Re: How give a 'timed' online quiz?

I would use javascript... have javascript sleep for the time period, then switch a hidden variable to indicate they didn't finish, then submit the form. It's not bullet proof in that I could just turn javascript off on my machine, but it works... -philip In article <3B784270.8000208@businesswebs.com>, Tom Henry <tomhenry@businesswebs.com> wrote: > >Hi > >Could someone steer me in the right direction for this one - I can't >seem to see the forest for the trees. > >I want to be able to show the user a set of _quiz_ questions - and >almost simultaneously (that part's not critical bit) start a _timer_ for >the quiz session. > >The critical bit is that if the preset "time allowed" expires -- I need >to interrupt the user, capture their answer up to that point in time, >and send them to the examiner. > >Of course if they finish inside the time limit by submitting the quiz >form - we would just kill the session. > >SO - how do I interrupt the user after a set period of time???? > > >Thanks for any/all clues for this one. >Tom > > >-- >PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) >To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net >For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net >To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net