clock countdown in php?

Question

im looking for a code in php i have not been able to find it anywere
im looking for something like this ,

count down script,
if count down = 0 
then " comand "
else 

simple code but has been driving me crazy

elven_rangers · Accepted Answer

I'm not sure what a countdown would do for you in php. You could use either the sleep() command (which words as sleep($number of seconds)) which pauses the code until the time has elapsed, but also a for cycle in case you want to execute stuff before the time has elapsed:

for($i=0;$i<$maxsecondstime;$i++) {
     //code to do goes here
     sleep(1);//pause for a second
}

//code to do when countdown has elapsed goes here.

Thing is, PHP is a server-side language and the point is to make it work faster, not slower - since it's activity is invisible to the visitor, he only sees the final result anyway. In order to have a clock countdown to do something for web visitors, I think you need some Javascript.

Anonymous · Answer

Thats javascript no longer own homestead page. Edit - gazing the code it seems such as you have copied that from yet another internet site incorrectly... in case your going to scouse borrow source, a minimum of have it working!

David M · Answer

$seconds = 5;

while ($seconds > 0) {
$seconds  = $seconds - 1;
sleep(1);
}

do_stuff();

Anonymous · Answer

Your probably looking for something like this, done in javascript :)

http://www.hashemian.com/tools/javascript-countdown.htm

clock countdown in php?

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