How to Show time ago like Facebook post in PHP
We will create a function for this and print the time with function name and it will convert the current timestamp and actual post_submitted timestamp difference.
<?php
function timeAgo($time_ago) {
$time_ago = strtotime($time_ago);
$cur_time = time();
$time_elapsed = $cur_time - $time_ago;
$seconds = $time_elapsed ;
$minutes = round($time_elapsed / 60 );
$hours = round($time_elapsed / 3600);
$days = round($time_elapsed / 86400 );
$weeks = round($time_elapsed / 604800);
$months = round($time_elapsed / 2600640 );
$years = round($time_elapsed / 31207680 );
// Seconds
if($seconds &amp;lt;= 60){
return &quot;just now&quot;;
}
//Minutes
else if($minutes &amp;lt;=60){
if($minutes==1){
return &quot;1 minute ago&quot;;
}
else{
return &quot;$minutes minutes ago&quot;;
}
}
//Hours
else if($hours &amp;lt;=24){
if($hours==1){
return &quot;an hour ago&quot;;
}else{
return &quot;$hours hrs ago&quot;;
}
}
//Days
else if($days &amp;lt;= 7){
if($days==1){
return &quot;yesterday&quot;;
}else{
return &quot;$days days ago&quot;;
}
}
//Weeks
else if($weeks &amp;lt;= 4.3){
if($weeks==1){
return &quot;a week ago&quot;;
}else{
return &quot;$weeks weeks ago&quot;;
}
}
//Months
else if($months &amp;lt;=12){
if($months==1){
return &quot;a month ago&quot;;
}else{
return &quot;$months months ago&quot;;
}
}
//Years
else{
if($years==1){
return &quot;1 year ago&quot;;
}else{
return &quot;$years years ago&quot;;
}
}
}
?>
After write this function we will have to call the function. First we will create a variable for date and then print it
$posted_time = "2020-27-02 20:20:20"; // For Print with timeago echo timeAgo($posted_time); // timeAgo is function which had created eariler and $posted_time is variable where time has been stored.
