note 96097 added to function.time

Here is a version for the difference code that displays "ago" code. It does use some precision after the time difference is longer than a day. ( ie days are more than 60 * 60 * 24 hours long ) <?php function ago($datefrom,$dateto=-1) { // Defaults and assume if 0 is passed in that // its an error rather than the epoch if($datefrom==0) { return "A long time ago"; } if($dateto==-1) { $dateto = time(); } // Make the entered date into Unix timestamp from MySQL datetime field $datefrom = strtotime($datefrom); // Calculate the difference in seconds betweeen // the two timestamps $difference = $dateto - $datefrom; // Based on the interval, determine the // number of units between the two dates // From this point on, you would be hard // pushed telling the difference between // this function and DateDiff. If the $datediff // returned is 1, be sure to return the singular // of the unit, e.g. 'day' rather 'days' switch(true) { // If difference is less than 60 seconds, // seconds is a good interval of choice case(strtotime('-1 min', $dateto) < $datefrom): $datediff = $difference; $res = ($datediff==1) ? $datediff.' second ago' : $datediff.' seconds ago'; break; // If difference is between 60 seconds and // 60 minutes, minutes is a good interval case(strtotime('-1 hour', $dateto) < $datefrom): $datediff = floor($difference / 60); $res = ($datediff==1) ? $datediff.' minute ago' : $datediff.' minutes ago'; break; // If difference is between 1 hour and 24 hours // hours is a good interval case(strtotime('-1 day', $dateto) < $datefrom): $datediff = floor($difference / 60 / 60); $res = ($datediff==1) ? $datediff.' hour ago' : $datediff.' hours ago'; break; // If difference is between 1 day and 7 days // days is a good interval case(strtotime('-1 week', $dateto) < $datefrom): $day_difference = 1; while (strtotime('-'.$day_difference.' day', $dateto) >= $datefrom) { $day_difference++; } $datediff = $day_difference; $res = ($datediff==1) ? 'yesterday' : $datediff.' days ago'; break; // If difference is between 1 week and 30 days // weeks is a good interval case(strtotime('-1 month', $dateto) < $datefrom): $week_difference = 1; while (strtotime('-'.$week_difference.' week', $dateto) >= $datefrom) { $week_difference++; } $datediff = $week_difference; $res = ($datediff==1) ? 'last week' : $datediff.' weeks ago'; break; // If difference is between 30 days and 365 days // months is a good interval, again, the same thing // applies, if the 29th February happens to exist // between your 2 dates, the function will return // the 'incorrect' value for a day case(strtotime('-1 year', $dateto) < $datefrom): $months_difference = 1; while (strtotime('-'.$months_difference.' month', $dateto) >= $datefrom) { $months_difference++; } $datediff = $months_difference; $res = ($datediff==1) ? $datediff.' month ago' : $datediff.' months ago'; break; // If difference is greater than or equal to 365 // days, return year. This will be incorrect if // for example, you call the function on the 28th April // 2008 passing in 29th April 2007. It will return // 1 year ago when in actual fact (yawn!) not quite // a year has gone by case(strtotime('-1 year', $dateto) >= $datefrom): $year_difference = 1; while (strtotime('-'.$year_difference.' year', $dateto) >= $datefrom) { $year_difference++; } $datediff = $year_difference; $res = ($datediff==1) ? $datediff.' year ago' : $datediff.' years ago'; break; } return $res; ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 96.61.235.54 ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.time.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/96097 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/96097 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/96097 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php