user server/ip $time?

[paulmo]

I need to print statements based on user's time (server/ip), and this is close but it's still is off:

 

$time = intval(date('G')) < 12 ? 'morning' : intval(date('G')) < 17 ? 'afternoon' : 'evening';

 

advice please? thanks.

 

 

[Adam]

Can you have a shorthand if..else if..else ?

 

Try:

 

$time = (intval(date('G')) < 12) ? 'morning' : (intval(date('G')) < 17) ? 'afternoon' : 'evening';

 

A

[paulmo]

to clarify, the code works but time is off. will try the ), thanks.

[premiso]

Do you know the user's time?

 

If not you may have to use Javascript to get the user's time and display that, cause PHP cannot tell you what the user's time is unless you have them fill out their timezone and then change the time accordingly...

[paulmo]

tried your ()'s, code works but time's still off. (explain please why xtra () ? i'm a noob.

 

how to use js or jquery to get user time?

 

Thanks!

[Adam]

For JS date: http://www.w3schools.com/jS/js_obj_date.asp

 

Would appear you can use if...else if... else shorthand notations! If anyone else was wondering..

 

A

[premiso]

<script type="text/javascript">
function GetClientUTC()
{
var now = new Date();
var offset = now.getTimezoneOffset();
return offset;
}
</script>

 

Unsure if that works, but yea, you could use that and post the offset to your script on user login and use that via session to change the offset.

[paulmo]

how to echo my $time keywords (morning, afternoon evening) with your js, premiso? there's no user log in on my page/site.

 

and this from mradam's link also seems relevant (but again, don't know how to integrate):

<script type="text/javascript">
var d = new Date();
document.write (d.toLocaleTimeString());
</script>

 

thanks for help.

[paulmo]

bump, how to integrate js with my previous code that echo statements based on time?

 

Thanks!

[paulmo]

getting a parse error on line 61 "<script type=" which looks fine to me. trying to get user local time to work right with the morning afternoon evening statement. help please? and thanks:

<script type="text/javascript">
function.GetClientUTC()
{
var now = new Date();
var offset = now.getTimezoneOffset();
return offset;
}
</script>

$time = (GetClientUTC() < 12) ? 'morning' : (intval(date('G')) < 17) ? 'afternoon' : 'evening';

[premiso]

Well yea it will not work. You are mixing JS and PHP. They are two different languages JS has to be done on the client side. So in order for this to work you will have to setup a page that loads before anything else is loaded and set the locale probably as a cookie using javascript. Then take it to the original page and access the locale from the cookie.

 

 

[paulmo]

thanks, possible to do the time variable with javascript and no php? i'd still need to echo the time according to morning afternoon evening in the php code:

switch($_POST['theme'])
{
case 'grey': echo "A gloomy {$phrase1} {$time} blankets your spirit, 

[MadTechie]

Using cookies works well

<script type="text/javascript">
var myDate = new Date();
var myTime = myDate.toLocaleTimeString();
myDate.setDate(myDate.getDate()+1);
setCookie('UserTime',myTime);

function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
	var exdate=new Date();
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
	document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}
</script>

<?php
list($hours, $minutes, $seconds) = explode(":",$_COOKIE['UserTime']);
echo "Its $hours:$minutes:$seconds";
$time = ($hours < 12)?'morning'($hours < 17)?'afternoon':'evening');
echo $time;
?>

[paulmo]

madtechie, thanks for the cookie code. it's working. i'm trying to comprehend it vs. the php GetClientUTC.

[paulmo]

alas, the $time statements are not matching the clock time. for example, just now i'm getting

The time is 7:28:30 PM Good morning 

 

here's the code. thanks for help!

 

<script type="text/javascript">
var myDate = new Date();
var myTime = myDate.toLocaleTimeString();
myDate.setDate(myDate.getDate()+1);
setCookie('UserTime',myTime);

function setCookie(c_name,value,expiredays)
{
	var exdate=new Date();
	exdate.setDate(exdate.getDate()+expiredays);
	document.cookie=c_name+ "=" +escape(value)+((expiredays==null) ? "" : ";expires="+exdate.toGMTString());
}
</script>

<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery-1.2.6.min.js"></script>     
<script type="text/javascript" src="jquery.corners.min.js"></script>
          
<div id="col1">

<div style="background-color:#FFFFFF; padding:10px" class="rounded {10px}">
<?php
list($hours, $minutes, $seconds) = explode(":",$_COOKIE['UserTime']);
echo "The time is $hours:$minutes:$seconds";
$time = ($hours < 12)?'morning'($hours < 17)?'afternoon':'evening');
echo " Good $time";
?>

[paulmo]

this code seems to work with the cookie:

$time = intval(date('G')) < 12 ? 'morning' : intval(date('G')) < 17 ? 'afternoon' : 'evening';

 

how to echo/print $time and .date("l") on same line? thanks

echo " Good $time";
echo "Today is ".date("l");

[paulmo]

actually the time of day [morning afternoon evening] is still not matching up with time, which is accurate. i've tried both $time statements:

<?php
list($hours, $minutes, $seconds) = explode(":",$_COOKIE['UserTime']);
echo "The time is $hours:$minutes";  [correct]

//$time = ($hours < 12)?'morning'($hours < 17)?'afternoon':'evening');
$time = intval(date('G')) < 12 ? 'morning' : intval(date('G')) < 17 ? 'afternoon' : 'evening'; [not]
echo " on this ".date('l') ; [correct]
echo " {$time}.";[not]