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this snippet calculates any timestamp into the weeks,days,hours and minutes that passed since.

  

 use it to show 'last updated' info or similar

  

 <?php

  

 function time_passed($time)

 {

   $time = time()-$time;

   $weeks = $time/604800;

   $days = ($time%604800)/86400;

   $hours = (($time%604800)%86400)/3600;

   $minutes = ((($time%604800)%86400)%3600)/60;

   $seconds = (((($time%604800)%86400)%3600)%60);

   if(round($weeks)) $timestring = round($weeks)." weeks ";

   if(round($days)) $timestring .= round($days)." days ";

   if(round($hours)) $timestring .= round($hours)." hours ";

   if(round($minutes)) $timestring .= round($minutes)." minutes ";

   if(!round($minutes)&&!round($hours)&&!round($days)) $timestring .= round($seconds)." seconds ";

   return $timestring;

 }

  

 //echo 'file example last updated '.time_passed(filectime('folder/folder/file')).' ago'; // path to file - last update

 echo 'this file last updated '.time_passed(filectime(__file__)).' ago'; // this file - last update

 //echo time_passed(time()-(2*3600)); // any timestamp - time passed

  

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