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Get Relative Time in PHP (e.g. '1 hour ago', 'yesterday', 'tomorrow', 'in 2 weeks')
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<?php | |
function time2str($ts) { | |
if(!ctype_digit($ts)) { | |
$ts = strtotime($ts); | |
} | |
$diff = time() - $ts; | |
if($diff == 0) { | |
return 'now'; | |
} elseif($diff > 0) { | |
$day_diff = floor($diff / 86400); | |
if($day_diff == 0) { | |
if($diff < 60) return 'just now'; | |
if($diff < 120) return '1 minute ago'; | |
if($diff < 3600) return floor($diff / 60) . ' minutes ago'; | |
// compare with current time to see if it was posted yesterday | |
if( date( 'H' ) < ( $diff / 3600 ) ) return 'Yesterday'; | |
// if today | |
if($diff < 7200) return '1 hour ago'; | |
if($diff < 86400) return floor($diff / 3600) . ' hours ago'; | |
} | |
if($day_diff == 1) { return 'Yesterday'; } | |
if($day_diff < 7) { return $day_diff . ' days ago'; } | |
if($day_diff < 31) { return ceil($day_diff / 7) . ' weeks ago'; } | |
if($day_diff < 60) { return 'last month'; } | |
return date('F Y', $ts); | |
} else { | |
$diff = abs($diff); | |
$day_diff = floor($diff / 86400); | |
if($day_diff == 0) { | |
if($diff < 120) { return 'in a minute'; } | |
if($diff < 3600) { return 'in ' . floor($diff / 60) . ' minutes'; } | |
if($diff < 7200) { return 'in an hour'; } | |
if($diff < 86400) { return 'in ' . floor($diff / 3600) . ' hours'; } | |
} | |
if($day_diff == 1) { return 'Tomorrow'; } | |
if($day_diff < 4) { return date('l', $ts); } | |
if($day_diff < 7 + (7 - date('w'))) { return 'next week'; } | |
if(ceil($day_diff / 7) < 4) { return 'in ' . ceil($day_diff / 7) . ' weeks'; } | |
if(date('n', $ts) == date('n') + 1) { return 'next month'; } | |
return date('F Y', $ts); | |
} | |
} | |
?> |
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Very Nice!!