note 54942 added to function.time

From: Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 10:40:23 +0000
Subject: note 54942 added to function.time
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Too many people are doing this in here and its BAD programming practice: BAD: <? $timeinfuture = time() + 60 * 60; ?> GOOD: <? $timeinfuture = strtotime("+1 hour"); ?> Reasoning: Leap days / seconds etc. If you are doing things like +1 day, and a leap year comes around, then you start doing things an hour out for six months of the year. Please see the strtotime function. (Ok ok I will accept people doing things like time + 10 etc for very small movements but anything that is 60*60*anything is not right) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+54942 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54942&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54942&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54942&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54942&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54942&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+54942&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+54942&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php

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