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Display dates as “time ago”

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  1. function  timeAgo($timestamp, $granularity=2, $format='Y-m-d H:i:s'){
  2.         $difference = time() - $timestamp;
  3.         if($difference < 0) return '0 seconds ago';
  4.         elseif($difference < 864000){
  5.                 $periods = array('week' => 604800,'day' => 86400,'hr' => 3600,'min' => 60,'sec' => 1);
  6.                 $output = '';
  7.                 foreach($periods as $key => $value){
  8.                         if($difference >= $value){
  9.                                 $time = round($difference / $value);
  10.                                 $difference %= $value;
  11.                                 $output .= ($output ? ' ' : '').$time.' ';
  12.                                 $output .= (($time > 1 && $key == 'day') ? $key.'s' : $key);
  13.                                 $granularity--;
  14.                         }
  15.                         if($granularity == 0) break;
  16.                 }
  17.                 return ($output ? $output : '0 seconds').' ago';
  18.         }
  19.         else return date($format, $timestamp);
  20. }
  21.  
  22. Call:
  23.  
  24. $time = timeAgo($dateRef);

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