Searching for a date changing script

RonaldS

RonaldS

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Hey,
I had seen this implemented on some other site, I forgot the name now.. Basically, you have a flog, with fake comments and the dates of the comments change as per the user's computer clock. Basically they should be current date less 3-4 days. So if today is 20June, the comments should show 'posted on 16th june' etc.... and so on.. Any idea where I can pick this up.


Also on a side note, does anyone know where I can get a 'download digital product' script for free? I sell digital products and when the user enters his email address, I want the script to mail him the download link of my digital product
 


RonaldS said:
lol and what about the date changing script??
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replace the date with this:

Code: 
<?php echo date('Y-m-d', time() - (86400 * rand(2,4)) );?>


86400 = seconds in a day

rand(2,4) -> 2,3,or 4 days ago
 
jryan21 said:
replace the date with this:

Code: 
<?php echo date('Y-m-d', time() - (86400 * rand(2,4)) );?>


86400 = seconds in a day

rand(2,4) -> 2,3,or 4 days ago
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thanks for getting back to me, but i dont know how to use this. BTW i have an html file and not a php file. Also, I have the date as 'Sun Jul 04, 2010 6:33 PM' (notice the time and all)

I also want the first comment to have an earlier date than the second and the second comment to have an earlier date than the third..etc..
 
Rexibit said:
Add this to your .htaccess file and you can add PHP code into your HTML files.

Code: 
## Allow HTML to be parsed as PHP ##
RemoveHandler .html .htm
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php .htm .html
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thanks, will try it out
 
If you know how many comments per page:

Code: 
<?php 

$num_comments = 4; // set this to be the number of comments per page
$now = time();
$dates = array();
$dates[0] = ($now - (86400 * rand(2,4)));

if($num_comments > 0)
	for($i=1;$i<$num_comments;$i++)
		$dates[$i] = rand( $dates[$i-1], $now );


$dates = array_reverse($dates); // arranges in desc order for array_pop()
?>



<?php 

//------------------------------sample output(remove)
foreach($dates as $i)
	echo date('D M d, Y h:i A', array_pop($dates)) . '<br />'; 
	
/*
 produces something like:

Sun Aug 01, 2010 06:15 PM
Mon Aug 02, 2010 08:27 AM
Tue Aug 03, 2010 04:42 AM
Tue Aug 03, 2010 04:57 AM


*/
//-----------------------------------------(end remove)------

//to use, remove or comment out the above lines of code for sample output 
// and insert the line below into the page for as many times as you have 
// specified in $num_comments.

// each time you use, it will print a later date than before.  
// If you use it more times than $num_comments, you will likely get an error,or
// Thu Jan 01, 1970 12:00 AM
?>


<?php echo date('D M d, Y h:i A', array_pop($dates)) . '<br />'; ?>
 
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