Question

Im coding a text-based mafia game in norwegian and need help with time detection. So here’s the deal. In way to delete a mysql-record if time since a player bought the product is over midnight (24 hours clock). Here is what I tried, but in unsure it’s the best method:

// Har livvakt? (Has bodyguard)
if($this->isTheftProtected($user_id)){
  $sql = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `UserTing` WHERE t_meta = '2' AND t_owner = '".$user_id."'");
  $rows = mysql_fetch_array($sql);

  $timeThen = date("Hi", $rows["t_time"]);
  $theNow = date("Hi");

  if($timeThen > 0000){
    // Slett produktet <- Delete here... past midnight.
  } else {
    // Behold.
  }
} else {
  return;
}

So, is there a better way. Should time() be considered to be used? Its really how to do this that my question is.
Regards. 😉

Answer 1

You might need to add cronjob or just run this query before SELECT to delete old records.

DELETE FROM `t1` WHERE DATE(`created`) < CURDATE();

JOINS also can be used…