note 100785 deleted from datetime.diff by danbrown

Note Submitter: Sam Henry ---- A minor modification of acrion's function makes it possible to get the difference in time between now and a past or future date by passing in a date/time string instead of a datetime object. Change the 'away' and 'ago' strings to suit your needs. <?php function datetime_diff($datetime){ $now = new DateTime('now'); $interval = date_create($datetime)->diff($now); $suffix = ($interval->invert) ? ' away' : ' ago'; if ($v = $interval->y >= 1) return pluralize($interval->y,'year') . $suffix; if ($v = $interval->m >= 1) return pluralize($interval->m,'month') . $suffix; if ($v = $interval->d >= 1) return pluralize($interval->d,'day') . $suffix; if ($v = $interval->h >= 1) return pluralize($interval->h,'hour') . $suffix; if ($v = $interval->i >= 1) return pluralize($interval->i,'minute') . $suffix; return pluralize($interval->s,'second') . $suffix; } //Example echo datetime_diff('2000-01-01'); ?>