Text color depending on date

[mrjonnytou]

Hi,

 

I have a php page which returns tasks from a database table along with the person assigned and their deadline. What I would like to do is change the color of the text from black to red as the deadline approaches to remind the user it needs finishing.

 

Any suggestions of ways to achieve this are appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance,

[GingerRobot]

Convert the deadline to a unix timestamp and then compare with the current timestamp. Without any of your code, its a little difficult to give you any more than this:

 

<?php
$deadline = strtotime($deadline);
$now = time();
if($now - $deadline < 60*60*24*5){//if less than 5 days away
    //colour red
}
?>

 

[mrjonnytou]

thanks, i'll give it a try and let you know.