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Hi. I have a question about PHP and times with MySQL I am trying to program something here that will have a time limit when you are doing something. Let's say I am giving the user 5 minutes to complete a task. When the user hits the submit button to start the task, the 5 minute timer will start. Then from there the 5 minutes will count down. I also would like to display a counter to the user in the format of minute and seconds. so, like 5:00. And if he/she comes back to the page and is out of time, I want it to display "sorry, you did not complete my task in time!" If they have more time left, then I want the time remaining, along with a submit button so they can complete the task. Also, if they have met the requirements when they hit the submit button,the timer will end, and it goes back to the original "do you want to start a new task?" form submit button. How would I go about doing the whole time thing? I know how to do the submit button, I am good with simple forms... not so much advance, because I'm having trouble with a few forms, but times I do have trouble with Basically, what is the function name, or what is this called in PHP? I'm not sure if I need actual codes form you guys, but maybe you can tell me what this is called... because I've googled so many different time things, and I'm not finding what I'm looking for. Thank you in advance!