The function below outputs hours:0 whether the time is <1 hour or mins:0 when mins<1.
How can I show only the variables that are not zero?
Thank you.
function time_difference($endtime){
$hours =date("G",$endtime);
$mins =date("i",$endtime);
$secs =date("s",$endtime);
$diff="'hours': ".$hours.",'mins': ".$mins.",'sec': ".$secs;
return $diff;
}
$end_time =strtotime("+7 hours") - strtotime($entry->pubDate);
$difference = time_difference($end_time);
echo $difference;
Another possible approach:
function time_difference($endtime){
$times=array(
'hours' => date("G",$endtime),
'mins' => date("i",$endtime),
'secs' => date("s",$endtime),
);
//added a "just a moment ago" feature for you
if (intval($times['hours'], 10) == 0
&& intval($times['mins'], 10) == 0) {
return "just a moment ago";
}
$diff='';
foreach ($times as $k=>$v) {
$diff.=empty($diff) ? '' : ',';
$diff.=intval($v, 10) == 0 ? '' : "'$k':$v";
}
return $diff;
}
Use the ? operator.
$diff=($hours > 0) ? "'hours': ".$hours : "";
$diff=$diff.($minutes > 0) ? etc...
For larger time ranges, you'd better use maths instead of using date()
:
function time_difference($endtime){
// hours can get over 23 now, $endtime is in seconds
$hours = floor($endtime / 3600);
// modulo (%) already rounds down, not need to use floor()
$mins = $endtime / 60 % 60;
// the remainder of $endtime / 60 are seconds in a minute
$secs = $endtime % 60;
// this array holds the hour, minute and seconds if greater than 0
$diff = array();
if ($hours) $diff[] = "'hours': $hours";
if ($mins) $diff[] = "'mins': $mins";
if ($secs) $diff[] = "'sec': $secs";
// join the values with a comma
$diff = implode(',', $diff);
if (!$diff) { // hours, mins and secs are zero
$diff = "just a moment ago";
}
return $diff;
}
The below function would only return hours in the range 0 - 23. If the time exceeds a day, hours become zero:
function time_difference($endtime){
$hours = (int)date("G",$endtime);
$mins = (int)date("i",$endtime);
$secs = (int)date("s",$endtime);
// this array holds the hour, minute and seconds if greater than 0
$diff = array();
if ($hours) $diff[] = "'hours': $hours";
if ($mins) $diff[] = "'mins': $mins";
if ($secs) $diff[] = "'sec': $secs";
// join the values with a comma
$diff = implode(',', $diff);
if (!$diff) { // hours, mins and secs are zero
$diff = "just a moment ago";
}
return $diff;
}
(int)
is needed to turn the string returned by date()
into a string. "01"
becomes 1 and "00"
becomes "0" using this.