I am developing a results checker. How do I set an expiring date for a scratch card when a student first used it in PHP. Like weac scratch card

dodoisk:
I am developing a results checker. How do I set an expiring date for a scratch card when a student first used it in PHP. Like weac scratch card

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dodoisk:
I am developing a results checker. How do I set an expiring date for a scratch card when a student first used it in PHP. Like weac scratch card

use ur date function. as in one of the ways to do this is having an expiring date column for the pin on ur database.

on every process to check a result, first check the current date, fetch the expiring date from d database, use an if-statement to check if d pin has expired or not.


there are several ways to do this.

Jas80:


use ur date function. as in one of the ways to do this is having an expiring date column for the pin on ur database.

on every process to check a result, first check the current date, fetch the expiring date from d database, use an if-statement to check if d pin has expired or not.


there are several ways to do this.

This is correct but you missed out a step where the expiry date has to be initially set,
On the first use of the card,
- check if the expiry date is set in the database, if No,
- check the current date then add the duration of expiry to it and save the new date in an expiry date column in the database, thereafter you can follow the steps stated above on every process to check result.

dragnet:

This is correct but you missed out a step where the expiry date has to be initially set,
On the first use of the card,
- check if the expiry date is set in the database, if No,
- check the current date then add the duration of expiry to it and save the new date in an expiry date column in the database, thereafter you can follow the steps stated above on every process to check result.

Hi, kindly check your mail.

Try something like
$expirationDate = Time(Date("d",strtotime("+2 days" )));
That should return the Unix timestamp of 2 days later which you can add to the database on first use after testing if it equates the current Unix timestamp.
I've not tested that line of code but it should work.
cheers

dragnet:

This is correct but you missed out a step where the expiry date has to be initially set,
On the first use of the card,
- check if the expiry date is set in the database, if No,
- check the current date then add the duration of expiry to it and save the new date in an expiry date column in the database, thereafter you can follow the steps stated above on every process to check result.

Hi, kindly check your mail..

dragnet:

This is correct but you missed out a step where the expiry date has to be initially set,
On the first use of the card,
- check if the expiry date is set in the database, if No,
- check the current date then add the duration of expiry to it and save the new date in an expiry date column in the database, thereafter you can follow the steps stated above on every process to check result.

Hi, kindly check your mail.