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Re: [PHP] Better timestamp explanation to the client

Posted by Chris on 09/08/05 18:11

I'd probably out how many minutes it's been, then format it using if
statements.

$iMinues = (value from database);
if(1 > $iMinutes) $sLastseen = 'Less than a minute ago!';
elseif(1 == $iMinutes) $sLastseen = '1 minute ago';
elseif(60 > $iMinutes) $sLastseen = "{$iMinutes} minutes ago";
elseif(120 > $iMinutes) $sLastseen = '1 hour '.($iMinutes - 60).'
minutes ago';
....

I don't think there is any real shortcut for doing this kind of thing,
though I could be wrong.

Chris

Ryan A wrote:

>Hi,
>In one of our tables we have these fields:
>
>cust_no bigint(20),
>cust_name varchar(30),
>last_online datetime,
>
>and in that members profile, if someone visits it, on the top of the page we
>have this:
>
>// connect to db, query for record and display it below
>Last seen: <?php echo $last_online; ?>
>
>Any ideas on the simplest way to make it look like this:
>
>Last seen: Less than a minute ago!
>
>Last seen: 25 mins ago
>
>Last seen: 2 hours 11 mins ago
>
>Last seen: 1 (or 2 or 3) day/s ago
>
>else{ echo $last_seen; }
>
>
>
>I have seen this done on a few sites (Swedish sites actually, I can give you
>the URLs if you need them)
>
>I think it looks much better than:
>Last seen : 2005-09-07 20:59:01
>
>
>Thanks!
>Ryan
>
>
>

 

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