This timer uses PHP and jQuery to show the server time. The server time will be the same for all users whereas a Javascript timer would be dependent on the local time on the device.
Here is the php code to generate the time:
<?php
// end time 2012-9-30 24:59:59 with server time compensated three hours
$target = mktime (23, 59, 59, 9, 30, 2012)-(3*60*60);
$difference=$target-time();
$days=floor($difference/60/60/24);
$days_remainder=$difference%(60*60*24);
$hours=floor($days_remainder/60/60);
$hours_remainder=$days_remainder%(60*60);
$minutes=floor($hours_remainder/60);
$seconds=$hours_remainder%60;
if($days == 1){
echo "$days day $hours hours left";
}
else if($days > 1){
echo "$days days left";
}
else if($hours > 1){
echo "$hours hours $minutes min left";
}
else if($hours == 1){
echo "$hours hour $minutes min left";
}
else if($minutes > 0){
echo "$minutes min $seconds sec left";
}
else if($seconds > 0){
echo "$seconds sec left";
}
else {
echo "Auction Closed";
}
?>The code below displays the time. It assumes jquery is loaded on the page.
<p id='days_left'></p>
<script type='text/javascript'>
$(document).ready(function(){
/* auction timer */
auctionTimer();
setInterval(function(){auctionTimer()},1000);
function auctionTimer(){
console.log('check time');
$('#days_left').load('auction_timer.php');
}
}); </script>