hours 

// $date holds the current HH 
$date = date('H', time()); 

if ( ! ($onlinefrom <= $date && $date <= $onlineuntil) ) {
    header("Location: [url]http://www.realwebhost.net/contact1.php[/url]");
}
?>

This what we have in contact1.php

PHP Code:

<?php 

// the online time will be from 14 to 16:59 
// taking minutes into consideration was 
// more trouble 
/// so $onlineuntil should be realend - 1 
$onlinefrom = 18; // in hours 
$onlineuntil = 12; // in hours 

// $date holds the current HH 
$date = date('H', time()); 

if ($onlinefrom <= $date && $date <= $onlineuntil) {
    header("Location: [url]http://www.realwebhost.net/contact.php[/url]");
}

?>

But it does not work.

[Black Vivi]

try this:

contact.php

PHP Code:

<?php 

// the online time will be from 14 to 16:59 
// taking minutes into consideration was 
// more trouble 
/// so $onlineuntil should be realend - 1 
$onlinefrom = "14:00"; // in hours 
$onlineuntil = "16:59"; // in hours 

// $date holds the current HH 
$date = date("G:i"); 

if ($onlinefrom >= $date || $date >= $onlineuntil) {
    header("Location: contact1.php");
}

?>

and this for contact1.php

PHP Code:

<?php 

// the online time will be from 14 to 16:59 
// taking minutes into consideration was 
// more trouble 
/// so $onlineuntil should be realend - 1 
$onlinefrom = "14:00"; // in hours 
$onlineuntil = "11:59"; // in hours 

// $date holds the current HH 
$date = date("G:i"); 

if ($onlinefrom <= $date || $date >= $onlineuntil) {
    header("Location: contact.php");
}

?>

[webhost]

Thank you very much, we will try it. We last nite when what we had did not work went with 2 files and 2 perl scripts and run them from cron.But we will try this.

Thank You for your effort.