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time between now and future date. (days, hours, minutes, seconds

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http://www.linein.org/blog/2008/04/04/find-time-between-two-dates-in-php/

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  1. function timeBetweenNowAndDeadline($deadline) {
  2. 	$currentDate = date("U");
  3. 	$diff = $deadline-$currentDate;
  4. 	$seconds = 0;
  5. 	$hours   = 0;
  6. 	$minutes = 0;
  7.  
  8. 	if($diff % 86400 <= 0){$days = $diff / 86400;}  // 86,400 seconds in a day
  9. 	if($diff % 86400 > 0)
  10. 	{
  11. 		$rest = ($diff % 86400);
  12. 		$days = ($diff - $rest) / 86400;
  13. 		if($rest % 3600 > 0)
  14. 		{
  15. 			$rest1 = ($rest % 3600);
  16. 			$hours = ($rest - $rest1) / 3600;
  17. 			if($rest1 % 60 > 0)
  18. 			{
  19. 				$rest2 = ($rest1 % 60);
  20. 			$minutes = ($rest1 - $rest2) / 60;
  21. 			$seconds = $rest2;
  22. 			}
  23. 			else{$minutes = $rest1 / 60;}
  24. 		}
  25. 		else{$hours = $rest / 3600;}
  26. 	}
  27.  
  28. 	if($days > 0){$days = $days.'d, ';}
  29. 	else{$days = false;}
  30. 	if($hours > 0){$hours = $hours.'h, ';}
  31. 	else{$hours = false;}
  32. 	if($minutes > 0){$minutes = $minutes.'m, ';}
  33. 	else{$minutes = false;}
  34. 	$seconds = $seconds.'s'; // always be at least one second
  35.  
  36. 	return $days.''.$hours.''.$minutes.''.$seconds;
  37. }

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