How can monthly billing for codes be implemented effectively in a PHP application?

To implement monthly billing for codes in a PHP application, you can create a database table to store subscription information including start date, end date, and status. Then, you can create a script that checks the current date against the end date of each subscription and charges the user accordingly if the subscription is active.

// Check subscription status and charge user if subscription is active
$currentDate = date('Y-m-d');
$query = "SELECT * FROM subscriptions WHERE end_date >= '$currentDate' AND status = 'active'";
$result = mysqli_query($conn, $query);

while($row = mysqli_fetch_assoc($result)) {
    // Charge the user for the subscription
    $subscriptionId = $row['id'];
    $userId = $row['user_id'];
    $amount = $row['amount'];
    
    // Implement payment processing logic here
    
    // Update subscription status to 'paid'
    $updateQuery = "UPDATE subscriptions SET status = 'paid' WHERE id = $subscriptionId";
    mysqli_query($conn, $updateQuery);
}