A date detector of some sort

[Bardius]

What I'm in need of doing by can't get my head around is something that will check whether a download has been added or updated in the past x days.

You've got a date the downloads been added/updated on one side. And on the other corner we've got the current date. My problem is that I haven't got the faintest clue on how to compare/relate the two.

Help will be appreciated.

[revium]

Bardius - depending on the format that you have your date in, what I would do is convert the date to a timestamp and then compare it to the current timestamp.

// this converts current date to a timestamp
$date1 = strtotime($date1);
// set this in seconds to however far back you want to check
$offset = 86400;

// time() gives you the current timestamp
if ($date1 > (time() - $offset) {
// a download has been done within the past x days
// do something
}
else {
// do something else
}

hope this gives you a starting point

[Marshall]

To retrieve the date that a file on the local filesystem was last modified you can use the filemtime() function. A modification of the above example would look like the following:

/* Retrieve the last modification date for your file */
$date1 = filemtime('/path/to/your/file.ext');
if($date1) { 
   /* set this in seconds to however far back you want to check */
   $offset = 86400; 

   /* time() gives you the current timestamp */
   if ($date1 > time() - $offset) { 
      /* the file has been modified within the past x days so do something */
   } else { 
      /* do something else */
   }
} else {
   /* Oops, the file was not found */
} 

- Marshall