Seconds Cron

[Razor42]

Hi there,

For the current feature I am coding people will be able to recruit soldiers and there will be a set recruit time on the soldier which it will take to recruit the soldier. This time will be measured in seconds. I am wondering if their is any way in which I can create a cron which runs down in seconds for this feature? As there will also be quite a few other features that will be required to run down in seconds aswell or would I be better using timestamps or what?

Thanks in advance,

Razor42

[KyleMassacre]

Timestamps would be the best way to go in my opinion

[sniko]

Depending on the length. (1 day can still be measured in seconds, so you're not being overly specific).

Say the time is 2 seconds, or something equivalent to a minor duration;

• Put time period in a session
  
• Match it to current time, using PHP
  
  • The time period will be stored in a session using PHP, so timezones won't apply
    

  [*]If the time period is still active (i.e: session time is greater than current time), don't execute the recruitment

 

Say the time is a few minutes (5, or perhaps even more)

• Use timestamps ('cron'-way, or session way, entirely up to you)
  

 

Say the time is a few hours, or above

• Use servers automatic tasks; crons
  

 

:)

[Razor42]

The current times span from 5 -300 seconds.

Also there will be an option to boost the time to 0 with "medals". Would either option affect this?

[Dayo]

to do what you want you would have to run a cron every second! it would be much easier to use a timestamp

i.e.

// When updating the DB
$newts = time()+5; // 5 second wait

$db->query("UPDATE `userstats` SET `newwait`=$newts WHERE id=$userid");


//then when checking run this code
if (time()<$ir['newwait']) {
   echo 'You have to wait for '.($ir['newwait']-time()).' seconds';
}

[Dave]

Realistically I would strive to never have a cron running under 30 minutes.

Definitely use timestamps for something like this, means you can print out the exact number of seconds until the event happens as well.

[Razor42]

Thanks guys!

Really appreciate the help!

[Razor42]

Have sorted this issue and the timezone works perfect!! Thanks guys!