Determining if server time was midnight?

[Smudly]

I've got a variable that will increment upon a user's action. Example: They click a link, and it adds 1 to the variable. The variable is then shown to the screen. I want this variable to be reset to 0 for the user, anytime the server's time has hit Midnight.

 

Could you provide a simple example script that does something like this so I can examine it and learn how it works please?

[kenrbnsn]

Are you storing the value in a database?

 

Ken

[Smudly]

No, I won't be storing either of the variables into a database.

[Ruzzas]

Make a cron job that runs a folder at midnight daily and just make it cleanup everyones increment?

[kenrbnsn]

If you're not storing the value in a database, how are you keeping track of the value between reloads of the page?

 

Ken

[Ruzzas]

If you're not storing the value in a database, how are you keeping track of the value between reloads of the page?

 

Ken

 

Good question, I was thinking exactly the same thing, Maybe a file or a sql file?

[Smudly]

I think i'm just going to go with a Cron Job. Going to research that. Thanks guys

[gizmola]

I don't see how that helps you.  What makes more sense is to store the current Date.  Your clientside ajax or whatever, can periodically check this at the server.  If on any poll, the startDate != the serverDate, then you do your reset.  Needless to say the date changes at midnight, but when you think about it, midnight is simply an indication that you're in a new day.

[Smudly]

Alright, ya I'm not sure if Cron is what I'm after. Here is a bit of code that another person helped me setup. What do you guys think? Could this work?

 

if (!isset($_SESSION["date"]) || $_SESSION["date"] != date("Ymd")) {
        $_SESSION["date"] = date("Ymd");
        $_SESSION["bonus"] = 0;
} else {
        $_SESSION["bonus"]++;
}

echo "Counter = ", $_SESSION["bonus"];