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PHP code to make a dynamic countdown timer
Here, we will learn how to design/make a dynamic countdown time using PHP code? Here, we are setting a last date time till countdown time will run.
Submitted by IncludeHelp, on October 15, 2017 [Last updated : March 12, 2023]
PHP - Dynamic Countdown Timer
Sometimes, we need to announce something on the website or want to wish any festival to our readers then we need a kind of timer (we can say, it is countdown timer) to be displayed on the website.
In this post, we are writing PHP code that will display a countdown timer for "Diwali" on the webpage.
In this code,
- We are using a function strtotime() which is used to artificially generate the timestamp for a selected date and time.
- We are defining date and time for festival “Diwali”, which is known as target date time, the value is "2017-10-19 12:00:00.
- And, as a current date time we are using now which gives current date and time.
PHP code (with HTML) to display countdown timer
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>PHP Countdown Timer</title>
</head>
<body>
<?php
$diwali = strtotime("2017-10-19 12:00:00"); // or whenever the diwali is
$current=strtotime('now');
$diffference =($diwali-$current);
$days=floor($diffference / (60*60*24));
echo "$days days left on Diwali";
?>
</br>
<?php
$image_url='http://happydiwali2016imageshd.in/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/Diwali-GIF-1.gif';
?>
<img src="<?php echo $image_url;?>">
</body>
</html>
Output
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