Difficult Javascript Problem!

[craig]

Hi guys,
Here's one to rack your brains over.
I want to use a javascript in order to change the color of some text depending on the current date. For example, i want to define 2 dates, and if the current date is within those 2 dates it displays one colored text and if it is outside that date it displays a different colored text.
To get an example of what i mean go to www.ecampsite.co.uk/somerset.php
If a campsite is open, the text will be green, and if it is closed it is orange. Is there any way to automate this with javascript??
Your input regarding this will be invaluable!
Thank you
Craig

[benbacardi]

cant you do that with php?

[craig]

i dont have have a database, would you be able to do it thru just php on a page, that would be a mega help!!!

[benbramz]

yeah you can use if statments, for example:

php:

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<? if $variable == "new" {
 echo "new text output or whatever" ;
} elseif $variable == "full"
echo "red text or whatever" ;
} else {
echo"green text" ;
}
?>

or even asp

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<% if variable = "full" then 
response.write "full dude"
elseif variable = "new" then
response.write"new or whatever"
else
response.write "woohoo we have places"
end if %>

make sense?

[craig]

how would i write an if statement, if the criteria was between 2 dates? and if the it is between the dates, it would change the text color to a different color.
Its not really whether we're full, but i think it would be somewhere along those lines!! Thank you so far!!!

[benbramz]

you see this would be easier if you had a database...

as each date will have to be a variable so you have to edit each page...so basicly just adding the colour yourself would be better...

if you had a database you could just have an admin backend and make the script do all the work...

[craig]

SOLVED - a good friend of mine (a bloody genius) has written some php code for me which solves my problem!!!
Craig

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function OCText($opendate,$closedate)
{
  if ( strtotime("now") > $opendate && strtotime("now") < $closedate )
  {
    return "Open";
  }
  else 
  {
    return "Closed";
  }
}

[benbramz]

there ya go then