set timer on page access

**king1986** · May 7 '07, 04:54 PM

Please I need your helllllllllllp

hello everybody,
I'm a new member here, and I'm happy to be with you.
Please I'm a student and I need to finish my project as soon as possible, but I have a problem. Actually, my project is to do online exam system using php and Mysq and I need your help in php. I want to create a timer using php that will start counting the time when the student access the test page until it reach 10 minutes then it will submit the page and insert the data in to the database.
Please, I really need your help as soon as possible, and I will be grateful to you.
Thanks...

**MMcCarthy** · May 7 '07, 10:41 PM

You have posted in the Articles section. I am moving this question to the PHP forum.

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**pbmods** · May 7 '07, 11:32 PM

Originally posted by king1986

I want to create a timer using php that will start counting the time when the student access the test page until it reach 10 minutes then it will submit the page and insert the data in to the database.

Unfortunately, you can't do this directly with PHP. You can use JavaScript's setTimeout function to do this, or you could use a META tag (search for 'http-equiv=refresh') , though this wouldn't force the form to submit.

Alternatively, you could put each question on a separate page. On the first page, the program would set a session variable (we'll call it 'timeout') equal to the current time plus ten minutes (make sure you check for an existing timeout so Users can't cheat the system!).

When the User tries to load a page, you could then compare the stored timeout value to the current time. If $_SESSION['timeout'] <= time(), then the User's SOL, and he can't continue.

**MMcCarthy** · May 8 '07, 02:02 AM

To avoid confusion. These two threads have been merged.

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