Re: [PHP] Timer and submit button
Frank -- ...and then Frank Tudor said... % % I am trying to create a timer tha would prevent someone from % clicking submit until the timer reaches zero. 1) Javascript is your only hope to disable clicking through, as suggested by the other responders. 2) It can still be defeated. How important is it to keep them and why? 3) If you want a set amount of time you could just put in a refresh for some length of time, but that would then whisk the page out from under the surfer -- and you'd still have the problem of managing to come through too early. 4) I can't think of any way you can reliably keep someone on a page for a given time, but if you want to ensure that they can't go forward you might make the next link require a magic key which you magically decode to a time stamp (based on server time of course) some distance future from when it was sent. Note that this will require decryption as well as encryption, since if the click didn't come in at exactly the right time the server's encryption to check would be different and not just "greater". HTH & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg! pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [PHP] Timer and submit button
On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 10:51, Frank Tudor wrote: > I am trying to create a timer tha would prevent someone from > clicking submit until the timer reaches zero. > > THe reason is to keep an individual on a page for a certain > amount of time. > > Does anyone know the best way to do this? > > PHP? Javascript? > > Any examples? > > Frank > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Javascript only. -- "I have a photographic memory. I just forgot the film" --Unknown = Ryan Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://osgw.sourceforge.net -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Timer and submit button
From: "Frank Tudor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I am trying to create a timer tha would prevent someone from > clicking submit until the timer reaches zero. JavaScript. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] timer problem
> Just a little curious. Is there any other way other than cron to do > this. Is it possible to run a PHP script in an endless loop and when the > clock strikes, run another script? Yeah, I think so, but it'd be worth the effort to just learn cron. You can use set_time_limit() to zero and run your loop and do your stuff. Not sure how that is for performance, though... ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] timer problem
Just a little curious. Is there any other way other than cron to do this. Is it possible to run a PHP script in an endless loop and when the clock strikes, run another script? - Sid > -Original Message- > From: John W. Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 9:40 PM > To: 'Michael Gaab'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [PHP] timer problem > > > i want to automate some activities by date. on a certain date i want > to > > do > > some specific processing. the application is web based using apache. i > > guess > > i would need some way of calling the program daily to see if "today is > the > > day." thread/daemon? any suggestions appreciated. > > Use cron on *nix, or Task Scheduler if on Windows. > > ---John W. Holmes... > > PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy > today. http://www.phparch.com/ > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
RE: [PHP] timer problem
> i want to automate some activities by date. on a certain date i want to > do > some specific processing. the application is web based using apache. i > guess > i would need some way of calling the program daily to see if "today is the > day." thread/daemon? any suggestions appreciated. Use cron on *nix, or Task Scheduler if on Windows. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/ -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] timer on sessions?
I am not able to test from this machine so please tell me if I am right or
wrong on this:
$tmp = time();
$tme = time() - 5*60;
session_register('tmp');
if ($tmp >= $tme) {
echo 'Time has not reached 5 minutes, session still valid';
} else {
echo 'Timer has reached 5 minutes, you will need to log back in to
continue.'; }
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> J> Not sure how to go about setting up a function to parse the date, hour,
> J> minutes, seconds, take the seconds and register them in a session var,
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> J> do a check on the session var (seconds) vs. the seconds var + 5*60 (or
5
> J> minutes) to time out the session and force the user to log back in. My
> J> problem is finding the correct way to check the seconds in php. Any
help or
> J> pointers is appreciated.
> J> Jas
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> time() will give you a UNIX timestamp. Use it to do the math.
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Re: [PHP] timer on sessions?
J> Not sure how to go about setting up a function to parse the date, hour, J> minutes, seconds, take the seconds and register them in a session var, then J> do a check on the session var (seconds) vs. the seconds var + 5*60 (or 5 J> minutes) to time out the session and force the user to log back in. My J> problem is finding the correct way to check the seconds in php. Any help or J> pointers is appreciated. J> Jas time() will give you a UNIX timestamp. Use it to do the math. -- Best regards, Asmodeanmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] Timer
How i know when 2 mins ellapsed? "Kevin Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 013f01c22cee$b3e17110$6501a8c0@kevin">news:013f01c22cee$b3e17110$6501a8c0@kevin... > Store a timestamp in a file. When the bot is activated retrieve the old > timestamp and calculate the difference between then and how. Store that > value in another file or database. Update the file with a fresh timestamp. > -Kevin > > - Original Message - > From: "Thomas "omega" Henning" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, July 16, 2002 11:22 AM > Subject: [PHP] Timer > > > > Is this possible: > > > > Im making a bot in PHP and i need a timer. Lets say noone ses anything for > > 2mins in the channel after that the bot ses something. And if the bot > > recieves an msg the timer clears. Is this possible 2 be done? > > > > Thomas "omega" Henning > > > > > > > > > > -- > > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
Re: [PHP] timer in PHP
I'm guessing it's either for a Quiz script or an Auction script. If you want to make it easy on yourself, use a database to store the starting time (when the timer "starts") and what time the test/auction should end. When someome makes a submission, get the time stored in the database and see if the person's submission is within the timelimit (check if the current time is less than the finish time). If the current time is within 2 minutes of the ending time, then take the ending time, add 5 minutes to it, and then store it. If you try to do this all in a sort of real-time, you're only making it hard on yourself and it's more or less impossible to do (without killing yourself in resources, anyway). Doing it with a database, once you get it working in the first place, may even be considered trivial. You may be pleasantly surprised...unless you can't use a database :) -- Plutarck Should be working on something... ...but forgot what it was. ""george"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 9b1p05$t6c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:9b1p05$t6c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > I need to have a time running and after a certain time it will not allow > you to submit anything else, on top of that if someone makes an entry with > less than 2 minutes to go the time must be extended by 5 minutes. > I really am at a loss how to do this. > Can it be done. > > TIA > > George > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [PHP] timer in PHP
there is no sure way, but using cookies/sessions you can make something that will *work* . assign the user a session_id, every time the user makes an entry add a value to the db, session_id = $SessionID next_time = time() + 120 every time you make an entry, check to make sure that next_time < time() if it is then proceed, else update next_time = time + 300; If you need a code example email me, I'll whip something up :) -- Chris Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] ""george"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message 9b1p05$t6c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:9b1p05$t6c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... I need to have a time running and after a certain time it will not allow you to submit anything else, on top of that if someone makes an entry with less than 2 minutes to go the time must be extended by 5 minutes. I really am at a loss how to do this. Can it be done. TIA George -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To contact the list administrators, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
