Help with user bandwidth reset

[steviez]

Hi,

 

I am making a new file hosting script for my site and need to reset my users bandwidth every 15-30 days. I store the last reset time in the database using php time() but im not sure how to make the code work to reset at the time i say.

 

Any help would be great.

 

Thanks

[dapaintballer331]

Make a cron job via cpanel or command line, to execute php /path/to/your/phpfile.php  at a certain date/time every x days

[steviez]

im not using cron due to me not having access to it, i want to do it via php but im not sure how to make the code.

[pugboy]

Try:

 

http://onlinecronjobs.com/

[steviez]

i dont want to use cron, just php.

[pugboy]

The problem is, if you don't run it with a program, you have to visit it manually or include a reset function on some pages.

[DarkWater]

cron doesn't actually do anything for this, steviez, it just allows you to execute the PHP code at certain intervals.  It's still PHP.

[steviez]

I am wanting to include the code in the overall header of the script

[DarkWater]

So you are basically want to delete files older than 30 days?

[steviez]

no, i want to reset users bandwidth after say 30 days

[DarkWater]

Okay, so wait.  You just want to give them more bandwidth but leave their files on the server?

[steviez]

Hi,

 

I am making a new file hosting script for my site and need to reset my users bandwidth every 15-30 days. I store the last reset time in the database using php time() but im not sure how to make the code work to reset at the time i say.

 

Any help would be great.

 

Thanks

 

 

As i say here i want to reset the bandwidth of each user after 30 days and everything else stays as is.

[networkthis]

are you only allowing them so much "bandwidth" every 30 days..... example 50 Mb per 30 days and you simply want to reset that every 30 days????

[steviez]

Yes thats 100% correct. sorry for all the confusion

[steviez]

anyone know how to do this?

[steviez]

Would this do it?

 

<?php
$member = sql_row("SELECT * FROM members");
$resetTime = strtotime('-30 days');
$nowtime = time();
$lastReset = $member['bandwidth_last_reset'];

if (($nowtime - $lastReset) > $resetTime) 
{
echo $member['username'];
}
?>

[seany123]

how do you stop people using bandwidth? using database?

[steviez]

their bandwidth is stored in the database and when they are over the set limit they cant use anymore until its reset.