note 74374 deleted from function.time by bjori
| From: | bjori@php.net | Date: | Sun, 08 Apr 2007 16:21:03 +0000 |
| Subject: | note 74374 deleted from function.time by bjori | ||
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Note Submitter: spacefish at spacefish dot biz
Reason: bad code
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if you need to determine the days / hours / minutes / seconds between to timestamp you could use
this function. This is usable if you display time elapsed between last login e.t.c.
/**
* returns duration between two timestamps as an array
* days, hours, minutes, seconds
*
* @param int $start
* @param int $end
* @return array
* @author Timo Witte <spacefish@spacefish.biz>
* @licence GPL
*/
function duration($start, $end) {
// check parameters
if(!is_numeric($start) || !is_numeric($end)) {
user_error("both parameters should be timestamps!");
return false;
}
if($start > $end) {
user_error("don´t begin after you end!");
return false;
}
// difference
$diff = $end-$start;
$ret['days'] = floor($diff/86400);
$diff -= $ret['days']*86400;
$ret['hours'] = floor($diff/3600);
$diff -= $ret['hours']*3600;
$ret['minutes'] = floor($diff/60);
$diff -= $ret['minutes']*60;
$ret['seconds'] = floor($diff);
return $ret;
}