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  1. Duration is a function used to turn seconds into a readable format, measured in weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds.
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  3.  
  4. <?php 
  5.     function duration($secs) 
  6.     { 
  7.         $vals = array('w' => (int) ($secs / 86400 / 7), 
  8.                       'd' => $secs / 86400 % 7, 
  9.                       'h' => $secs / 3600 % 24, 
  10.                       'm' => $secs / 60 % 60, 
  11.                       's' => $secs % 60); 
  12.  
  13.         $ret = array(); 
  14.  
  15.         $added = false; 
  16.         foreach ($vals as $k => $v) { 
  17.             if ($v > 0 || $added) { 
  18.                 $added = true; 
  19.                 $ret[] = $v . $k; 
  20.             } 
  21.         } 
  22.  
  23.         return join(' ', $ret); 
  24.     } 
  25. ?>
  26.  
  27. Sample usage
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  29.  
  30. <?php
  31.     $dateOfBirth = $someTimestamp;
  32.     $ageInSeconds = time() - $dateOfBirth;
  33.  
  34.     echo 'I am ' . duration($ageInSeconds) . ' old';
  35. ?>

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