Question

//Example data
$current_time = 1318075950;
$unbanned_time = $current_time + strtotime('+1 minute');


if ($unbanned_time > $current_time) {
  $th1is = date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $unbanned_time) - date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $current_time);
   echo date('Y-m-d H:i:s', $th1is);

I am trying to output how long time it is until the user is unbanned… year months, days, hours, minutes and seconds… But this is giving me some weird results..

Answer 1

I would recommend to use DateTime

$DateTime = new DateTime();
$unbanned_DateTime = new DateTime();
$unbanned_DateTime = $unbanned_DateTime->modify('+1 minute');

if ( $unbanned_DateTime > $DateTime ) {
    $interval = $DateTime->diff($unbanned_DateTime);
    $years = $interval->format('%y'); 
    $months = $interval->format('%m'); 
    $days = $interval->format('%d'); 
    $hours = $interval->format('%h'); 
    $minutes = $interval->format('%i'); 
    $seconds = $interval->format('%s');
}

Instead of using every single value as variable you can use ->format() for one output. As you like.

Remember DateTime->format() needs a timezone setting up in your php.ini or with

date_default_timezone_set('....');