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| -rw-r--r-- | system/helpers/date_helper.php | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | user_guide_src/source/helpers/date_helper.rst | 13 |
3 files changed, 11 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/system/helpers/date_helper.php b/system/helpers/date_helper.php index e792ecc43..2ad287b4a 100644 --- a/system/helpers/date_helper.php +++ b/system/helpers/date_helper.php @@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ if ( ! function_exists('standard_date')) * @access public * @param integer a number of seconds * @param integer Unix timestamp - * @return integer + * @param integer a number of display units + * @return string */ if ( ! function_exists('timespan')) { diff --git a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst index 8579218b0..469461e43 100644 --- a/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst +++ b/user_guide_src/source/changelog.rst @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Release Date: Not Released - Changed humanize to include a second param for the separator. - Refactored ``plural()`` and ``singular()`` to avoid double pluralization and support more words. - Added an optional third parameter to ``force_download()`` that enables/disables sending the actual file MIME type in the Content-Type header (disabled by default). + - Added an optional third parameter to ``timespan()`` that constrains the number of time units displayed. - Database 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 |