Convert Month Year function to Time Ago PHP

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PHP How to find the time elapsed since a date time?

I have the following which produces MONTH YEAR.

<?php echo date('F Y', strtotime($video['Video']['posted_date'])); ?>

I'd like this to output to "Time" ago. i.e 3 hours ago, 6 months ago, 2 years ago. Any help will be very much appreciated. Thanks Andy

Googled this: http://css-tricks.com/snippets/php/time-ago-function/ — JYelton, Nov 01 '12 at 20:21

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 01 '12 at 20:47

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$now            = new DateTime(date("Y-m-d H:i:s"));
$videoPosted    = new DateTime($video['Video']['posted_date']);
$interval       = $now->diff($videoPosted);

echo $interval->format('%h hours, %m month and %d days ago');

Use only if PHP version > 5.3

answered Nov 01 '12 at 20:47

edwardmp

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+1 simple and clean, using built in php libs – SeanDowney Jan 22 '13 at 19:29

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 01 '12 at 20:23

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If you use php 5.3+, you are looking for DateInterval::format()

answered Nov 01 '12 at 20:23

pozs

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score -1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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this will help you to calculate date difference: How to calculate the difference between two dates using PHP?

and after that you can convert the result using strtotime()

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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answered Nov 01 '12 at 20:21

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This is no longer really appropriate, since the introduction of `DateInterval` – edwardmp Nov 01 '12 at 20:50

Convert Month Year function to Time Ago PHP

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