Question

I need to test current time against a datetime from database, if it has been 30 mins then execute code, if not then dont. This is where I am at and I am stuck:

$link = mysqli_connect("hostname", "username", "password", "database");
$q = "SELECT id FROM dwCache ORDER BY id DESC LIMIT 1";
$qu = mysqli_query($link, $q);

while($row=mysqli_fetch_array($qu, MYSQL_ASSOC)){
        $id = $row['id'];
        $cache = $row['cache'];
        $timest = $row['time'];
    }

$newTime = 
$difference = $timest
if($timest >= )

As you can see towards the bottom I lose it as I am not sure what to do.

$timest returns : 2013-02-01 12:36:01 as the format Y-m-d h-i-s

Apologies on double post, other deleted.

Answer 1

First convert $timest to timestamp

$time = strtotime($timest);

$curtime = time();

if(($curtime-$time) > 1800) {     //1800 seconds
  //do stuff
}