How to Show time ago like Facebook post in PHP
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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<?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($seconds <= 60){
return "just now";
}
//Minutes
else if($minutes <=60){
if($minutes==1){
return "1 minute ago";
}
else{
return "$minutes minutes ago";
}
}
//Hours
else if($hours <=24){
if($hours==1){
return "an hour ago";
}else{
return "$hours hrs ago";
}
}
//Days
else if($days <= 7){
if($days==1){
return "yesterday";
}else{
return "$days days ago";
}
}
//Weeks
else if($weeks <= 4.3){
if($weeks==1){
return "a week ago";
}else{
return "$weeks weeks ago";
}
}
//Months
else if($months <=12){
if($months==1){
return "a month ago";
}else{
return "$months months ago";
}
}
//Years
else{
if($years==1){
return "1 year ago";
}else{
return "$years years ago";
}
}
}
?>
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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After write this function we will have to call the function. First we will create a variable for date and then print it[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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$posted_time = "2020-27-02 20:20:20";
// For Print with timeago
echo timeAgo($posted_time); // timeAgo is function which had created eariler and $posted_time is variable where time has been stored.
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