= $now) ? $action = '' : $action = 'ago'; # Set the periods of time $periods = array("second", "minute", "hour", "day", "week", "month", "year", "decade"); $lengths = array(1, 60, 3600, 86400, 604800, 2630880, 31570560, 315705600); $diff = ($action == '' ? $timestamp - $now : $now - $timestamp); $prec_key = array_search($precision_level,$periods); # round diff to the precision_level $diff = round(($diff/$lengths[$prec_key]))*$lengths[$prec_key]; # if the diff is very small, display for ex "just seconds ago" if ($diff <= 10) { $periodago = max(0,$prec_key-1); $agotxt = $periods[$periodago].'s'; return "$agotxt $action"; } # Go from decades backwards to seconds $time = ""; for ($i = (sizeof($lengths) - 1); $i>=0; $i--) { if ($i > 0) { if($diff > $lengths[$i-1] && ($max_detail_levels > 0)) { # if the difference is greater than the length we are checking... continue $val = floor($diff / $lengths[$i-1]); # 65 / 60 = 1. That means one minute. 130 / 60 = 2. Two minutes.. etc $time .= $val ." ". $periods[$i-1].($val > 1 ? 's ' : ' '); # The value, then the name associated, then add 's' if plural $diff -= ($val * $lengths[$i-1]); # subtract the values we just used from the overall diff so we can find the rest of the information if(!$detailed) { $i = 0; } # if detailed is turn off (default) only show the first set found, else show all information $max_detail_levels--; } } } # Basic error checking. if($time == "") { return "Error-- Unable to calculate time."; } else { if ($action != '') { return $time.$action; } else { return $time; } } } function microtime_float() { return array_sum(explode(' ', microtime())); } ?>