/**
* Calculates a difference between two dates
* @see http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php
* @param integer $datetime1
* @param integer $datetime2
* @param boolean $absolute
* @return string Something like this: 1 year. 2 mon. 6 day. 4 hours. 21 min. 10 sec.
*/
public static function diffAsText($datetime1, $datetime2, $absolute = false)
{
if (!$datetime1 instanceof \DateTimeInterface) {
$datetime1 = new static($datetime1);
}
if (!$datetime2 instanceof \DateTimeInterface) {
$datetime2 = new static($datetime2);
}
$interval = $datetime1->diff($datetime2, $absolute);
$str = '';
$str .= $interval->y ? $interval->y . ' year. ' : '';
$str .= $interval->m ? $interval->m . ' mon. ' : '';
$str .= $interval->d ? $interval->d . ' day. ' : '';
$str .= $interval->h ? $interval->h . ' hour. ' : '';
$str .= $interval->i ? $interval->i . ' min. ' : '';
$str .= $interval->s || $str === '' ? $interval->s . ' sec. ' : '';
return rtrim($str);
}
/**
* Convenience method for getting the remaining time from a given time.
*
* @param \DateTime|\DateTimeImmutable $datetime The date to get the remaining time from.
* @return \DateInterval|bool The DateInterval object representing the difference between the two dates or FALSE on failure.
*/
public static function fromNow($datetime)
{
$timeNow = new static();
return $timeNow->diff($datetime);
}
/**
* Convert number of seconds into a DateInterval object.
*
* @param int $seconds Number of seconds to parse
* @return DateInterval
* @see DateInterval https://php.net/DateInterval
*/
public static function secondsToInterval($seconds)
{
$epoch = new static('@0');
return $epoch->diff(new static("@{$seconds}"));
}
