PHP: time since

tsince.php

<?php
	/**
	 * Time elapes since a times
	 * @param  int $time The past time
	 * @return string       time elapssed
	 * credits: http://stackoverflow.com/a/2916189/1579481
	 */
	function tsince($time, $end_msg = 'ago') {
 
	    $time = abs(time() - $time); // to get the time since that moment

	    if($time == 0)
	    	return "Just now";

	    $tokens = array (
	        31536000 => 'year',
	        2592000 => 'month',
	        604800 => 'week',
	        86400 => 'day',
	        3600 => 'hour',
	        60 => 'minute',
	        1 => 'second'
	    );

	    foreach ($tokens as $unit => $text) {
	        if ($time < $unit) continue;
	        $numberOfUnits = floor($time / $unit);
	        return $numberOfUnits.' '.$text.(($numberOfUnits>1)?'s':'').' '. $end_msg;
	    }
 
	}