. // express a time difference in readable form // function time_diff_str($t1, $t2) { if (!$t1 || !$t2) return "---"; $diff = $t2 - $t1; if ($diff<0){ $pre="In "; $post=""; $diff=-$diff; } else { $pre=""; $post=" ago"; } $x = ""; if ($diff >= 3600*24) { $n = (int) ($diff/(3600*24)); if ($n == 1) { $x .= "1 day "; } else { $x .= "$n days "; } return $pre.$x.$post; //$diff -= $n*3600*24; } elseif ($diff >= 3600) { $n = (int) ($diff/3600); if ($n == 1) { $x .= "1 hour "; } else { $x .= $n." hours "; } return $pre.$x.$post; //$diff -= $n*3600; } elseif ($diff >= 60) { $n = (int) ($diff/60); if ($n == 1) { $x .= "1 minute "; } else { $x .= $n." minutes "; } return $pre.$x.$post; } elseif($diff > 1 || $diff==0) { return $pre."$diff seconds".$post; } elseif($diff == 1){ return $pre."$diff seconds".$post; } } ?>