looking for a continous countdown script using server crons...

[2DaysAway]

I own a game where I use php crons to update game ranks every five minutes and issue turns every ten minutes. These work fine. What happens though when you view a ranks page the time stops. I would like to see the time to continue to run down. I'm wondering if there is a script that could implement this. I'm thinking a javascript using the server crons.

 

Any ideas or is this a lost cause?

[btherl]

Why does the time stop when you view a ranks page?

[2DaysAway]

It doesn't neccessarily stop. Technically the time continues, its just when you view the page it looks as if time stops. I would like to see the time continue to countdown.

[revraz]

Does any page at all show the time counting?

[2DaysAway]

you would have to keep refreshing the page to show the current time.

 

 

this is the script I use.

 

<?=countup($site["cron5min"]+300)?>

[btherl]

Another option is to use independent javascript that is sychnronized with your cron jobs.  For example, if your cron runs every 10 minutes, and your script is executed at 5:03, then you would initialize the javascript with 7 minutes to go.  It would then count down to the next cron run without needing to communicate in any way with the cron job.