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RazorRamon 0 Junior Poster in Training

12 Years Ago

Ok i have this long bit of code that determines how long ago someone input a post or comment. The only bit of the code that is giving me problems is at the very beginning. When i place a fresh topic or comment it doesn't go into the " just a moment ago ". I dont know why it just doesn't seem to go into that piece of code. HELP PLEASE. Heres the code. safetimestamp is the time stamp that was placed into the database.

$diff = time() - $safetimestamp;

$second="1";
$minute="60";
$hour="3600";
$day="86400";
$week="604800";
$month="2592000";
$year="31536000"; 

if($diff> $year){
	if($diff > ($year * 3)){
		 $time = "over 3 years old";
	}else{
		if($diff > $year * 2){
			$time ="over 2 years old";
		}else{
			$time ="over 1 year old";
		}
	}
}else{
	if($diff > $month){
		if($diff > ($month * 6)){
			$time = "over 6 months old";
		}else{
			if($diff > ($month * 3)){
				$time = "over 3 months old";
			}else{
				$time = "over 1 month old";
			}
		}
	}else{
		if($diff > $week){
			if($diff > ($week * 3)){
				$time = "over 3 weeks old";
			}else{
				if($diff > ($week * 2)){
					$time = "over 2 weeks old";
				}else{
					$time = "over 1 week old";
				}
			}			
		}else{
			if($diff > $day){
				if($diff > ($day * 6)){
					$time = " 6 days old";
				}else{
					if($diff > ($day * 5)){
						$time = " 5 days old";
}else{
if($diff > ($day * 4)){
$time = " 4 days old";
}else{
if($diff > ($day * 3)){
$time = " 3 days old";
}else{
if($diff > ($day * 2)){
$time = " 2 days old";
}else{
if($diff > $day){
$time = "1 day old";
}else{
										
}
}
}	
}		
}
}			
}else{
if($diff > $hour){
if($diff > ($hour * 23)){
$time = " 23 hours ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($hour * 22)){
$time = " 22 hours ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($hour * 21)){
$time = " 21 hours ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($hour * 20)){
$time = " 20 hours ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($hour * 19)){
$time = " 19 hours ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($hour * 18)){
											$time = " 18 hours ago ";										
}else{
if($diff > ($hour * 17)){
$time = " 17 hours ago ";
											}else{
												if($diff > ($hour * 16)){
													$time = " 16 hours ago ";
												}else{
													if($diff > ($hour * 15)){
														$time = " 15 hours ago ";
													}else{
														if($diff > ($hour * 14)){
															$time = " 14 hours ago ";
														}else{
															if($diff > ($hour * 13)){
																$time = " 13 hours ago ";
															}else{
																if($diff > ($hour * 12)){
																	$time = " 12 hours ago ";										
																}else{
																	if($diff > ($hour * 11)){
																		$time = " 11 hours ago ";
																	}else{
																		if($diff > ($hour * 10)){
																			$time = " 10 hours ago ";
																		}else{
																			if($diff > ($hour * 9)){
																				$time = " 9 hours ago ";
																			}else{
																				if($diff > ($hour * 8)){
																					$time = " 8 hours ago ";
																				}else{
																					if($diff > ($hour * 7)){
																						$time = " 7 hours ago ";
																					}else{
																						if($diff > ($hour * 6)){
																							$time = " 6 hours ago ";										
																						}else{
																							if($diff > ($hour * 5)){
																								$time = " 5 hours ago ";
																							}else{
																								if($diff > ($hour * 4)){
																									$time = " 4 hours ago ";
																								}else{
																									if($diff > ($hour * 3)){
																										$time = " 3 hours ago ";
																									}else{
																										if($diff > ($hour * 2)){
																											$time = " 2 hours ago ";
																										}else{
																											if($diff > ($hour)){
																												$time = " 1 hour ago ";
																											}else{
																												
																												}
																											}
																										}	
																									}		
																								}
																							}										
																						}
																					}
																				}	
																			}		
																		}
																	}										
																}
															}
														}	
													}		
												}
}										
}
}
}	
}		
}
}else{
if($diff > $minute){
if($diff > ($minute * 60)){
$time = " 60 minutes ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($minute * 59)){
$time = " 59  minutes ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($minute * 58)){
$time = " 58 minutes ago ";
}else{
if($diff > ($minute * 57)){
											$time = " 57 minutes ago ";
}else{
											if($diff > ($minute * 56)){
												$time = " 56 minutes ago ";
											}else{
												if($diff > ($minute * 55)){
													$time = " 55 minutes ago ";										
												}else{
													if($diff > ($minute * 54)){
														$time = " 54 minutes ago ";
													}else{
														if($diff > ($minute * 53)){
															$time = " 53 minutes ago ";
														}else{
															if($diff > ($minute * 52)){
																$time = " 52 minutes ago ";
															}else{
																if($diff > ($minute * 51)){
																	$time = " 51 minutes ago ";
																}else{
																	if($diff > ($minute * 50)){
																		$time = " 50 minutes ago ";
																	}else{
																		if($diff > ($minute * 49)){
																			$time = " 49 minutes ago ";										
																		}else{
																			if($diff > ($minute * 48)){
																				$time = " 48 minutes ago ";
																			}else{
																				if($diff > ($minute * 47)){
																					$time = " 47 minutes ago ";
																				}else{
																					if($diff > ($minute * 46)){
																						$time = " 46 minutes ago ";
																					}else{
																						if($diff > ($minute * 45)){
																							$time = " 45 minutes ago ";
																						}else{
																							if($diff > ($minute * 44)){
																								$time = " 44 minutes ago ";
																							}else{
																								if($diff > ($minute * 43)){
																									$time = " 43 minutes ago ";										
																										}else{
																									if($diff > ($minute * 42)){
																										$time = " 42 minutes ago ";
																									}else{
																										if($diff > ($minute * 41)){
																											$time = " 41 minutes ago ";
																										}else{
																											if($diff > ($minute * 40)){
																												$time = " 40 minutes ago ";
																											}else{
																												if($diff > ($minute * 39)){
																													$time = " 39 minutes ago ";
																												}else{
																													if($diff > ($minute * 38)){
																														$time = " 38 minutes ago ";
																													}else{
																														if($diff > ($minute * 37)){
																															$time = " 37 minutes ago ";
																														}else{
																															if($diff > ($minute * 36)){
																																$time = " 36 minutes ago ";
																															}else{
																																if($diff > ($minute * 35)){
																																	$time = " 35 minutes ago ";
																																}else{
																																	if($diff > ($minute * 34)){
																																		$time = " 34 minutes ago ";
																																	}else{
																																		if($diff > ($minute * 33)){
																																			$time = " 33 minutes ago ";
																																		}else{
																																			if($diff > ($minute * 32)){
																																				$time = " 32 minutes ago ";										
																																			}else{
																																				if($diff > ($minute * 31)){
																																					$time = " 31 minutes ago ";
																																				}else{
																																					if($diff > ($minute * 30)){
																																						$time = " 30 minutes ago ";
																																					}else{
																																						if($diff > ($minute * 29)){
																																							$time = " 29 minutes ago ";
																																						}else{
																																							if($diff > ($minute * 28)){
																																								$time = " 28 minutes ago ";
																																							}else{
																																								if($diff > ($minute * 27)){
																																									$time = " 27 minutes ago ";
																																								}else{
																																									if($diff > ($minute * 26)){
																																										$time = " 26 minutes ago ";										
																																									}else{
																																										if($diff > ($minute * 25)){
																																											$time = " 25 minutes ago ";
																																										}else{
																																											if($diff > ($minute * 24)){
																																												$time = " 24 minutes ago ";
																																											}else{
																																												if($diff > ($minute * 23)){
																																													$time = " 23 minutes ago ";
																																												}else{
																																													if($diff > ($minute * 22)){
																																														$time = " 22 minutes ago ";
																																													}else{
																																														if($diff > ($minute * 21)){
																																															$time = " 21 minutes ago ";
																																														}else{
																																															if($diff > ($minute * 20)){
																																																$time = " 20 minutes ago ";										
																																															}else{
																																																if($diff > ($minute * 19)){
																																																	$time = " 19 minutes ago ";
																																																}else{
																																																	if($diff > ($minute * 18)){
																																																		$time = " 18 minutes ago ";
																																																	}else{
																																																		if($diff > ($minute * 17)){
																																																			$time = " 17 minutes ago ";
																																																		}else{
																																																			if($diff > ($minute * 16)){
																																																				$time = " 16 minutes ago ";
																																																			}else{
																																																				if($diff > ($minute * 15)){
																																																					$time = " 15 minutes ago ";
																																																				}else
																																																					if($diff > ($minute * 14)){
																																																						$time = " 14 minutes ago ";
																																																					}else{
																																																						if($diff > ($minute * 13)){
																																																							$time = " 13 minutes ago ";
																																																						}else{
																																																							if($diff > ($minute * 12)){
																																																								$time = " 12 minutes ago ";
																																																							}else{
																																																								if($diff > ($minute * 11)){
																																																									$time = " 11 minutes ago ";
																																																								}else{
																																																									if($diff > ($minute * 10)){
																																																										$time = " 10 minutes ago ";										
																																																									}else{
																																																										if($diff > ($minute * 9)){
																																																											$time = " 9 minutes ago ";
																																																										}else{
																																																											if($diff > ($minute * 8)){
																																																												$time = " 8 minutes ago ";
																																																											}else{
																																																												if($diff > ($minute * 7)){
																																																													$time = " 7 minutes ago ";
																																																												}else{
																																																													if($diff > ($minute * 6)){
																																																														$time = " 6 minutes ago ";
																																																													}else{
																																																														if($diff > ($minute * 5)){
																																																															$time = " 5 minutes ago ";
																																																														}else{
																																																															if($diff > ($minute * 4)){
																																																																$time = " 4 minutes ago ";										
																																																															}else{
																																																																if($diff > ($minute * 3)){
																																																																	$time = " 3 minutes ago ";
																																																																}else{
																																																																	if($diff > ($minute * 2)){
																																																																		$time = " 2 minutes ago ";
																																																																	}else{
																																																																		if($diff > $minute){
																																																																			$time = " 1 minute ago ";
																																																																		}else{
																																																																			$time = " just a moment ago ";
																																																																		}
																																																																	}
																																																																}
																																																															}
																																																														}
																																																													}
																																																												}
																																																											}
																																																										}
																																																									}
																																																								}
																																																							}
																																																						}
																																																					}
																																																				}
																																																			}
																																																		}	
																																																	}		
																																																}
																																															}										
																																														}
																																													}
																																												}	
																																											}		
																																										}
																																									}										
																																								}
																																							}
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Latest Post 12 Years Ago Latest Post by diafol

diafol

12 Years Ago

this code is bonkers. 412 lines with indentation across the screen. Can't you reformat this?

jkon 636 Posting Whiz in Training

12 Years Ago

This is another way, first take a look at,
http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.construct.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.diff.php
http://www.php.net/manual/en/class.dateinterval.php

<?php

$safetimestamp = 1332185534;

$then = new DateTime();
$then->setTimestamp($safetimestamp);

$now = new DateTime();
$now->setTimestamp(time());

$difObj = $now->diff($then);

if($difObj->invert == 0)
{
  $message = "error: future date given";
}
else
{
  if($difObj->y > 0)
  {
    $message = "over ". $difObj->y . " years old";
  }
  else if($difObj->m > 0)
  {
    $message = "over ". $difObj->m . " months old";
  }
  else if($difObj->d > 0)
  {
    $message = "over ". $difObj->d . " months old";
  }
  else if($difObj->h > 0)
  {
    $message = "over ". $difObj->h . " hours old";
  }  
  else if($difObj->i > 1)
  {
    $message = "over ". $difObj->i . " minutes old";
  }     
  else if($difObj->i > 0)
  {
    $message = "over ". $difObj->i . " minute old";
  }    
  else 
  {
    $message = "just a moment ago";
  }
}
echo $message;
?>

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pritaeas 2,194 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Moderator Featured Poster · Answer 1 · 2012-03-19T20:23:10+00:00

Well sure, if he divides $diff by $minute the result is what he wants to output, he'll just need a single line..... (Something similar for the rest of course, the whole thing can probably be done within 20 lines of code.) Perhaps he gets paid by line... ;)

RazorRamon 0 Junior Poster in Training · Answer 2 · 2012-03-19T22:18:45+00:00

lol... hey it was my first crack at calculating time cut me a lil slack.. lol.. when i get home tonight i'll go ahead and try to clean up the code...

diafol · Answer 3 · 2012-03-21T00:15:53+00:00

Code:

<?php

//===========  TEMPORARY CODE ===========//

//DEFAULT PARAMETERS
$time = 3;
$units = 'm';
//GET FORM DATA IF POSTED
if(isset($_POST['submit'])){
    $time = $_POST['time'];
    $units = $_POST['units'];
}
//CONVERT ALL TIMES TO SECS
$diff = $time * $unit_array[$units];

//=========END TEMPORARY CODE ===========//

//ALL THE ABOVE AND THE FORM BELOW MAY BE DELETED once you have your time difference code set up...
//OK, by now you should have a valid time difference in seconds - $diff

//SET No SECS FOR EACH UNIT OF TIME
$unit_array = array('y'=>31536000,'m'=>2592000,'w'=>604800,'d'=>86400,'h'=>3600,'i'=>60,'s'=>1);
//INTERVAL PROFILES: (1) periods to include - need to be in descending order, (2) suffixes to attach 
$intervals = 
array(
    'y'     =>
        array(
            'periods'   =>  array(3,1),
            'suffix'    =>  array('over %s years ago','over a year ago'),
        ),
    'm' =>
        array(
            'periods'   =>  array(6,3,1),
            'suffix'    =>  array('over %s months ago','over a month ago'),
        ),
    'w'     =>
        array(
            'periods'   =>  array(3,2,1),
            'suffix'    =>  array('over %s weeks ago','over a week ago'),
        ),
    'd'     =>
        array(  
            'periods'   =>  array_reverse(range(1,6)),
            'suffix'    =>  array('over %s days ago','a day ago'),
        ),
    'h'     =>
        array(  
            'periods'   =>  array_reverse(range(1,23)),
            'suffix'    =>  array('over %s hours ago','an hour ago'),
        ),
    'i'     =>
        array(  
            'periods'   =>  array_reverse(range(1,59)),
            'suffix'    =>  array('over %s minutes ago','just now'),
        ),
    's'     =>
        array(
            'periods'   =>  array_reverse(range(1,59)),
            'suffix'    =>  array('just now','just now'),
        )   
);  
//LOOP THROUGH POSSIBILITIES    
foreach($intervals as $k=>$int){
    $s = $unit_array[$k];
    //First loop to shortcut massive number of loops
    if($diff >= $s){
        $lastindex = count($int['periods'])-1;
        //This is the 'business' loop 
        foreach($int['periods'] as $p){
            //get no. seconds of last item in current array
            $multi = $p*$s;
            if($diff >= $multi){
                //select which suffix to use: 1 = singular, 0 = plural
                $sindex = ($p == $int['periods'][$lastindex]) ? 1 : 0;
                $output = sprintf($int['suffix'][$sindex],$p);
                //if successful, break out of this inner loop
                break;
            }
        }
        //if arrive here break out of outside loop
        break;
    }
}
//tell us what's the time of the post!
echo "This article was posted $output";

//[18-ish lines of code without the comments, temporary bits and beautifying the multidimesnional array]
?>

<!-- ====================  TEMPORARY FORM ============================================== -->
<!-- JUST A FROM TO DEMONSTRATE THE USE - the inline php is awful - but it's just a demo -->
<!-- TRY overflowing the time, e.g. 13 months or 3605 seconds Although all times < 120 secs = 'just now' -->
<form method="post">
    <label for="time">Amount:</label> <input name="time" value="<?php echo $time;?>" autocomplete="off" />
    <br />
    <select name="units">
        <option value="y"<?php if($units == 'y')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>years</option>
        <option value="m"<?php if($units == 'm')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>months (30 days)</option>
        <option value="w"<?php if($units == 'w')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>weeks</option>
        <option value="d"<?php if($units == 'd')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>days</option>
        <option value="h"<?php if($units == 'h')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>hours</option>
        <option value="i"<?php if($units == 'i')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>minutes</option>
        <option value="s"<?php if($units == 's')echo ' selected="selected"';?>>seconds</option>
    </select>
    <br />
    <input name="submit" type="submit" value="submit" />
</form>
<!-- ====================  END TEMPORARY FORM =========================================== -->

diafol · Answer 4 · 2012-03-21T07:16:23+00:00

I originally went down that path, but then the user wanted non sequential matches. I found it easier doing the loop method in that case or you'd probably need quite a few conditionals.

For what it's worth RR, if you can use jkon's, do so.