changing layout according day time

[Kevin McLean]

I was trying to write a simple script which would change the the layout according day time, but it does not work. Please, could somebody help me to fix the problem?

 

PHP Code:

<? 
$hour = date(”H”); 
if ($hour > 9 || $hour < 18) 
{ 
include('eldia/day_header.php'); 
} 
elseif ($hour > 18 || $hour < 9) 
{ 
include('lanoche/night_header.php'); 
} 
else  
{ 
echo "Заклинания не работают!"; 
} 
include('main.php'); 
<? 
$hour = date(”H”); 
if ($hour > 9 || $hour < 18) 
{ 
include('eldia/day_footer.php'); 
} 
elseif ($hour > 18 || $hour < 9) 
{ 
include('lanoche/night_footer.php'); 
} 
else  
{ 
echo "Заклинания не работают!"; 
} 
?> 

There are only 2 layouts - one for day and one for night.

And one more question how to count time according not the server time, but accroding a users' time?

 

Thank you

[chronister]

<?php
$hour = date('G'); // changed to 24 hour format with no leading 0
// assuming daytime as between 8am - 5pm
if ($hour >= 8 && $hour <= 17)
{
	echo ' it is daytime';
}
else
{
	echo 'it is night time';
}

?>

 

I am assuming that your considering "daytime" between 8am - 5pm... but change it how you want. In PHP there is no method I know of that can detect a user's timezone. PHP is serverside, and done by the time the user sees anything. Take a look at javascript though and you may be able to combine it with ajax to accomplish it.

 

Nate

[dropfaith]

i use this to change some layouts i have so here it is full php to change stylesheets based on server time.. you will need to edit the location of the stylesheets and times accordingly

 

<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" href="<?php
$hour = date("H"); //PHP date() function fetching the current hour on local machine
if ($hour <        //if time is below noon(12pm)
{
echo "/template/sunrise/style.css";
}
elseif ($hour < 12)  //if it is afternoon(greater than 12 but below 5)
{
echo "/template/grass/style.css";
}
elseif ($hour < 17)  //if it is afternoon(greater than 12 but below 5)
{
echo "/template/winter/style.css";
}
elseif ($hour < 20)  //if it is afternoon(greater than 12 but below 5)
{
echo "/template/sunset/style.css";
}
else
{
echo "/template/courthouse/style.css"; // if it is evening or night
}
?>" />

 

javascript to change by user time if thats what your after

 

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!-- Begin
function getCSS()
{
datetoday = new Date();
timenow=datetoday.getTime();
datetoday.setTime(timenow);
thehour = datetoday.getHours();

if (thehour > 20)
display = "tree_twilight.css";
else if (thehour > 17)
display = "tree_sunset.css";
else if (thehour > 14)
display = "tree_afternoon.css";
else if (thehour > 11)
display = "tree_noon.css";
else if (thehour > 7)
display = "tree_morning.css";
else if (thehour > 4)
display = "tree_sunrise.css";
else if (thehour > 1)
display = "tree_twilight.css";
else
display = "tree_sunset.css";

var css = '<';  css+='link rel="stylesheet" href=' + display + ' \/';  css+='>';

document.write(css);
// End -->
}
</script>
<script language="javascript">getCSS();</script>