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authorJamie Rumbelow <jamie@jamierumbelow.net>2012-04-26 14:27:35 +0200
committerJamie Rumbelow <jamie@jamierumbelow.net>2012-04-26 14:27:35 +0200
commitd6ce1e936d60487ad8ddd099a040fba7d8f88367 (patch)
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parentbcee50ff3247dee71d83bf273e52bc10096cd48c (diff)
parent9e2d5d130eff40592b49337a8ba4d8c170934de1 (diff)
Merge branch 'develop' of git://github.com/EllisLab/CodeIgniter into develop
Conflicts: system/core/Loader.php system/database/DB_query_builder.php system/database/drivers/cubrid/cubrid_driver.php system/database/drivers/mssql/mssql_driver.php system/database/drivers/mysql/mysql_driver.php system/database/drivers/mysqli/mysqli_driver.php system/database/drivers/oci8/oci8_driver.php system/database/drivers/odbc/odbc_driver.php system/database/drivers/pdo/pdo_driver.php system/database/drivers/postgre/postgre_driver.php system/database/drivers/sqlite/sqlite_driver.php user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst user_guide_src/source/database/query_builder.rst
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diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
index ad06dd628..b21d147bd 100644
--- a/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
+++ b/user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst
@@ -255,14 +255,16 @@ Formats a unix timestamp so that is appears similar to this
The first parameter must contain a Unix timestamp. The second parameter
must contain a timestamp that is greater that the first timestamp. If
-the second parameter empty, the current time will be used. The most
-common purpose for this function is to show how much time has elapsed
-from some point in time in the past to now.
+the second parameter empty, the current time will be used. The third
+parameter is optional and limits the number of time units to display.
+The most common purpose for this function is to show how much time has
+elapsed from some point in time in the past to now.
-.. php:method:: timespan($seconds = 1, $time = '')
+.. php:method:: timespan($seconds = 1, $time = '', $units = '')
:param integer $seconds: a number of seconds
:param string $time: Unix timestamp
+ :param integer $units: a number of time units to display
:returns: string
Example
@@ -271,7 +273,8 @@ Example
$post_date = '1079621429';
$now = time();
- echo timespan($post_date, $now);
+ $units = 2;
+ echo timespan($post_date, $now, $units);
.. note:: The text generated by this function is found in the following language
file: language/<your_lang>/date_lang.php