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December 24th, 2006, 07:59 PM

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Question about updating users online.

Hi all.

I have some code, and it suppose to update users to offline every so often. But I'm not sure if it would work.

PHP Code:


		
			
 $inactive = time()-3600; 

//Wouldn't this never work

$sql->query("UPDATE " . pref . "users SET online='No' WHERE inactive < $inactive");

//Because it always updates everytime

$sql->query("UPDATE " . pref . "users SET inactive='$inactive'");

Am I wrong or what?

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Why do you need to mark people offline? Why not just count everyone that's been active within the last X minutes as online? Anyone that's inactive... well, is inactive. You don't care. No need for an "online" column at all, which is a waste anyhow.

$inactive is an integer, so don't use quotes around it in the query, also.

Are you updating the "inactive" column each time the user does something?

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December 24th, 2006, 08:30 PM

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Are you updating the "inactive" column each time the user does something?

Yes. I think I have it straight now. Thanks!

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