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at February 25, 2011 01:18 by bitstream
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/** * A function for making time periods readable * * @author Aidan Lister <[email protected]> * @version 2.0.1 * @link http://aidanlister.com/2004/04/making-time-periods-readable/ * @param int number of seconds elapsed * @param string which time periods to display * @param bool whether to show zero time periods */ function time_duration($seconds, $use = null, $zeros = false) { // Define time periods $periods = array ( 'years' => 31556926, 'Months' => 2629743, 'weeks' => 604800, 'days' => 86400, 'hours' => 3600, 'minutes' => 60, 'seconds' => 1 ); // Break into periods $seconds = (float) $seconds; $segments = array(); foreach ($periods as $period => $value) { if ($use && strpos($use, $period[0]) === false) { continue; } $count = floor($seconds / $value); if ($count == 0 && !$zeros) { continue; } $segments[strtolower($period)] = $count; $seconds = $seconds % $value; } // Build the string $string = array(); foreach ($segments as $key => $value) { $segment_name = substr($key, 0, -1); $segment = $value . ' ' . $segment_name; if ($value != 1) { $segment .= 's'; } $string[] = $segment; } return implode(', ', $string); }
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a flexible function for making time periods readable
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nice time duration in php
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php
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PHP