This function will return the duration of the given time period in days, hours, minutes and seconds. Example: secondsToString(1234567) would return "14 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes, 7 seconds".
<?php
/**
* Seconds to String
*
* This function will return the duration of the given time period in days,
* hours, minutes and seconds.
*
* ex: secondsToString(1234567) would return: "14 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes, 7
* seconds".
*
* @param integer $seconds Total time in seconds.
*
* @return string "1234567" would return "14 days, 6 hours, 56 minutes, 7
* seconds".
*/
function secondsToString($seconds)
{
$result = '';
if ($seconds >= 86400) {
$days = floor($seconds / 86400);
$seconds = $seconds % 86400;
$result = $days.' day';
if ($days != 1) {
$result .= 's';
}
if ($seconds > 0) {
$result .= ', ';
}
}
if ($seconds >= 3600) {
$hours = floor($seconds / 3600);
$seconds = $seconds % 3600;
$result .= $hours.' hour';
if ($hours != 1) {
$result .= 's';
}
if ($seconds > 0) {
$result .= ', ';
}
}
if ($seconds >= 60) {
$minutes = floor($seconds / 60);
$seconds = $seconds % 60;
$result .= $minutes.' minute';
if ($minutes != 1) {
$result .= 's';
}
if ($seconds > 0) {
$result .= ', ';
}
}
$result .= $seconds.' second';
if ($seconds != 1) {
$result .= 's';
}
return $result;
}