compare to now

[dadamssg]

im storing events...so ive set a date selection list for month, day, year, hour, min, am/pm. i have start and end selection list. i want to check to make sure my input for the end date and time hasn't already ended. events that have already ended are useless in my db

 

this part works

 

$_SESSION['starts'] = $_POST['syear']."-".$_POST['smonth']."-".$_POST['sday']."- ".$_POST['shour'].":".$_POST['sminute'].":00";

$_SESSION['ends'] = $_POST['eyear']."-".$_POST['emonth']."-".$_POST['eday']."- ".$_POST['ehour'].":".$_POST['eminute'].":00";

 

and then i do this to make a timestamp and make the if stmt

 

$end = $_POST['eyear']."-".$_POST['emonth']."-".$_POST['eday']."- ".$_POST['ehour'].":".$_POST['eminute'].":00";
  
$ends = strtotime($end);

if($ends < time() )
{
$message .= "According to your input, your event has already ended.<br>";
}

 

it sets the error message every time no matter what the input is...help?

[dadamssg]

i've figured out that the way im trying to create a timestamp for the end datetime isn't working...anyone know how your suppose to do it?

 

 

[dadamssg]

well now im using mktime() and its working sort of....i don't think what im inputting into mktime() is set to the same timezone as php's time(). cause when i try to input a datetime for an event at say 5:00 pm and the current time where im at is 4:30 it says my event has ended....and it won't work until i put like 10pm, after 10pm it works...no clue whats goin on. heres my revised code

 

//if pm is checked add 12 hours
if($_POST['eampm'] == 'pm')
   {
     $ehour = $_POST['ehour'] + 12;

     $_SESSION['ends'] = $_POST['eyear']."-".$_POST['emonth']."-".$_POST['eday']."- ".$ehour.":".$_POST['eminute'].":00";
      $end = gmmktime($ehour, $_POST['eminute'],0, $_POST['emonth'], $_POST['eday'], $_POST['eyear']);
   }
   else
   {
   $end = gmmktime($_POST['ehour'], $_POST['eminute'],0, $_POST['emonth'], $_POST['eday'], $_POST['eyear']);
   }

$now = time();

if($end <= $now)
{
$message .= "Your event has already ended.<br>";
}