I want to develop a system that perform specific task based on time however, if i use php time function for example if some 1 change the server time it affect my program any solution to avoid using server time?
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2php uses the servers time, so yes. – Oct 23 '18 at 05:05
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what do you mean "if someone changes the server time?" like an intruder? – Rotimi Oct 23 '18 at 05:40
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Look for php [cron jobs](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/18737407/how-to-create-cron-job-using-php) – Bobby Axe Oct 23 '18 at 06:08
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Yes an intruder – Muktar Muhammed Oct 24 '18 at 07:50
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I think that you could use a NTP server so your system won't depend on the server time but on a remote server.
There is an working code example in this answer: Retrieve Time from NTP server via PHP - Stack Overflow.
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