hey guys,

im using a countdown timer created in javascript there is a section of the code where you are able to set the date and time for the timer.

I want this to be possible in php, so that users to my site can set the start time of an auction.

heres what ive got so far:-

original javascript version
setcountdown(2004,05,25,00,00,01)

php version
setcountdown(</SCRIPT><?php echo date ("Y");?><SCRIPT>,</script><?php echo date ("M");?><script>,</SCRIPT><?php echo date ("d");?><SCRIPT>,00,00,01)

im not actually sure if i can use php with javascript, but this is the way ive attempted and although it doesnt give me any errors it doesnt display the timer?

any help?
CHEERS
ASH:D

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PHP won't actually interface with Javascript.. it just outputs it, just like it would HTML. You don't need the </script> tags in there, cause when you add those your output is not going to be as JavaScript.

Perhaps you were going for something like this?

<?php
    echo 'setcountdown('.date('Y').', '.date('M').', '.date('d').", 00, 00, 01);\n";
?>

HTH!

Regards,
Rich

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so i cant set values of javascript with php?

ive tried to create a countdown timer for auctions that are stored in a database which is started when an auction is created by a user.

is there any other way this is possible?
cheers
ASH:D

Did you read the example Rich posted? That tells you how.

Also, why not Google for "auction countdown" php and you will probably find quite a bit.

And, yes, you can set JS variables with PHP, check out the P2P PHP FAQ.

HTH,

Snib

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Yes you can create Javascript with PHP. But one thing you have to remember is JavaScript is a client-side language and PHP executes on the server, there is no mechanism for the two to "talk" to eachother. You can use PHP to create and output JavaScript.

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>

    var hello = '<?php echo 'Hello, world!'; ?>';

</script>

When PHP processes the file it'll output the JS variable with a value of 'Hello, world!'. Just as with your date, PHP will output the date information and JavaScript will execute with that information on the client computer.

Does all that make sense?


Regards,
Rich

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erm yeah i think so?!?!,

so if i use the javascript to set variables for each part of this code as youve shown then call them in the javascript code such as:-

<script language='JavaScript' type='text/javascript'>
var year ='<? php echo $year; ?>';
var month ='<? php echo $month; ?>';
etc....

then call them here:-
setcountdown(year,month,day,hour,min,sec)?

would this work??
would this create a timer that doesnt reset everytime the code is run?
or if it is run once and displayed would it countdown to zero?

cheers
ASH

I think your code would work.

Yeah that works too. Or you can simply output the date information into the function call like I showed you above:

echo 'setcountdown('.date('Y').', '.date('M').', '.date('d').", 00, 00, 01);\n";

As far as PHP is conserned its just outputting plain text, it doesn't care if it's JavaScript, HTML, CSS or whatever else. All you have to do is rememeber to escape quotes and other special characters.

Will it not reset every time the page is loaded? Maybe, maybe not. You're depending on the time on the server. I think it could work. As you have it the current year month and day are output on page load. I assume you're going to do the same for hours, minutes and seconds, at which point I think it could work the way you expect it to.

Regards,
Rich

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hmmmm, it works kind of

im trying to set the values of varibales in php to todays date and use them in javascript. This is what ive done:-

//php variables
$year = date("Y");
$month = date("M");
$day = date("d");

this doesnt work?
it produces NaN days when shown on the site?
i dont understand??

:DCheers
ASH

View the source of the page and tell us what the values of the JS variables end up being.

Snib

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