Inspired by the comments at: http://dk.php.net/time and http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActionView/Helpers/DateHelper.html#M001695
0 <-> 29 secs # => less than a minute
30 secs <-> 1 min, 29 secs # => 1 minute
1 min, 30 secs <-> 44 mins, 29 secs # => [2..44] minutes
44 mins, 30 secs <-> 89 mins, 29 secs # => about 1 hour
89 mins, 29 secs <-> 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => about [2..24] hours
23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs <-> 47 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => 1 day
47 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs <-> 29 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => [2..29] days
29 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 30 secs <-> 59 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => about 1 month
59 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 30 secs <-> 1 yr minus 1 sec # => [2..12] months
1 yr <-> 2 yrs minus 1 secs # => about 1 year
2 yrs <-> max time or date # => over [2..X] years
Lots have changed since the last version. The WWDateTime class is no longer supported.
I have implemented a new class which takes a time string as parameter (and a
timezone if needed), and calculates the time between them.
By request from “lsolesen” (a guy from here on github) I did removed the whole
DateTime dependence thingy.
This class is here to give you the same functionality that DateTime::diff will give you.
However, this will work with PHP versions lower than 5.3.0
There are now two methods you can call: (well, 3, but two important ones!)
$timeAgo = new TimeAgo();
echo $timeAgo->inWords("2010/1/10 23:05:00");
// OR
echo timeAgoInWords("2010/1/10 23:05:00");
Both methods gives the same answer, the “timeAgoInWords()” function is just a
convenience wrapper for you.
Good news for you then!
I’ve implemented a nice little function that does just that for you. Simply do the
following:
$timeAgo = new TimeAgo();
$dateDifferenceArray = $timeAgo->dateDifference("2010/1/10 23:05:00");
This will return an array with the following data:
array(
);
Just if you wanted to try out the old “time ago” class, I’ve kept it in the project.
It will eventually be deleted, but hey, go have fun with it. Perhaps even extend it etc.
Bear in mind though, that the new DateTime::diff in PHP version 5.3.0 will eventually
replace it completely. (PHP 5.3.0 DateTime::diff link: http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php)
- dateDifference() calculates a bit wrong when finding differences over 1 year.