Posted by Jerry Stuckle on 01/31/08 12:41

Jeff North wrote:
> On Thu, 31 Jan 2008 03:15:34 GMT, in comp.lang.php fb <fb@noway.com>
> <q3boj.26676$4w.24243@pd7urf2no> wrote:
>
>> | Hello. I was working on a .php page that asks a user a question, then,
>> | after the submit the answer (multiple choice) it takes data from a
>> | database and makes a new question. Let's say that they have 10
>> | questions to answer. I'd like to give them a time limit to answer these
>> | 10 questions. I was wondering if it is possible to make a timer in php,
>> | that counts down and won't reset every time a new question is pulled
>> | from the database (it seems this causes a refresh).
>> |
>> | If this is possible, could you please point me towards some code
>> | snippets? Many thanks
>> |
>> | fb
> The start and finish times need to be set within PHP.
> These values must be stored within session variables.
> On the web page use AJAX to get the current time every second.
> If the user is over the time limit then, on the web page, alert the
> user to this fact then, on a click of a button, move to the next
> question.
>
> Your ISP might send you a not so nice notice to stop abusing the
> system.
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Or, if you're going to be using Javascript anyway, no need for the trip
to the server. Just do a client-side timer.

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