php code to unpublish html string after a specific date

[MPC]

I'm wondering if anyone could post the PHP code I would need to do the following logic:

If current date is less or equal to August 01 2010 + 120 days, then post this HTML code, else post nothing.



I'm looking to setup an automatic link expiry thingy.

[Mike]

Sorry if this isn't helpful but it was the fastest thing I could put together (I'm a little rusty).

I wrote a quick function that you can put anywhere you like on the page / site / whatever and whenever you call that function, it will automatically check the html you enter for whatever parameters you set.

Here's the function:

<?php
function check_expiration ($month, $day, $year, $purchasedays, $html) {
    $today = time();
    $date = mktime(0,0,0,$month,$day,$year);
    $purchasetime = "+" . $purchasedays . " days";
    $expire = strtotime($purchasetime,$date);
    if ($today < $expire) {
        echo $html;
    }
}
?>

And to call the function, just paste this code where your html should go:

<?php check_expiration(8,1,2010,120,'HTML GOES HERE'); ?>

The first three numbers would be the purchase date (or start date) of the link in the format month,day,year.
The fourth number is the number of days to display the html
And the fifth spot is where the actual html goes

Like I said, I'm not sure if this is helpful or not, but it was the best way I could come up with doing it without having to repeat all kinds of code over and over and over again.

[MPC]

Thanks Mike, that sounds like it's exactly what I wanted. I'll play around with it this weekend. I'm sure others would be interested in this too.