If requirements are met when you click the button it will display a count down timer. Problem is it displays the countdown timer BEFORE you even click the button. I'm not sure what I'm overlooking.
<input id="upgrade" type="button" value="Upgrade" onclick="timer();" />
<br><br><br><br>
<p id="countdown_timer"></p>
<script>
function display_timer(){
document.getElementById("countdown_timer").innerHTML = "<span id='countdown' class='timer'></span>";
}
</script>
<script>
var currently_upgrading = 0;
var current_ore = 398;
var current_crystal = 398;
var upgradeTime = 172801;
var seconds = upgradeTime;
function timer() {
if(currently_upgrading == 1){alert('You are already upgrading a module.');return;}
if(current_ore <= 299){alert('You need more ore.');return;}
if(current_crystal <= 299){alert('You need more crystal.');return;}
display_timer();
var days = Math.floor(seconds/24/60/60);
var hoursLeft = Math.floor((seconds) - (days*86400));
var hours = Math.floor(hoursLeft/3600);
var minutesLeft = Math.floor((hoursLeft) - (hours*3600));
var minutes = Math.floor(minutesLeft/60);
var remainingSeconds = seconds % 60;
if (remainingSeconds < 10) {
remainingSeconds = "0" + remainingSeconds;
}
document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = days + ":" + hours + ":" + minutes + ":" + remainingSeconds;
if (seconds == 0) {
clearInterval(countdownTimer);
document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = "Completed";
} else {
seconds--;
}
}
var countdownTimer = setInterval('timer()', 1000);
</script>
Try changing the last lines of timer()
to be like this:
if (seconds == 0) {
document.getElementById('countdown').innerHTML = "Completed";
} else {
seconds--;
setTimeout(timer, 1000);
}
and remove the setInterval
line.
Speaking generally, setTimeout
is much preferred to setInterval
, because it doesn't require a managed state (countdownTimer
in your example) and is far more flexible.
Also note that passing a string as in setTimeout('timer()', 1000)
is obsolete, just pass a function: setTimeout(timer, ...)
.
This line
var countdownTimer = setInterval('timer()', 1000);
will execute 1 second after the page loads as well as on the button click and this calls the display_timer
function.
you have called it in setInterval function, so it will starts immediately , because setInterval function runs after page loads and not on click and setInterval uses your function
You need to move countdownTimer
variable into your timer()
function.