PHP Countdown Timer Problem?

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I have coded a simple PHP Countdown Timer using this code:

list($date,$time)=explode(" ",$compounddate);
list($thour,$tminute,$tsecond)=explode(":",$time);
list($tyear,$tmonth,$tday)=explode(":",$date);
$date=str_replace(":","/",$date);
$target = mktime($thour,$tminute,$tsecond,$tmonth,$tday,$tyear) ;

$today = time () ;

$difference =($target-$today) ;

$days = floor(abs($difference/86400));

$hours = floor(abs($difference%86400/3600));

$minutes =floor(abs($difference%3600/60));

$seconds = floor(abs($difference%60));

$date = date("F d, Y ",strtotime($date));
$time = date("g:i:s A",strtotime($time));
$past_future="";
$boolpast_future=true;
if($difference<0) {
$past_future="<strong> Time since ".$date." at ".$time.": </strong>";
$boolpast_future=false;
}
else {
$past_future="<strong> Countdown to ".$date." at ".$time.": </strong>";
$boolpast_future=true;
}
}

($thour, $tminute, etc mean target hour, target minute...)
However, this code does not calculate the countdown time properly. How to fix this? Thanks!

Have you examined it yourself or you're just waiting before someone will do your work? — zerkms
– zerkms, Commented May 17, 2011 at 3:00

deceze · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-17 05:35:44Z

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date_default_timezone_set('Asia/Tokyo');

$target = new DateTime('2011-06-01 05:00:00');
$now = new DateTime;
$diff = $target->diff($now);

if ($target > $now) {
    echo $diff->format('%a days, %h hours, %i minutes to go');
} else {
    echo $diff->format('%a days, %h hours, %i minutes too late');
}

answered May 17, 2011 at 5:35

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