How to create an expiration date?

[csun]

hello, anybody that knows how to create an expiration date?

eg: At September 31, 2007 on that day, it will expire....

thanks

[Rakuli]

What would be expiring?

You could check using something like

PHP: Select all

$expiry = "August 31 2007"; // US date format
 
 
// Check the expiry converted to a timestamp against the current timestamp
if (time() > strtotime($expiry))
    echo 'Expired!';
else
    echo 'You can drink that milk, it\'s still good'; 

[alexgeek]

i think he means,
you know when you fill in a form,
and the page is created dynamically,
and when you realise you need to go back,
you get an annoying page to tell you the page has expired -_-

[simonb]

could i use that code on a artical on my blog.

[alexgeek]

Originally Posted by simonb

could i use that code on a artical on my blog.

I guess,
I don't know the code but i can the downside that it won't get indexed by search engines

[simonb]

no i mean teach people that code and so them

[alexgeek]

if you know the code you could teach it.

found this:

To expire the content immediately after viewing, use the code: Code:
<meta HTTP-EQUIV="Expires" CONTENT="0">

[csun]

thanks for the reply guys, what if a coupon has expired on the date given and it will automatically removed or moved to archived

is there a script on it..

[dab42pat]

heres an interesting thread on the use of coupons. I dont know if its relevant to you, if it is it has some interesting info.

http://forum.abestweb.com/showthread.php?t=90797