I use an application that has a web browser engine built in and every time I open the app there is some code executing a hyperlink and pulling up a HTML page to a specific place on the page. This action changes according to if it is AM or PM and the date.
Example: from 00:00 to 11:59 during the same day you will see the same starting place on the page any time this app is opened. From 12:00 to 23:59 during the same day you will see something different from the AM but it will be the same for the 12 hour time period. The next day the AM section and the PM do the same thing but on a different place on the page. Each day this behavior repeats but each day the place on the page is new. The page that is called has name anchors through out the page. It is these name anchors that are being called on the page. I said all that to ask this. I want to do the same thing using PHP script. Can this be done? I know PHP is server side script. I am not sure which date/time function to use. I assume that "if else" statements will be needed. I don't know how to get PHP to execute the hyperlink when the page opens. Basically the PHP code would execute something like this: Get the current date and time, find the matching name anchor that reflects the current month and day and if it is AM or PM and then display the correct place on the page. I am still learning PHP so this as been a little more than I can figure out right now. Just trying to figure out how to use all the date time functions is confusing. I do know how to use date() that one was easy to figure out. I don't know if I should be using date() or getdate() If I could figure out the start and end of the script I could probably figure this out. I think the middle with the "if else" statements will be easy to figure out. Every time I try to figure out these date time functions I get syntax errors. I can't figure out what the PHP manual says about these functions. Any body have any ideas? Thanks, -- Jack "The Rhino" Gates, Registered Linux user #342662 Morning Star Communications, www.morningstarcom.net Web Hosting, Site Design, Domain Registration, VMware Workstation Software and GSX Server Software -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
