Date Expiration Help

[scott botkins]

I'm wanting to have a button on my website for each blog post, however if the blog post is 5 days old it will not display the button on the page. What would be the best way to do this?

[AndyB]

With conditional code that compares today's date with the date of the blog post and outputs the 'button' only for recent posts.

[scott botkins]

Do you know where I could find such a code to do this? I'm not well advanced in php just yet.

[matthewhaworth]

Something like this.

 

<?php

$day = date("d",$strtotime("+5 days",$database_timestamp);
$month = date("m",$database_timestamp);
$year = date("y",$database_timestamp);

$expire = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);

if (time() < $expire) 
{
  // show button
}

?>

 

Compare the $expire date to the current date..

[teng84]

better to use sql i guess

 

where etc....datediff(now(),'2004-10-10') >5

[scott botkins]

The only thing I'm able to output using my cms software is the date format

[matthewhaworth]

better to use sql i guess

 

where etc....datediff(now(),'2004-10-10') >5

 

Lol, I'm always coming out with these elaborate ideas, then there turns out to be like.. a one line method of doing it.

The only thing I'm able to output using my cms software is the date format

 

You should be in the PHP, not the CMS ??

[teng84]

 

 

You should be in the PHP, not the CMS ??

 

i believe CMS is done by php here i dont get you guys????

[scott botkins]

better to use sql i guess

 

where etc....datediff(now(),'2004-10-10') >5

 

Lol, I'm always coming out with these elaborate ideas, then there turns out to be like.. a one line method of doing it.

The only thing I'm able to output using my cms software is the date format

 

You should be in the PHP, not the CMS ??

 

Yea I'm in php, I'm just lost on how exactly to use your code because I'm new at using this. For example my cms template variables are <Field: TwoDigitMonth>-<Field: TwoDigitDay>-<Field: TwoDigitYear> will display 08-26-07 if a post was posted today. I'm lost on where I'm suppose to put those variables I just listed in your code. Thanks for the help on this so far, appreciate it.

[teng84]

I'm wanting to have a button on my website for each blog post, however if the blog post is 5 days old it will not display the button on the page. What would be the best way to do this?

 

in your question you only need this and i guess its the best

where etc....datediff(now(),'2004-10-10') >5

 

because you will only limit your output to those less than 5 days that code i gave you will limit it and you dont need to add something simply modify your query and add that

 

[scott botkins]

So I put

 

<? php datediff(now(),'<Field: Year>-<Field: TwoDigitDay>-<Field: TwoDigitMonth>') >5
?>

 

Right?

[teng84]

i dont know how your cms is designed but i believe it should be inside your select statement

 

select * from table where datediff( now(), field) <5 

[scott botkins]

I'm not using a database, this code must be placed on a .php page.

[teng84]

LOL what kind of CMS is that its content management system right?  i have seen and also part of some of this stuff and i believe cms means using the db on its max extent such as 98percent of your site runs using the db

[scott botkins]

This isn't exactly for blogs. This is for something else, it creates a .php page when information is submitted. What I am looking for is something when you insert the date 08-26-07 it will show something for 5 days, after 5 days that button will expire and not show anymore.

[teng84]

select *, datediff( now(), field)  as x from table where  etc....

 

assuming you have an array for that query or result how ever you made it

 

if ($row['x'] <5) show what ever you want

 

does it make sense

 

 

 

[scott botkins]

This script doesn't use mysql or any kind of db lol. It creates a static php page, the only way I can do this is using a timestamp of some sort.

[matthewhaworth]

I don't see what's wrong with my code.. lol, I mean, it's slightly longer but it's a lot easier to comprehend.

[scott botkins]

I don't see what's wrong with my code.. lol, I mean, it's slightly longer but it's a lot easier to comprehend.

 

I would use your code I just don't know where to insert the date fields that I listed a few posts ago.

[teng84]

i guess its better to use the other person codes if that is easier for you then if it is working i suggest try the better one

 

dude post the part of the code where you think that code should be inserted

[matthewhaworth]

 

 

You should be in the PHP, not the CMS ??

 

i believe CMS is done by php here i dont get you guys????

 

I don't get why he's using template variables.. think about it, it sounds like he's using a .tpl in something like phpbb.. .tpl can't process php.

[scott botkins]

Below is something I'm doing myself, it's what I'm looking for. I don't have it working yet but maybe someone can help me.

 

<?php

$date1 = mktime(0,0,0,09,01,2007) - mktime(0,0,0,09,10,2007);
$date2 = "432000";


if ($date1 < $date2)
{
echo "Not Expired";
}
else
{
echo "Expired";
}
?> 

[matthewhaworth]

Below is something I'm doing myself, it's what I'm looking for. I don't have it working yet but maybe someone can help me.

 

<?php

$date1 = mktime(0,0,0,09,01,2007) - mktime(0,0,0,09,10,2007);
$date2 = "432000";


if ($date1 < $date2)
{
echo "Not Expired";
}
else
{
echo "Expired";
}
?> 

 

That is essentially what mine did.  Look:

<?php
// This code here is used so we can prepare for the make time function.
// This date function takes the day that the blog was created on, an adds 5 days to it, moving over to the next month or even next 
// year if it needs.
$day = date("d",$strtotime("+5 days",$database_timestamp);
$month = date("m",$strtotime("+5 days",$database_timestamp));
$year = date("y",$strtotime("+5 days",$database_timestamp));
// This is the data that the button should not longer appear after
$expire = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);
// This compares the current time, time(), with the expiration time and the displays the button if it hasn't expired.
if (time() < $expire) 
{
  // show button
}

?>