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PHP Countdown

is what skitz was doing on the 21 Jun 2004 at around 21:00.

This is a post in the currently section which details how I was occupying my time when I made the posting, and as such it may seem a bit empty.

On occasion there may be information below, a note or reminder to myself, perhaps some code, a link to what I'm working towards, thumbnails, etc.

For a complete listing of items in this category see here.

Further Information:

Moved away from MTCountdown as would seem to only work with re-builds.

Found following code here.


<?php

function countdown($target_date, $event='') {
    /* get difference */
    $diff = time() - strtotime($target_date);
    $end = (substr($diff, 0, 1) == '-') ? " until $event": " since $event";
    $diff = abs($diff);
    /* calculate difference */
    $years = intval($diff/(60*60*24*365));
    $diff -= ($years*60*60*24*365);
    $months = intval($diff/(60*60*24*30));
    $diff -= ($months*60*60*24*30);
    $weeks = intval($diff/(60*60*24*7));
    $diff -= ($weeks*60*60*24*7);
    $days = intval($diff/(60*60*24));
    $diff -= ($days*60*60*24);
    $hours = intval($diff/(60*60));
    $diff -= ($hours*60*60);
    $minutes = intval($diff/60);
    $diff -= ($minutes*60);
    $seconds = intval($diff);
    /* output difference */
    $output = '';
    $output .= ($years > 0) ? "$years years " : '';
    $output .= ($months > 0) ? "$months months " : '';
    $output .= ($weeks > 0) ? "$weeks weeks " : '';
    $output .= ($days > 0) ? "$days days " : '';
    $output .= ($hours > 0) ? "$hours hours " : '';
    $output .= ($minutes > 0) ? "$minutes minutes " : '';
    $output .= ($seconds > 0) ? "$seconds seconds " : '';
    $output .= $end;
    echo $output;
    /* echo "$years years $months month(s) $weeks week(s) $days day(s) $hours hour(s) $minutes minute(s) $seconds second(s)"; */
}

echo countdown('May 29, 2004',' my birthday').'<br />';
echo countdown('5/29', 'my birthday').'<br />';
echo countdown('25 Dec', 'Christmas').'<br/>';
echo countdown('Jan 1, 2004', ' New Years');

?>



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