Re: Comparing file creating dates...

Ryan S wrote:

Hey all, Heres what i am trying to do: When someone sends a message from my site, i take their ip address and make a file with their ip address in a directory called "hash-directory", the file looks like this: 169.34.534.243.txt I want to make sure they cant send too many messages because of the potential to spam, so I want to limit them to sending a message every X number of minutes... heres what i have written (its not working for some damn reason) ############# Start PHP file ################ if(isset($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'])) {$rem_address=$_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];} $directory_with_files="hash-directory/"; $threshold = strtotime('-2 minutes'); echo "File created on: <b>".$rem_address .".txt - ". date("F d Y H:i:s.", filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address.".txt"))." ".$file_time_details[0]."</b><br><br>"; if (file_exists($directory_with_files.$rem_address.".txt"))

    {

        if (getdate(filectime($directory_with_files.$rem_address.".txt")) < $threshold)

From the manual This returns a timestamp int strtotime ( string $time [, int $now ] ) This returns an hash array with all the date/time info in it. array getdate ([ int $timestamp ] ) You are trying to compare two things that are completely different. Get rid of the getdate() function. All you need is the filectime() call, it returns a unix timestamp.

            {echo "<b>Please wait more than 1 minute before posting.</b><br>";}
                else{echo "<b>Enough time has elapsed.</b><br>";}
    }

############# END PHP file ################ Where am I going wrong? Thanks! Ryan ------ - The faulty interface lies between the chair and the keyboard. - Creativity is great, but plagiarism is faster! - Smile, everyone loves a moron. :-)

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