Creating count down timer in php??

[radiations3]

I am using the following code for the count down  but this code is not helping me to get the values of start date and ending date from my database

any idea how to do it or kindly provide me a working code that gets the value from the database and generate count down timer accordingly

 

<?php

$target = mktime(0, 0, 0, 2, 10, 2012) ;

$today = time () ;

$difference =($target-$today) ;

$days =(int) ($difference/86400) ;

print "Our event will occur in $days days";

?>

[phpSensei]

  # Event Date
  $event_day   = 10;     
  $event_month = 2;      
  $event_year  = 2012;   
  # Today's Date in TIMESTAMP FORMAT
  $current_date = time();
  
  # Calculate the difference
  $difference = ((mktime (0,0,0,$event_month,$event_day,$event_year) - $current_date) / 3600);
  # Format
  $days_left  = (int) ($difference / 24);
  
  # Print our results
  print $days_left . ' days left until ' . $event_day . '-' . $event_month.'-'.$event_year;

 

 

[radiations3]

your code is very helpful just let me know

but the date is saved into my backend as the following format:

07/28/11 01:07:30 AM

 

how to pass this into your code???

[phpSensei]

<?php
   
  $date = strtotime('02/10/12 01:07:30 AM'); // Just put in between these two parenthesis the date, wherever it may come from.
  $event_year = date('Y',$date);
  $event_month = date('n',$date);
  $event_day = date('j',$date);
    
  $difference = ((mktime (0,0,0,$event_month,$event_day,$event_year) - time()) / 3600);
  $days_left  = (int) ($difference/24);
  
  print $days_left;
  
?>

[radiations3]

<?php
   
  $date = strtotime('02/10/12 01:07:30 AM'); // Just put in between these two parenthesis the date, wherever it may come from.
  $event_year = date('Y',$date);
  $event_month = date('n',$date);
  $event_day = date('j',$date);
    
  $difference = ((mktime (0,0,0,$event_month,$event_day,$event_year) - time()) / 3600);
  $days_left  = (int) ($difference/24);
  
  print $days_left;
  
?>

 

can i do this with the following:

$date = strtotime('02/10/12 01:07:30 AM');

 

$enddate =  echo $row_Recordset2['date'];

$date = strtotime($enddate);

 

 

[phpSensei]

YEs ofcourse!

 

mark topic as solved, if your good to go.

[voip03]

change the date to 02/10/11. what is u'r result.

[radiations3]

yes i recently checked and yeah my issue is being solved one last question:

How can we create a countdown timer just like in the following url in which the time also gets minus and displayed dynamically? If you have any link or piece of code then kindly share i'll be very thankful to you and thanks alot for the help.....

 

http://www.groupon.com/

[radiations3]

change the date to 02/10/11. what is u'r result.

 

the result is:

-176

[phpSensei]

Thats because that date is in the past Voip3, its before the current date.

[voip03]

yes -176

[phpSensei]

yes -176

 

O.O

[radiations3]

Final piece of code thanks to phpSensei

 

<?php
  $check = '10/09/11'; // Set it to the recordset or a variable from where the date is comming from the specific field from database
  $date = strtotime($check); // Just put in between these two parenthesis the date, wherever it may come from.
  $event_year = date('Y',$date);
  $event_month = date('n',$date);
  $event_day = date('j',$date);
    
  $difference = ((mktime (0,0,0,$event_month,$event_day,$event_year) - time()) / 3600);
  $days_left  = (int) ($difference/24);
  
   print $days_left . ' days left until ' . $event_day . '-' . $event_month.'-'.$event_year; 
  ?>  

 

Kindly phpSensei answer my one last question i asked...

[voip03]

phpSensei thank you.

I forgot the date format.

[phpSensei]

I don't see a time on http://www.groupon.com/

 

phpSensei thank you.
I forgot the date format.

 

so did i at one point hahahaha.

[radiations3]

okay then kindly open www.groupin.pk

 

on groupon.com you have to give your email to see the main page i usually give a@b.com

[harristweed]

java script is best for count down timers (imho) http://www.littlewebthings.com/2010/02/jquery-countdown-script/

[radiations3]

java script is best for count down timers (imho) http://www.littlewebthings.com/2010/02/jquery-countdown-script/

 

AGREED but i need such a code in which i can pass date from my database and the timer applied to it accordingly....

[phpSensei]

Radiation start a new thread, i'll help you out, this thread is marked solved anyways.