note 105618 added to datetime.formats.relative

If your language uses plural endings that differ from the simple english "-s", then this function can help you constructing a human readable string of a duration based on seconds. The code is partially based on a similar function by http://icodesnippet.com/user/Sixer See below examples for the format that this function returns. <?php /** * readable_duration() * Takes a duration in seconds and returns a human readable string / array * * @param string duration in seconds * @param bool return concatenated string (TRUE) or array (FALSE) * @return string or array * @author naeon */ function readable_duration($seconds, $reduce_to_string = TRUE) { $values = array( 'w' => (int) ($seconds / 86400 / 7), // weeks 'd' => $seconds / 86400 % 7, // days 'h' => $seconds / 3600 % 24, // hours 'm' => $seconds / 60 % 60, // minutes 's' => $seconds % 60); // seconds // Example: German singulars & plurals // Deutsche Numeri $non_english_inflections = array( 'w' => array( "Woche", "Wochen" ), // weeks 'd' => array( "Tag", "Tage" ), // days 'h' => array( "Stunde", "Stunden" ), // hours 'm' => array( "Minute", "Minuten" ), // minutes 's' => array( "Sekunde", "Sekunden" ) // seconds ); $comma_delimiter = "," $and_delimiter = "und" // meaning "and" $non_zero_values = 0; if ($reduce_to_string) { foreach($values as $duration) if ($duration > 0) $non_zero_values++; } $result = array(); foreach ($values as $time_period => $duration) { if ($duration > 0) { switch ($duration) { case 1 : $temp = $duration." ".$non_english_inflections[$time_period][0]; break; default : $temp = $duration." ".$non_english_inflections[$time_period][1]; break; } if ($reduce_to_string) { if ($non_zero_values > 2) $temp .= $comma_delimiter; else if ($non_zero_values == 2) $temp .= " ".$and_delimiter; $non_zero_values--; } $result[] = $temp; } } if ($reduce_to_string) $result = join(' ', $result); return $result; } ?> Examples: <?php echo readable_duration("42"); // 42 Sekunden echo readable_duration("3660"); // 1 Stunde und 1 Minute echo readable_duration("1234567"); // 2 Wochen, 6 Stunden, 56 Minuten und 7 Sekunden print_r(readable_duration("1234567", FALSE)); // Array // ( // [0] => 2 Wochen // [1] => 6 Stunden // [2] => 56 Minuten // [3] => 7 Sekunden // ) ?> ---- Server IP: 69.147.83.197 Probable Submitter: 192.166.164.219 (proxied: 127.0.0.1) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.formats.relative.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/105618 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/105618 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/105618 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php