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Pikachu2000, Why is the code within the 'else if' statements not updating the original values? This is confusing for me, and will cause me further headaches if I don't understand. Thanks in advance.

Sorry Brett, but you're wrong. $days = $days + 1 only occurs if $days ever drops below a value of 0, which it does not. Also, this does not address the other values.

$days is originally = 1. $days +1 is only executed if if ($days < 0).

I have some code, such as this: $days = 1; $hours = -2; $minutes = -39; $seconds = 14; function fixTime($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds) { if (($seconds < 0) || ($minutes < 0) || ($hours < 0) || ($days <0)) { echo 'running<br />'; if ($seconds < 0) { echo 'seconds: ' . $days . ',' . $hours . ',' . $minutes . ',' . $seconds . '<br />'; $seconds = $seconds + 60; $minutes = $minutes - 1; fixTime($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds); } else if ($minutes < 0) { echo 'minutes: ' . $days . ',' . $hours . ',' . $minutes . ',' . $seconds . '<br />'; $minutes = $minutes + 60; $hours = $hours - 1; echo 'minutes: ' . $days . ',' . $hours . ',' . $minutes . ',' . $seconds . '<br />'; fixTime($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds); } else if ($hours < 0) { echo 'hours: ' . $days . ',' . $hours . ',' . $minutes . ',' . $seconds . '<br />'; $hours = $hours + 24; $days = $days - 1; echo 'hours: ' . $days . ',' . $hours . ',' . $minutes . ',' . $seconds . '<br />'; fixTime($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds); } else if ($days < 0) { echo 'days: ' . $days . ',' . $hours . ',' . $minutes . ',' . $seconds . '<br />'; $hours = $hours - 24; $days = $days + 1; fixTime($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds); } else {} } } fixTime($days,$hours,$minutes,$seconds); echo '<br />' . $days . '<br />'; echo $hours . '<br />'; echo $minutes . '<br />'; echo $seconds . '<br /><br />'; The idea is for this to return: 0 21 21 14 0 = days 21 = hours 21 = minutes 14 = seconds At present it is returning: running minutes: 1,-2,-39,14 minutes: 1,-3,21,14 running hours: 1,-3,21,14 hours: 0,21,21,14 <---------------------- correct values! 1 <---------------------- incorrect values again! -2 -39 14 But as you can see, it reverts back to the original values! What the heck am I doing wrong? Thanks

Think I've got it figured out: $auctime = date_parse($endtime); $ebaytime = date_parse($curtime); if (($auctime["month"] <= $ebaytime["month"]) && ($auctime["day"] <= $ebaytime["day"]) && ($auctime["hour"] <= $ebaytime["hour"]) && ($auctime["minute"] <= $ebaytime["minute"]) && ($auctime["second"] <= $ebaytime["second"])) {//auction is over} ... seems to be getting it done.

Man, this timestamp is ridiculous (I am a noob). Here is what I have tried to do: $endtime = 2012-12-13T12:36:59.000Z; $curtime = 2012-12-13T12:12:44.723Z; Find the difference (the difference should be around 25min); Here is what I have tried: $endtime = strtotime($endtime); $curtime = strtotime($curtime); echo date_sub($auc_endtime,$ebaytime); The issue is that I get the following error: Warning: date_sub() expects parameter 1 to be DateTime, integer given Should I be using date_parse? The issue for me is that I have to use something lightweight. I am comparing two timestamps; one is from eBay so I have to make an API call which delays my page loading time, the other is a timestamp from a database. The whole point is to speed up the process of calculating days, hours, minutes, and seconds between these timestamps.

Awesome, thanks for the pointer. I was trying to follow this: http://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/96654-ebay-time/page__hl__+ebay%20+timestamp#entry494620

I am having trouble finding the time between two timestamps. I have tried to research this, but I don't even understand this timestamp format. This is the format for the data I am given (I have no choice in this!): 2012-12-13T11:34:16.771Z I don't even know what the T and Z stand for! .. and I can't seem to figure it out. I have a second date to compare to this. For example: 2012-12-13T12:04:29.000Z I have to figure out the difference in days, hours, minutes, and seconds. There must be a php function that can return the difference, if only in seconds (I can handle it from there). Any ideas? Thanks in advance!

I am mid install on ZenCart for one of my clients, but I have to admit that this is my first time installing an eCommerce shopping system. That having been said, I am having serious doubts about my choice. ZenCart appears to be very common, but I thought I would call on a much more experienced community (YOU!!!! yay!) for some guidance: - I need a scripted site where I can add products, prices, descriptions, etc - The site template needs to be easily customizable - I need to be able to integrate PayPal payments (credit cards) - Users are able to purchase products using a credit card WITHOUT registering any accounts Is ZenCart the right choice? If there is something much better, at a reasonable price, I am willing to pay ... TIA!

Wow, that is beautiful. Thanks a lot. One day I will learn this regex stuff!

I am not good with regex, and I can't seem to find a solution to my problem either on these awesome forums, or on Google. I have strings, such as the following: $string1 = 'P20DT13H8M46S'; $string2 = 'P8DT8H14M3S'; The first number is a day (D), then there's a hour (H), minute (M), and second (S) So, $string1 is roughly translated to P 20 Days T 13 Hours 8 Minutes 46 Seconds. What I would like is to write a regex expression that extracts the numbers from each string, whether they are single or double digit to produce an array like this: echo awesomeFunction($string1); // results in 20, 13, 8, 46 echo awesomeFunction($string2); // results in 8, 8, 14, 3 Any idea on how to do this?

Well, I do appreciate you telling me that it won't work, but as you can see I've figured that much out. There must be a way to do this, and to be able to use an image that is more than 1px wide. The image I am using must be 330px wide, and at least 300px high. It seems as though others have been able to do it, but I can't figure out, for the life of me, what I am doing different than them. I have tried their tutorials and advice, but I am obviously doing something different.

I just cannot, for the life of me, get this to work! I am trying to make a div height=100% and fill it with a background image. The page in question is as follows: http://www.neovidamedia.com/work/salveo/about_salveo.html The style sheet is here: http://www.neovidamedia.com/work/salveo/salveo.css If you take a look, after the header there is a div called 'content'. Within the 'content' div there are 'content_left' and a 'content_right' divs. 'content_right' is the one that I am trying to stretch to 100% height, and to fill it with this semi-transparent graphic: http://www.neovidamedia.com/work/salveo/images/call_salveo.png Within the 'content_right' div is another div entitled 'content_right_top' which contains some text etc. This idea is to have this call_salveo.png graphic fill any blank space below the 'content_right_top' div for the full height of the page minus the header and footer divs. I can't get this to work except by adding <br /> tags under the 'content_right_top' div, which is nonsense. Thanks.

Ofcourse ... 12 seconds later it works: SELECT * FROM my_table WHERE user_date_visit < DATE_SUB( NOW( ) , INTERVAL 60 DAY )

I am trying to do something like this: SELECT * FROM mytable WHERE user_date_visit > DATE_SUB(user_date_visit, INTERVAL -60 DAY) Essentially I have a members table and I have their last login in the following format: YYYY-MM-DD I would like to select all data for all members who have not logged in in the last 60 days. I keep on playing with the MySQL query, but I just can't get it to work. It always either selects all the members or none of them. Some help would be appreciated ... Cheers.

Is there a way to do this using mysql? SELECT * WHERE year < 2000 AND year > 1900 for example?

I've got a site that passes a few variables from one page to another using an HTML form and the POST method. These variables are then used to perform an action. Now I am coming up against an issue where if the browser gets refreshed, the action is performed more than once. What is the general protocol to avoid this issue? Or is there a standard protocol?

jcanker, Thanks for the reply, but I have no idea what you are talking about. Nowhere in that code do I refer to particular index. I am familiar with the use of square brackets, but where in my code does that apply?

I have done this before, but it seems that I am doing something wrong this time. I have a function such as this: $numsarray=array(); function checkChores($a) { $match = 0; if (count($numsarray) > 0) { foreach ($numsarray as $chorenum) { if ($chorenum == $a) {$match = 1;} } } if ($match == 0) {array_push($numsarray, $a);} } So if I do the following: checkChores(3); checkChores(4); checkChores(3); When I do this: print_r($numsarray); I should get: Array ( [0] => 3 [1] => 4 ) Instead, I get the following error: Warning: array_push() [function.array-push]: First argument should be an array in /home/pgagnon/public_html/errorlog.php on line 19 This is line 19: {array_push($numsarray, $a);} How is $numsarray not an array??? Help!!!

The redirect to self, using header("Location: index.html"); exit; did not work. However, I just made the form action="login.php" which processed the input, then redirected back to index.html. That worked. Thanks for the heads up. I wonder why you can't use cookies right away, like session variables?!

So, Thorpe, is that to say that you can't use the cookies on the page they were created on unless you refresh or leave the page and come back? If so, is there a way around this?

... I haven't gone over your code, but I know that a frequent problem is that people forget to CHMOD the directory to which they are uploading. Just check that out. I believe it should be 755.

I am working on a login script and I am using cookies for the first time. I have it something like this: <?php if (correct user/pass entered) - set user/pass cookies ?> <html> <?php if (user/pass cookies are set) {echo 'you are logged in';} else {echo 'you are NOT logged in';} ?> </html> The problem is that if I enter a valid username and password, and the cookies are set, then I get the message 'you are NOT logged in' unless I leave the page then return to it, or if I refresh, in which case I get the message 'you are logged in'. Its almost as though I cannot use the cookies until I navigate away from the page on which they were set. Am I doing something wrong, or is this the way it works?

I've got it figured out, I think: <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd"> Can anyone send me a link or enter some info about doctypes? Just some general notes. I have Googled it, obviously, but don't really understand the exact importance of this, and can't figure out why you need different doctypes, instead of having a default and all-encompassing one. Cheers.

jesirose, I am not very familiar with doctypes at all. I just kinda use the default doctype that dreamweaver spits out. What doctype should I be using? Thanks for your reply! PS - PHP Goddess? (lol??)