A Program to Control Minors from Accessing an Online Store - Coursework Example

The age format that has been input is verified using an age PHP function: function age ($birthdate) {} The age difference of the user is calculated by comparing the age that has been input by the user and the current day and time that the process is taking place. It is possible by virtue of a PHP inbuilt function:function (age) {return floor ($age / $year)} This function returns the age difference of the user trying to shop from the website.If else function determines if the user will proceed.

If the user is above 18 years, he will be allowed to proceed by displaying “you are Welcome, Click on the link below to proceed” and upon clicking the link will be taken to a page where he can shop. Else if the age difference is below 18 years a“We are sorry you cannot shop here” message will be displayed to them and no link will be provided to them to continue shopping. 

The solutions to this problem are through other methods like:- verifying the age of the user through the registration process that will only allow registration of users the age of 18 years and above. It reduces the redundancy of verifying the age of the user every time they are making a purchase.- verifying the age of the user through checking credit card information that also captures the age of the credit card holder.- Getting age information from legal databases like government registration databases.