var countDownDate = new Date("<?php echo file_get_contents('wipetime.txt');?>").getTime();
I'm trying to make a countdown timer. The file "wipetime.txt" changes every few days so I'm trying to make it so I can grab the file when the page loads and countdown to that date.
The problem is that if I echo that php value somewhere on the page, it works. It displays the file contents. However, if I were to echo it inside countDownDate or even an alert, I get nothing. No error, just completely nothing.
I can't see anything wrong at all.
Edit: Heres the entire thing in case you wanna know
<!--Whitelist timer-->
<script>
var countDownDate = new Date("<?php echo file_get_contents('wipetime.txt');?>").getTime();
var x = setInterval(function() {
var now = new Date().getTime();
var distance = countDownDate - now;
var days = Math.floor(distance / (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24));
var hours = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60 * 24)) / (1000 * 60 * 60));
var minutes = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60 * 60)) / (1000 * 60));
var seconds = Math.floor((distance % (1000 * 60)) / 1000);
document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = "Whitelist expires in " + days + "d " + hours + "h "
+ minutes + "m " + seconds + "s ";
if (distance < 0) {
clearInterval(x);
document.getElementById("countdown").innerHTML = "EXPIRED";
}
}, 1000);
</script>
There is a possibility that the file wipetime.txt contains some special characters (maybe a carriage return). Two things you can do:
The code:
<?php
$content = file_get_contents('wipetime.txt');
$timeStr = trim($content); // should remove trailing characters like new lines.
?>
var countDownDate = new Date("<?php echo $timeStr;?>").getTime();