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@NogDogMay 13.2010 — #
If your server is not in the same time zone, you may want to first use[url=http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date-default-timezone-set.php]date_default_timezone_set()[/url] to set the desired time zone.@NogDogMay 13.2010 — #It will only show if the hour is 15 (3pm), so it will show from Thursday [B]15[/B]:00:00 until Thursday [B]15[/B]:59:59.@NogDogMay 13.2010 — #You might want to make a function that can be used for any case:
show/hide recurring content based on server time
New here, and know nothing about PHP. But I believe PHP is what I need to accomplish this task.
I need to show/hide some content (in my case a graphical button), based on a recurring weekly event. My client is doing a live streaming video cast every Thursday from 3-4. She wants a button to appear (“click here to tune in LIVE!”) for just that duration of time. When her show is over at 4:00, the button disappears until the next Thursday at 3:00 (This is all in US Central Time).
Of course I could do this manually each week, but that is inefficient and unreliable, so I’m looking for a way to automate this task.
I have been searching for hours and have come up empty. The one thing that was closest was this thread:
[URL=”http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103041″]http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/showthread.php?t=103041
which sounds like what I need to do, but it is using javascript instead of PHP. I would be fine with javascript, except that it uses the web visitor’s computer clock, which could be inaccurate and doesn’t handle the fact that vistors could be in a different time zone. I need it to be based on the server’s clock instead.
So, can anybody point me in the right direction using PHP to do this? Again, I know very little about PHP, so please be patient with me.
Thanks in advance.
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@NogDogMay 13.2010 — #[code=php]
<?php
if(date('l') == 'Thursday' and date('G') == 15) {
?>
<button type="button" onclick="blah blah blah">
<img src="click.png" alt="watch video" />
</button>
<?php
}
?>
[/code]If your server is not in the same time zone, you may want to first use
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@NogDogMay 13.2010 — #It will only show if the hour is 15 (3pm), so it will show from Thursday [B]15[/B]:00:00 until Thursday [B]15[/B]:59:59.0
@NogDogMay 13.2010 — #You might want to make a function that can be used for any case:[code=php]
<?php
/**
* Determine if current time is within specified weekday and time window
* @return bool
* @param string $dayName 'Monday', 'Tuesday',...
* @param int $startHour 0-23
* @param int $startMinute 0-59
* @param int $endHour 0-23
* @param int $endMinute 0-59
*/
function isInTimeWindow($dayName, $startHour, $startMinute, $endHour, $endMinute)
{
$dayName = ucfirst($dayName);
list($dayNow, $timeNow) = explode('|', date('l|Hi'));
return (
ucfirst($dayName) == $dayNow and
$timeNow >= sprintf('%02d%02d', $startHour, $startMinute) and
$timeNow <= sprintf('%02d%02d', $endHour, $endMinute)
);
}
// Sample usage:
if(isInTimeWindow('thursday', 16, 30, 17, 30))
{
?>
<button>Test</button>
<?php
}
?>
[/code]