10 minute countdown

[RockinPurdy]

Hey, I would like to have a countdown on my website that counts down to the nearest 10 minute. Lol confusing.

 

Eg. If it is 4:34:32 (hour,minutes,seconds) the countdown should display 5:28

Eg. If it is 10:39:58 the countdown should display 0:02

 

- Thanks

[revraz]

If you want it to actually countdown dynamically, you need to use javascript.

[RockinPurdy]

Really? This countdown doesn't use JS

 

http://www.999tutorials.com/tutorial-show-time-left-with-php.html

[revraz]

That's not a countdown per say, its just a static number.  I thought you meant a dynamic counter.

 

So if you already have a tutorial, why not use it?

[RockinPurdy]

oh no.. I just need to display a countdown to the users.

 

And the reason I don't use that tutorial is because I can't figure out how to do it for every 10 minutes.

[cooldude832]

<?php
$hour = date("G");
$mins = floor(date("i"));
$time_explode_hours = 15;
$time_explode_mins = 50;
$time_left_hours = $time_explode_hours-$hour;
$time_left_mins = $time_explode_mints-$mins;
if($time_left_mins < 0){
$time_left_hours--;
$time_left_mins = $time_left_mins +60;
}

echo "The bomb will blow up in approximately ".$time_left_hours." hours and ".$time_left_mins." minutes!";
?>

 

So that will tell you how long before said bomb blows up

 

 

[cooldude832]

change the line $mins to

<?php
$mins = 10*floor(floatval(date("i")/10));
?>

 

That takes it from a number like 45 to 4.5 then floors it to 4.0 and then remultiples it by 10 to get 40.

[RockinPurdy]

Okay, getting there. However the questions kinda confusing, I don't want to round it to the nearest 10 minutes.

 

I want a countdown for every 10 minutes.

 

So like say it's 12:32... I want the countdown to countdown to 12:40.... or if its' 4:35 I want it to countdown to 4:40...

 

Understand?

[cooldude832]

that be going up not down

<?php
$mins = 10*ceil(floatval(date("i")/10));
$hour = date("G");
if($mins >60){
$mins = $mins-60;
$hour++;
}
echo "The Time is : ".$hours.":".$mins;
?>

[alecks]

if you made a script as a separate file, and in the header put a meta refresh, then had that script embedded in an iframe on the page you wanted it to show, you could make a fake dynamic javascript countdown.

 

countdown.php

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" CONTENT="2">
<?php
$mins = 10*ceil(floatval(date("i")/10));
$hour = date("G");
if($mins >60){
$mins = $mins-60;
$hour++;
}
echo "The Time is : ".$hours.":".$mins;
?>

 

index.html

<iframe src="countdown.php" width="300" height="100" />

 

It'll refresh every 2 seconds... if you want to change it just set the content in the meta tag.

[RockinPurdy]

Thanks alecks.

 

But the countdown still isn't right

 

It should always be less than 10 minutes... I'll try and reword this.

 

If it is 12:34:21 (twelve thirty-four PM and twenty-one seconds) the countdown should display 5:39 (5 minutes and 39 seconds)

 

Meaning there is 5 minutes and 39 seconds until 12:40... which is to the next 10 minute interval of the current time. 

[cooldude832]

so you want a clock that is ten minuites slow?

 

look at mktime and set the minuite parm to be the current mins- 10

[RockinPurdy]

Not necessarily... It should still be a countdown.

 

Eg. 4 minutes and 12 seconds until the next update (It updates every 10 minutes)

[RockinPurdy]

Anyone? Still not solved...

[Zhadus]

Let me try and get this straight. You want a countdown TO the nearest 10 minute interval?

So if it's 12:34, you want to show how many minutes and seconds to 12:40?

 

If that's the case then you would do this:

change the line $mins to

<?php
$mins = 10*floor(floatval(date("i")/10));
?>

And subtract the current minutes & seconds.