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PHP

Adam maitland
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Adam maitland
Courses Plus Student 211 Points
Posted by Adam maitland
Adam maitland
Courses Plus Student 211 Points

Very simple php timer (looking for an explanation to why its not working)

Why can't this code work ? 

<?php 

$timeGet = time();
$timeM = time()+10;
$time = date('H:i:s', $timeGet);

 while($time != $timeN) {

        echo $time;

    }

?>
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

edited to format code

2 Answers

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points
Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

You should look at the conditional statement. 

<?php
$timeGet = time();
$timeM = time()+10; 
$time = date('H:i:s', $timeGet);

while($time != $timeN) { // you do not have a variable named $timeN,

//change to $timeM
?>
Adam maitland
Adam maitland
Courses Plus Student 211 Points
Adam maitland
Adam maitland
Courses Plus Student 211 Points

Thanks Jacob not sure how I missed that! but its still not working, I can't see any reason to why its not working

Jacob Mishkin
Jacob Mishkin
23,118 Points

I'm not sure, but from reading the documentation for php I believe you are not setting everything you need in order for this to work.

here is I think a better explanation than what I can provide.

php docs

Lindsay Sauer
Lindsay Sauer
12,029 Points
Lindsay Sauer
Lindsay Sauer
12,029 Points

time() returns a Unix timestamp, and your $time variable is formatted as a date. So you're comparing a date-formatted string to a timestamp int:

 While (06:54:19 != 1455893669)

In your while loop, try comparing $timeGet to $timeM. Also, you'll need to change the value of $timeGet in the while loop, otherwise you'll be in an infinite loop. 

 while($timeGet < $timeN) {
       $timeGet = time();
 }