MissProgrammer Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Hi all,I am looking to use php to insert a tag into a webpage that will be picked up by a c# program. The code that I have thus far is as follows, <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <body> <?php echo "<tag>Override on Pump 1 Authorised by ABC123 "; echo date(' h:i:s'); echo "</tag>"; ?> </body> </html> So that the final output on the webpage is:Override on Pump 1 Authorised by ABC123 10:35:56However, as you would expect the TimeStamp keeps changing. I need a way so that when the tag is inserted into the HTML page, it is that date that is displayed.For example, if i open the webpage and it's Override on Pump 1 Authorised by ABC123 10:35:56 then the next time I refresh it will be the same. It's possible PHP may not be the way forward for this, but the work needs to be done server side as the C# program will not read client-side (javascript) timestamps, it just reads the variable. Any help on this would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance . Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/281512-storing-timestamp-in-variable-for-later-use/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
PravinS Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 you can use session to store the date when you open page first time next time you just need to check the session value, if it exist then don't store date in it, use session variable date may this will help you Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/281512-storing-timestamp-in-variable-for-later-use/#findComment-1446528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissProgrammer Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 Thanks for your reply! I've gave this a go, and it's not working as I need it to. Probably my explanation. The C# program will periodically check the webpage (every ten seconds) which is creating a new session and thus, the timestamp is different Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/281512-storing-timestamp-in-variable-for-later-use/#findComment-1446566 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinM1 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Your best bet may be to simply store the timestamp in either a file or database, and then read/write to it as necessary. That said, is there a reason why you're doing this in PHP rather than web forms or MVC? For interoperability, it seems like it would make more sense to use C# for everything. Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/281512-storing-timestamp-in-variable-for-later-use/#findComment-1446567 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissProgrammer Posted August 24, 2013 Author Share Posted August 24, 2013 I'm interacting with a system that just posts data to a webpage. I attempted it with Javascript, which works great however the javascript variable which I am using for the timestamp is what is displayed in the C# application and I have no idea how to display the value instead of the variable name Link to comment https://forums.phpfreaks.com/topic/281512-storing-timestamp-in-variable-for-later-use/#findComment-1446574 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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