[PHP] Comparing file creating dates...
Hey all,
Heres what i am trying to do:
When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and make a
file with their ip address in a directory called hash-directory, the file
looks like this: 169.34.534.243.txt
I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the potential
to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every X number of
minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for some damn reason)
# Start PHP file
if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];}
$directory_with_files=hash-directory/;
$threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes');
echo File created on: b.$rem_address ..txt - . date(F d Y H:i:s.,
filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)).
.$file_time_details[0]./bbrbr;
if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
{
if (getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
$threshold)
{echo bPlease wait more than 1 minute before posting./bbr;}
else{echo bEnough time has elapsed./bbr;}
}
# END PHP file
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks!
Ryan
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Re: [PHP] Comparing file creating dates...
Ryan S wrote:
Hey all,
Heres what i am trying to do:
When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and make a file with
their ip address in a directory called hash-directory, the file looks like
this: 169.34.534.243.txt
I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the potential
to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every X number of
minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for some damn reason)
# Start PHP file
if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];}
$directory_with_files=hash-directory/;
$threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes');
echo File created on: b.$rem_address ..txt - . date(F d Y H:i:s.,
filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)). .$file_time_details[0]./bbrbr;
if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
{
if (getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
$threshold)
From the manual
This returns a timestamp
int strtotime ( string $time [, int $now ] )
This returns an hash array with all the date/time info in it.
array getdate ([ int $timestamp ] )
You are trying to compare two things that are completely different.
Get rid of the getdate() function. All you need is the filectime()
call, it returns a unix timestamp.
{echo bPlease wait more than 1 minute before posting./bbr;}
else{echo bEnough time has elapsed./bbr;}
}
# END PHP file
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks!
Ryan
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- Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster!
- Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-)
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Re: [PHP] Comparing file creating dates...
you may need to use filemtime() and not filectime();
Jim Lucas wrote:
Ryan S wrote:
Hey all,
Heres what i am trying to do:
When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and
make a file with their ip address in a directory called
hash-directory, the file looks like this: 169.34.534.243.txt
I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the
potential to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every
X number of minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for
some damn reason)
# Start PHP file
if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']))
{$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];}
$directory_with_files=hash-directory/;
$threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes');
echo File created on: b.$rem_address ..txt - . date(F d Y
H:i:s., filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)).
.$file_time_details[0]./bbrbr;
if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt)) {
if
(getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address..txt))
$threshold)
From the manual
This returns a timestamp
int strtotime ( string $time [, int $now ] )
This returns an hash array with all the date/time info in it.
array getdate ([ int $timestamp ] )
You are trying to compare two things that are completely different.
Get rid of the getdate() function. All you need is the filectime()
call, it returns a unix timestamp.
{echo bPlease wait more than 1 minute before
posting./bbr;}
else{echo bEnough time has elapsed./bbr;}
}
# END PHP file
Where am I going wrong?
Thanks!
Ryan
--
- The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard.
- Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster!
- Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-)
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Search.
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