Question

Is this possible using jQuery/PHP? I am looking to have my webpage automatically go to a different web page at a certain time of day. For example, i have a ‘breakfast’ page that is supposed to auto-redirect to the ‘Lunch’ (www.mylunchpage.com) page at noon. Then the lunch page go to ‘Dinner’ (www.mydinnerpage.com) page at 5pm. I want it all based on time of day on not on a timer.

Yes, the browser will be open all day…

Any idea on how to make this work? Any advise will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

The Javascript function setInterval() can be used to check at certain intervals (every minute, every 5 minutes, etc.) to see what time it is. If the current time hits one of your targets, you redirect.

Something like:

function checkTime()
{
  var date = new Date();
  var hour = date.getHours();
  var min = date.getMinutes();

  if (hour == 12 && min == 0)
    window.location = 'noon.html';
  else if (hour == 17 && min == 0)
    window.location == '5pm.html';
}

$(document).ready(function(){
  setInterval(checkTime, 60000); // This will run checkTime every minute
});