[SOLVED] Help with PHP countdown script

[ILYAS415]

Hiya, i need help with a php countdown script that is supposed to echo a time to the next reset (which is every 4 hours starting from 12:00 AM).

Heres what i got at the moment and im trying to get it right because at the moment its saying i got 9hours left to the next reset. This is wrong because the next reset is always every 4 hours. Heres my code...

<?php
$gettime= gmdate('h');
if ($gettime > "00" && $gettime < "04"){
$times="4";
}elseif ($gettime > "04" && $gettime < "08"){
$times="8";
}elseif ($gettime > "08" && $gettime < "12"){
$times="12";
}elseif ($gettime > "12" && $gettime < "16"){
$times="16";
}elseif ($gettime > "16" && $gettime < "20"){
$times="20";
}elseif ($gettime > "20" && $gettime < "23"){
$times="0";
}
countdown($time, 0);
function countdown($time, $minute)
{
$day= gmdate('d');
echo "$day<br>";
  // make a unix timestamp for the given date
  $the_countdown_date = mktime($day, $hour, $minute, 0);

  // get current unix timestamp
  $today = gmdate('h i s');

  $difference = $the_countdown_date - $today;
  if ($difference < 0) $difference = 0;

  $days_left = floor($difference/60/60/24);
  $hours_left = floor(($difference - $days_left*60*60*24)/60/60);
  $minutes_left = floor(($difference - $days_left*60*60*24 - $hours_left*60*60)/60);
  
  // OUTPUT
  echo "Next reset in: ".$hours_left."h ".$minutes_left."m";
}
?>

 

I would appreciate it if you can help me with this code. I need it for a txt-based game im making. Thanks

[Psycho]

That's way too much work for what you are trying to accomplish.

 

<?php

$gethours = intval(gmdate('h'));
$getminutes =  intval(gmdate('i'));

$hours_left = (4-($gethours%4));

if ($getminutes!=0) {
  $hours_left = ($hours_left-1);
  $minutes_left = str_pad ((60-$getminutes),2,'0');
} else {
  $minutes_left = '00';
}

echo "Next reset in: ".$hours_left."h ".$minutes_left."m<br><br>";

?>

[ILYAS415]

Thanks! it worked! if its not too much trouble for you could you also add in seconds cause i hav no idea how to add that in. Or can you send me a link to the reference you got that from (if u did that is)

[dbillings]

This will give you seconds.

 

gmdate('i');

 

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http://us.php.net/manual/en/function.gmdate.php

[ILYAS415]

dont gmdate('i') mean minutes?

[Psycho]

gmdate('s') is seconds. I wrote that off-the-cuff. Here is the code with seconds added and made even more efficient:

 

<?php

$hours = intval(gmdate('h'));
$minutes =  intval(gmdate('i'));
$seconds =  intval(gmdate('s'));

$hours_left = (4 - ($hours % 4)) - (($minutes)?1:0);

$minutes_left = ($minutes)?((60 - $minutes)-(($seconds)?1:0)):0;
$minutes_left = str_pad ($minutes_left , 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

$seconds_left = ($seconds)?(60 - $seconds):0;
$seconds_left = str_pad ($seconds_left , 2, '0', STR_PAD_LEFT);

echo 'Next reset in: '.$hours_left.'h '.$minutes_left.'m '.$seconds_left.'s<br><br>';

?>