Question

I use the php time() function to insert the time into a database after a user posts on my site. I store this value as an int. I believe the time() function inputs the number of seconds since like 1970. I now want to get the current time so I can subtract the two and get the time since the user’s post. I have a two questions regarding this process:

1. Does the time come from the user’s computer or somewhere on my server or somewhere else?
2. Is the time function stored as an Int the best way to do this?

Answer 1

Does the time come from the user’s
computer or somewhere on my server or
somewhere else?

• Its based on the server time

Is the time function stored as an Int
the best way to do this?

• As the value returned is int, storing in int is the way to go.