Plugin: Time Since 2

<?php if ( ! defined('BASEPATH')) exit('No direct script access allowed');

$plugin_info = array(
                        'pi_name'            => 'Timesince',
                        'pi_version'        => '2.0',
                        'pi_author'            => 'Benoit Meunier',
                        'pi_author_url'        => 'http://www.benoitmeunier.info/ee/plugins/timesince2/',
                        'pi_description'    => 'Tells you how long ago a comment or entry was made in english or french',
                        'pi_usage'            => Timesince::usage()
                    );


class Timesince
{
    var $return_data = "";
    function Timesince()
    {
        global $TMPL, $LOC, $LANG;
        $this->EE =& get_instance();
        $this->EE->lang->loadfile('timesince');
        $date = $this->EE->TMPL->tagdata;
        $chunks = array(array(60 * 60 * 24 * 365 , $this->EE->lang->line('year')),
                        array(60 * 60 * 24 * 30 , $this->EE->lang->line('month')),
                        array(60 * 60 * 24 * 7, $this->EE->lang->line('week')),
                        array(60 * 60 * 24 , $this->EE->lang->line('day')),
                        array(60 * 60 , $this->EE->lang->line('hour')),
                        array(60 , $this->EE->lang->line('minute'))
                        );

        $newer_date = $this->EE->localize->now;
        $since = $newer_date - $date;

        // step one: the first chunk
        for ($i = 0, $j = count($chunks); $i < $j; $i++) {
            $seconds = $chunks[$i][0];
            $name = $chunks[$i][1];

            // finding the biggest chunk (if the chunk fits, break)
            if (($count = floor($since / $seconds)) != 0) {
                break;
            }
        }

        // set output var

        $output = "";
        //setlocale(LC_TIME, $this->EE->lang->line('locale'));
        if (($name == $this->EE->lang->line('day')) && ($count == 1)) { $name = $this->EE->lang->line('one_day'); }

        if ($this->EE->lang->line('since') == ' ago') {
            $output = ($count == 1) ? '1 '.$name : "$count {$name}s";
            $output .= $this->EE->lang->line('since');
        }
        else {
            $output = $this->EE->lang->line('since');
            $output .= ($count == 1) ? '1 '.$name : "$count {$name}s";
        }

        if (($name == $this->EE->lang->line('minute')) && ($count == 0)) { $output = $this->EE->lang->line('since_short'); }
        //if (($name == $this->EE->lang->line('month')) && ($count == 1)) { $output = $this->EE->lang->line('since_long'); }
        if ((($name == $this->EE->lang->line('month')) && ($count > 1)) || ($name == $this->EE->lang->line('year'))) {
            $output = $LOC->decode_date($this->EE->lang->line('date'), $date);
        //    $output = strftime($this->EE->lang->line('date'), $date);
        }


        $this->return_data = $output;
    }// function



// ----------------------------------------
//  Plugin Usage
// ----------------------------------------

// This function describes how the plugin is used.
// Make sure and use output buffering

function usage()
{
ob_start();


?>
/***********************************************/
Description:

Tells you how long ago a comment or entry was made in english or french.

/***********************************************/
Example:

Simply put the following code where you want the timesince text to appear, you can use either in entries or comments:

{exp:timesince}
{entry_date}
{/exp:timesince}


{exp:timesince}
{comment_date}
{/exp:timesince}

/***********************************************/
Credits:

This plugin is modified from the original code from Steve P. Sharpe.
http://stevepsharpe.com/blog/permalink/ee-timesince-plugin/
http://expressionengine.com/downloads/details/timesince/


<?php
    $buffer = ob_get_contents();

    ob_end_clean();

    return $buffer;
    }
    // END

} // class

?>

<?php

$lang = array(

//----------------------------
// Timesince (english)
//----------------------------

'year' =>
'year',

'month' =>
'month',

'week' =>
'week',

'day' =>
'day',

'hour' =>
'hour',

'minute' =>
'minute',

'since' =>
' ago',

'since_short' =>
'less than a minute ago',

'since_long' =>
'more than 1 month ago',

'one_day' =>
'day',

'date' =>
'%l, %F %d, %Y',

'locale' =>
'en_US',


//----------------------------------------


''=>''
);

/* End of file lang.timesince.php */
/* Location: ./system/expressionengine/language/english/lang.timesince.php */

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