Re: Timers in php?

Jeff North wrote:
On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:15:34 GMT, in comp.lang.php fb <fb@xxxxxxxxx>
<q3boj.26676$4w.24243@pd7urf2no> wrote:

| Hello. I was working on a .php page that asks a user a question, then, | after the submit the answer (multiple choice) it takes data from a | database and makes a new question. Let's say that they have 10 | questions to answer. I'd like to give them a time limit to answer these | 10 questions. I was wondering if it is possible to make a timer in php, | that counts down and won't reset every time a new question is pulled | from the database (it seems this causes a refresh).
| | If this is possible, could you please point me towards some code | snippets? Many thanks
| | fb
The start and finish times need to be set within PHP.
These values must be stored within session variables.
On the web page use AJAX to get the current time every second.
If the user is over the time limit then, on the web page, alert the
user to this fact then, on a click of a button, move to the next
question.

Your ISP might send you a not so nice notice to stop abusing the
system.
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Or, if you're going to be using Javascript anyway, no need for the trip to the server. Just do a client-side timer.

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