Compare days old to current date?

[youradds]

Ok, this may sound weird, but I'm trying to make one of my scripts have a 3 day trial. The idea behind it is that it works for 3 days, and then it will display a message saying the trial is up. If the file b.inc is there, then the purchase should have been made, so they get unlimited use.

So far I have;

if (!is_file("admin/b.inc") { 

// something here to get the date of the file, and see how old it is...if over 3 days, or 72 hours, then show a message. This is where I'm stuck.. I tried using fileatime() and getdate() to compare the dates...but it didnt work right :(IF anyone could help me, it would be much appreciated :)

}

Thanks

 

[AnakinPt]

well

you can always save the timestamp of the begining of the trial (stored in $trial)

$days3=3 * 24 * 60 * 60;
if ((time()-$trial)>=$days3){
// trial is over
}
Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com

 

[youradds]

So your saying, make a variable when installed, called $trial, and then use this code to see if it has expired?

 

[AnakinPt]

no, store it in the database ...

i just presumed you fetched that value to that var.

Anikin
Hugo Alexandre Dias
Web-Programmer
anikin_jedi@hotmail.com

 

[KarveR]

this will get you the date of the file creation/last modified.
filemtime("admin/b.inc&quot ***************************************
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