How can PHP be used to ensure that users can revisit a Flash movie if they navigate away from it before it ends?

To ensure that users can revisit a Flash movie if they navigate away from it before it ends, you can use PHP to store the current timestamp when the user starts watching the movie. Then, if the user navigates away and returns, you can compare the current timestamp with the stored timestamp to determine if the movie should resume from where it left off. 

session_start();

if(isset($_GET['watch_movie'])){
    $_SESSION['movie_start_time'] = time();
}

if(isset($_SESSION['movie_start_time'])){
    $elapsed_time = time() - $_SESSION['movie_start_time'];
    // Check if elapsed time is less than the total duration of the Flash movie
    if($elapsed_time < $total_duration){
        // Resume the Flash movie from where it left off
    } else {
        // User has watched the entire movie, reset the session variable
        unset($_SESSION['movie_start_time']);
    }
}

Keywords

PHP session management cookies Flash movie user navigation

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