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[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) 4. / 5. technodelight/php-time-ago ActiveLibrary[Utility & Helpers](/categories/utility) technodelight/php-time-ago ========================== Simple module which displays the date in a "time ago" format 1.2.2(1y ago)21.7kMITPHPPHP >=5.4 Since Jun 25Pushed 1y agoCompare [ Source](https://github.com/technodelight/php-time-ago)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/technodelight/php-time-ago)[ Docs](https://github.com/technodelight/php-time-ago)[ RSS](/packages/technodelight-php-time-ago/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced today READMEChangelog (6)Dependencies (1)Versions (17)Used By (0) What is TimeAgo? ================ [](#what-is-timeago) TimeAgo is a tiny and dynamic library, which has the ability of displaying `DateTime` objects as a neat "ago" string. ``` 0 29 secs # => less than a minute 30 secs 1 min, 29 secs # => 1 minute 1 min, 30 secs 44 mins, 29 secs # => [2..44] minutes 44 mins, 30 secs 89 mins, 29 secs # => about 1 hour 89 mins, 29 secs 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => about [2..24] hours 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs 47 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => 1 day 47 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs 29 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => [2..29] days 29 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 30 secs 59 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 29 secs # => about 1 month 59 days, 23 hrs, 59 mins, 30 secs 1 yr minus 1 sec # => [2..12] months 1 yr 2 yrs minus 1 secs # => about 1 year 2 yrs max time or date # => over [2..X] years ``` Above example is using the default `RuleSet`, but you can define your own when you want: ``` $ruleSet = new Technodelight\TimeAgo\Translation\RuleSet; $ruleSet->add( new Rule( 'aboutOneDay', // rule name, which would be used as a translation key '23hour' // timespan, as a limit, without spaces between numerics and time. Check DefaultRuleSet for examples ), new Formatter( 'day', // duration type, according to durations in \Technodelight\TimeAgo\Translation\SecondsDurationMap 'floor' // strategy (function) to use for calculating the amount. In this example "days" are calculated with floor() ) ); $timeAgo = new Technodelight\TimeAgo( new DateTime('-1 hour'), new Technodelight\TimeAgo\Translator( new Technodelight\TimeAgo\Translation( // this only needs an array as an input [ 'aboutOneDay' => 'About one day' ] ), $ruleSet ) ); $timeAgo->inWords(); // => About one day ``` The example below shows how customisable is TimeAgo: ``` // with all dependencies injected: $translationLoader = new Technodelight\TimeAgo\TranslationLoader; // can load built-in translations $timeAgo = new Technodelight\TimeAgo( new DateTime('-1 hour'), // static datetime new Technodelight\TimeAgo\Translator( $translationLoader->load('hu') // use a fixed translation ) ); // or simply: $timeAgo = Technodelight\TimeAgo::withTranslation(new \DateTime('-1 hour'), 'hu'); $timeAgo->inWords(); // => körülbelül 1 órája ``` In the above example you can pass any of the translations supplied with this repository. All credits goes to Jimmi Westerberg and to the contributors of his repository. By default, the `TimeAgo` uses the current system language as a guide to determine the required translation file, and it defaults to english if this information was not successfully resolved. Of course, you can pass your own translation when required: ``` $timeAgo = new Technodelight\TimeAgo( new DateTime('-1 hour'), new Technodelight\TimeAgo\Translator( ['aboutOneHour' => 'Happened an hour ago! Arrr! Arrr!'] ) ); $timeAgo->inWords(); // => Happened an hour ago! Arrr! Arrr! ``` Credits ======= [](#credits) This repository is inspired by the original work made by Jimmi Westerberg (), his repository could be found at . License ======= [](#license) The MIT License (MIT) Copyright (c) 2018 Zsolt Gál Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. Original License ================ [](#original-license) The MIT License Copyright © 2014 Jimmi Westerberg () Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the “Software”), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 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