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A PHP package for converting timestamps into human-readable time differences (e.g., "2 minutes ago", "3 hours ago", "1 day ago").

Requirements

• PHP 7.4 or higher

Installation

composer require nyomanjyotisa/human-readable-time-diff

Usage

Basic Usage

use HumanReadableTimeDiff\TimeDifference;
use DateTime;

$timeDifference = new TimeDifference();
$timestamp = new DateTime('-2 hours');
echo $timeDifference->getDifference($timestamp); // Outputs: "2 hours ago"

Using a Custom Reference Time

use HumanReadableTimeDiff\TimeDifference;
use DateTime;

$referenceTime = new DateTime('2023-01-01 12:00:00');
$timeDifference = new TimeDifference($referenceTime);
$timestamp = new DateTime('2023-01-01 10:00:00');
echo $timeDifference->getDifference($timestamp); // Outputs: "2 hours ago"

Using Different Languages

The package supports multiple languages out of the box:

use HumanReadableTimeDiff\TimeDifference;
use HumanReadableTimeDiff\TranslatedTimeFormatter;
use DateTime;

// Spanish
$formatter = new TranslatedTimeFormatter('es');
$timeDifference = new TimeDifference(null, $formatter);
$timestamp = new DateTime('-1 day');
echo $timeDifference->getDifference($timestamp); // Outputs: "1 día atrás"

// French
$formatter = new TranslatedTimeFormatter('fr');
$timeDifference = new TimeDifference(null, $formatter);
$timestamp = new DateTime('-2 hours');
echo $timeDifference->getDifference($timestamp); // Outputs: "il y a 2 heures"

Supported Languages

The package supports 50+ locale codes. You can call TranslationConfig::getAvailableLocales() to retrieve the full list. Some examples include:

• en, id, es, fr, de, it, pt, ru, zh, ja, ko
• ar, hi, bn, tr, nl, pl, uk, vi, th, ms
• fa, ur, pa, gu, ta, te, kn, ml, mr, or, as
• ne, si, my, km, lo, bo, dz, ug, kk, ky, uz, tk
• az, ka, hy, he, yi, am, ti, om, so, sw, zu
• xh, st, tn, ts, ss, nr, nd, ve

For the complete list, refer to TranslationConfig::getAvailableLocales().

Creating Custom Formatters

You can create custom formatters by implementing the TimeFormatterInterface:

use HumanReadableTimeDiff\TimeFormatterInterface;

class CustomTimeFormatter implements TimeFormatterInterface
{
    public function formatSeconds(int $seconds): string
    {
        return $this->formatUnit($seconds, 'second');
    }

    // Implement other methods...

    private function formatUnit(int $value, string $unit): string
    {
        // Your custom formatting logic
    }
}

Testing

composer test

License

This package is licensed under the MIT License.

Hire the Author

Nyoman Jyotisa is a senior developer (PHP, JS, TS, Laravel, ReactJS, React Native, Next.js). Hire me at $20/hour.

Email: jyotisa1616@gmail.com