how would i do this in php??????

[Jiraiya]

i want to add a timer to a script of mine so that after the script has run the user will have to wait 10 even if the user leaves that page  so how would i do this?

[xtopolis]

Store a timestamp in a database/file.

[Jiraiya]

i dont understand what you mean

[Yesideez]

Something simple like this I'd use an INT UNSIGNED field in the database.

 

10 - I presume you mean minutes? One monite is 60 so 10 minutes is 600.

 

Write time()+600 into your table

$endtime=time()+600;
mysql_query("UPDATE table SET endtime=".$endtime);

 

Then just keep checking if the time has expired.

$row=mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query("SELECT endtime FROM table"));
if ($row['endtime']<time()) {
  //10 minutes is up
} else {
  //10 minutes not yet passed
}

[Yesideez]

btw, if you want to calculate the time remaining for the user:

$row=mysql_fetch_assoc(mysql_query("SELECT endtime FROM table"));
$remaintime=$endtime-time();
echo 'Remaining: '.date('H:i:s',$remaintime);