PHP Countdown Items Remaining Code??

by magicink Posted: 16 years ago 6 replies

I'm looking for a script that will display a number and drop it down 1 by 1 until its down to 1, for the purpose of simulating the number of available items remaining. It would be more realistic if the number didn't countdown at a consistent interval, but was a bit random.

I've done a lot of searching, but all I could find was countdowns to dates. Does anyone have a script for this that they would be willing to share?

Thanks.

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michael_gourlay 16 years ago

Do you want it to count down while the person is looking at the page (ie they see it going down)? If so, javascript may be a better option than PHP.
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- BizLeadMachine 16 years ago
  
  Countdown on page refresh? Or countdown without page reload?
  
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Damien Roche 16 years ago

You could use sessions to maintain consistency between page refreshes. It is very simple stuff - you could also use AJAX which would completely avoid people from peeking. However, I do think that's a little paranoid

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PHP Countdown Items Remaining Code??

magicink • 16 years ago • 6 replies

I'm looking for a script that will display a number and drop it down 1 by 1 until its down to 1, for the purpose of simulating the number of available items remaining. It would be more realistic if the number didn't countdown at a consistent interval, but was a bit random. I've done a lot of searching, but all I could find was countdowns to dates. Does anyone have a script for this that they would be willing to share?