note 59105 added to function.fmod

A more formal way for generating duration strings: <?php function duration( $int_seconds=0, $if_reached=null ) { $key_suffix = 's'; $periods = array( 'year' => 31556926, 'month' => 2629743, 'day' => 86400, 'hour' => 3600, 'minute' => 60, 'second' => 1 ); // used to hide 0's in higher periods $flag_hide_zero = true; // do the loop thang foreach( $periods as $key => $length ) { // calculate $temp = floor( $int_seconds / $length ); // determine if temp qualifies to be passed to output if( !$flag_hide_zero || $temp > 0 ) { // store in an array $build[] = $temp.' '.$key.($temp!=1?'s':null); // set flag to false, to allow 0's in lower periods $flag_hide_zero = false; } // get the remainder of seconds $int_seconds = fmod($int_seconds, $length); } // return output, if !empty, implode into string, else output $if_reached return ( !empty($build)?implode(', ', $build):$if_reached ); } ?> Simple use: <?php echo duration( mktime(0, 0, 0, 1, 1, date('Y')+1) - time(), 'Some fancy message to output if duration is already met...' ); ?> Enjoy. :-) ---- Manual Page -- http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.fmod.php Edit -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=edit+59105 Delete: added to the manual -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes&reason=added+to+the+manual Delete: bad code -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes&reason=bad+code Delete: spam -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes&reason=spam Delete: useless -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes&reason=useless Delete: non-english -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes&reason=non-english Delete: already in docs -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes&reason=already+in+docs Delete: other reasons -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=delete+59105&report=yes Reject -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php?action=reject+59105&report=yes Search -- http://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php