Time managment

[Dr3amz]

Ohh gods of browser-based games here my prayers  -|-

i am trying to make a job system where you can buy a upgrade and depending on that upgrade work like 3 or 4 or 5... hours and you will have to wait that time to get the money, problem is i have no idear how to go about this...    T_T

Tks to all response.   

[Zeggy]

You could use cron jobs if the time to work is regular and in whole hours

Or, use timestamps. Save the timestamps of when the job begins and the time it takes to the database. Then, in a header file or in a cron job, check the timestamp and update all the jobs that have completed.

[Equinox]

Add a field into the DB where when they upgrade it inputs a timestamp, and then when it reaches x hours after, it can then do what the upgrade is meant to do, or show as the upgrade is complete when looking.

EDIT: and Zeggy thought the same and posted same time as me lol

[Dr3amz]

whats the code to make a time live like you can see it count down iv tested it just now but time is not counting down...    -_-


this is what i put as code :

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echo "$left Seconds Left";

[dNs]

http://forums.aspfree.com/code-bank-54/javascript-countdown-timer-89373.html

[JGadrow]

To do the 'count-down' you will need to use a client-side technology (such as JavaScript) or set a meta tag telling the browser to refresh itself, but that would get annoying real fast