user online

[MDanz]

session_start();

$username=$_SESSION['username'];

 

i know how to show a button just for that user.

e.g.

if ($username) {}

 

how do i show to other users a user is online?like on this forum or show a green circle.

 

if($username ?????) {

 

//show green circle

}

 

 

 

 

[eugeniu]

You'd need to either make a database of users that are online for reference or have a column in your users table that saves the last time a user was on your website. In your code that shows whether another user is online or not, you'd need to specify which user your talking about.

 

$username = "eugeniu";
$username = // code to retrieve entry for "eugeniu" goes here

if (time(); - $username['laston'] < 5*60) // 5 minutes till last on
{
echo "User is online.";
} else {
echo "User is not online.";
}

Hope that helped...