youssman

<?php
    protected function compareFunction($a, $b){
        //any compare function (like strcmp, ...) or treatment we want
        if ($a->objIntField == $b->objIntField) {
            return 0;
        }
        return ( $a->objIntField > $b->objIntField );
    }

    public function myAction(){

youssman

<?php
// DISPLAYS COMMENT POST TIME AS "1 year, 1 week ago" or "5 minutes, 7 seconds ago", etc...
function time_ago($date,$granularity=2) {
    $date = strtotime($date);
    $difference = time() - $date;
    $periods = array('decade' => 315360000,
        'year' => 31536000,
        'month' => 2628000,
        'week' => 604800, 
        'day' => 86400,

youssman

<?php
// 137 seconds => 2min 17s
protected function _timeConversion( $seconds ) {
        $datetime = new DateTime('@' . $seconds, new DateTimeZone('UTC'));
        $formatted =  array( 'd'    => $datetime->format('z'),
                             'h'    => $datetime->format('G'),
                             'min'  => $datetime->format('i'),
                             's'    => $datetime->format('s')
                            );