 Counting Down To A Time, php or java? |
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 Aug 26 2007, 04:36 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ]  Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 9-August 07 Member No.: 23,954  |
Hey i have been searching google and websites to find the answer to my question but i just get blasted with a bunch of code that isn't explained...
So i would like to know how, in either php or java how i would get something to count down to a certain time, but not specifically a time, more like count down in days, hours, minutes and seconds and not require a refresh... like it count downs on the page every second... And that i can specify the days, hours etc in the start of the function such as function countdown($days, $hours, $minutes, $seconds){ } Thanks |
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Aug 27 2007, 10:50 AM
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Living at the Datacenter  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 696 Joined: 30-June 06 From: Australia Member No.: 14,219 |
I am assuming, by Java, you meant JavaScript - which would be a much easier alternative.
I copied this code from http://www.hashemian.com CODE <script language="JavaScript"> TargetDate = "12/31/2020 5:00 AM"; BackColor = "palegreen"; ForeColor = "navy"; CountActive = true; CountStepper = -1; LeadingZero = true; DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds."; FinishMessage = "It is finally here!"; </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://scripts.hashemian.com/js/countdown.js"></script> As you said, you've been blasted with heaps of code without explanations - so I'll explain this for you. 1 TargetDate - This is the date (and time) that you are counting down too! 2 BackColor - This is for the graphical side of it, change this to match your website 3 ForeColor - Whatever colour you want your text, this is it! 4 CountActive - Whether the timer is counting down or not 5 CountStepper - How much to count down each time (make time faster by increasing this value  ) best to leave this one!6 LeadingZero - Display zero in front of values (e.g. 04 days left) 7 DisplayFormat - How the values will be displayed, change to whatever suits you! 8 FinishMessage - This is what is displayed when the countdown is finished! the very last line CODE <script language="JavaScript" src="http://scripts.hashemian.com/js/countdown.js"></script> tells the browser where to look for the javascript file. If you want, you can download this file and host it locally (with your website) and change the address as necessary. Good Luck -jimmy P.S If you want to, search on google for javascript countdown timers, theres heaps of websites and most of them should have explanations. This post has been edited by Jimmy89: Aug 27 2007, 10:51 AM |
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Aug 27 2007, 01:12 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 9-August 07 Member No.: 23,954 |
ace. Thanks that is exactly what im looking for. Thanks a bunch
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Aug 27 2007, 04:13 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 9-August 07 Member No.: 23,954 |
One last question. Say if i was recalling a date and time variable from a mysql database using php, in order to set the time could i just set the time
Targetdate = <?php echo($date . $time); ?>; ? |
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Oct 15 2007, 04:50 PM
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Newbie [ Level 2 ] Group: Members Posts: 24 Joined: 9-August 07 Member No.: 23,954 |
erm if anyone knows the answer to this then please answer
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Oct 15 2007, 06:44 PM
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Nenad Bozidarevic  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 993 Joined: 7-November 05 From: Belgrade, Serbia Member No.: 9,500 |
If $date and $time are properly formed, there should be no problems.
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Mar 9 2008, 07:36 PM
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Newbie [ Level 1 ] Group: Members Posts: 0 Joined: 1-November 07 Member No.: 25,869 |
How can I "center" the display message & finish message in the countdown timer? Thanks.
-reply by kevin moore |
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Apr 21 2008, 02:07 AM
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Member [ Level 1 ] Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 40 Joined: 17-April 08 Member No.: 29,853 |
QUOTE(FeedBacker @ Mar 9 2008, 01:36 PM)  How can I "center" the display message & finish message in the countdown timer? Thanks. -reply by kevin moore Is this what you're looking for? CODE <body style="margin: 32pt;">
<center style="font-family: tahoma; font-size: 8pt;"> <script language="JavaScript"> TargetDate = "12/31/2020 5:00 AM"; BackColor = "white"; ForeColor = "midnightblue"; CountActive = true; CountStepper = -1; LeadingZero = true; DisplayFormat = "%%D%% Days, %%H%% Hours, %%M%% Minutes, %%S%% Seconds"; FinishMessage = "It is finally here!"; </script> <script language="JavaScript" src="http://scripts.hashemian.com/js/countdown.js"></script> </center> </body> |
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