I need to compare two Unix timestamps and I'm having trouble with the math. I know a Unix timestamp is the number of seconds since January 1, 1970. But I'm doing something wrong with the math. I'm trying to detect whether it has been 3 minutes from when the file was last modified. Here is my code:
if (file_exists($filename)) {
$filemodtime = filemtime($filename);
}
$three_min_from_now = mktime(0, 3, 0, 0, 0, 0);
if (time() >= $filemodtime + $three_min_from_now) {
// do stuff
} else {
// do other stuff
}
But the else clause keeps being satisfied, not the if, even when the if should be true. I think the issue is my math. Can someone help? Thanks.