[samoi]

Hello guys!

I was trying from last night to create something useful for myself instead of just changing codes and playing with it!
so I decided to make a script that can take an input of large number of seconds, and convert them to a time !

like if we take for example 90050 seconds, then It will be
1 day, 1:00:50

Second Example : 85000 seconds

will be
23:36:39

so I tried yesterday and today with no success !

I could not find the way to solve this problem !!

here is my code!

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~ E_NOTICE);
function caltime($time) // $time will be in seconds !

{

	$second = round($time);
	// day sec
	$dSec = 86400;
	// hour sec
	$hSec = 3600;
	// minute sec
	$mSec = 60;


	$mins = 60;
	$hrs = 24;


	if ($second > $dSec) {

		$second = $second / $dSec;
		if ($second > $hrs) {
			$second = $second / $hrs;

		}
		
		else
		{
			if($second > $mins)
			{
				
			}
		}
		
		
	} else {
		if ($second > $hrs) {
			$second = $second / $hrs;

		}
	}

}



	if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
		$sec = $_POST['sec'];

		echo caltime($sec);
	} else {

		echo '<form action="" method="post">
		how many? <input type="text" name="sec" />
		<br />
		<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Calculate" />
		</form>';

	}

?>

any suggestions??

This post has been edited by samoi: 05 March 2009 - 12:34 AM

[grimpirate]

Take a look at the php date function.

[samoi]

grimpirate, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 12:08 AM, said:

Take a look at the php date function.

Nothing helpful !

Have you gone through my thread ?

I want to CONVERT seconds to a time which means (large number of seconds to hours & mins & sec) like my examples above !



I DO NOT want the time formatting !



BTW I have a nice exp. with php! not really a noob !

[AlienWebguy]

First thing you need to do is add

return $second;

at the bottom of your function so you can at least see the output and debug.

--S--

[roudard]

samoi, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 12:22 AM, said:

I want to CONVERT seconds to a time which means (large number of seconds to hours & mins & sec) like my examples above !



I DO NOT want the time formatting !

date doesn't only do time formatting... well for me time formatting is a byproduct of conversion between units.
If you really want to rewrite what is already there, it's a simple math problem and I'd suggest the use of the % operator to find out how many days are in your number of seconds and what's left, then find the number of hours in what's left and what's left, then find the number of minutes in what's left and the number of seconds left.

Hope this helps

Romain

[samoi]

AlienWebguy, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 01:31 AM, said:

First thing you need to do is add

return $second;

at the bottom of your function so you can at least see the output and debug.

--S--

You are always helpful

I know this, and if you notice my function is not really completed ! but I just posted to show you the example of what I mean

Thank you anyway

roudard, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 02:33 AM, said:

samoi, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 12:22 AM, said:

I want to CONVERT seconds to a time which means (large number of seconds to hours & mins & sec) like my examples above !



I DO NOT want the time formatting !

date doesn't only do time formatting... well for me time formatting is a byproduct of conversion between units.
If you really want to rewrite what is already there, it's a simple math problem and I'd suggest the use of the % operator to find out how many days are in your number of seconds and what's left, then find the number of hours in what's left and what's left, then find the number of minutes in what's left and the number of seconds left.

Hope this helps

Romain

Yes, it helps very well

I was confused for analyzing the problem

but I have one more question, what other significant that date() function does besides formatting ? I would love to know

[akozlik]

RTFM

[AlienWebguy]

Your problem has nothing to do with date(); since you're not trying to find a date, but rather a simple time duration conversion.

Try this for your function.. you can format the output however you want:

function caltime($time) // $time will be in seconds !

{

	$second = round($time);
	// day sec
	$dSec = 86400;
	// hour sec
	$hSec = 3600;
	// minute sec
	$mSec = 60;

	# BUFFER OUTPUT
	$return = '';

	# GRAB DAYS
	if ($second > $dSec) {

		$days = floor($second / $dSec);
		$second = $second % $dSec;
		$return.= $days.' days, ';
	}

	# GRAB HOURS
	if ($second > $hSec) {

		$hours = floor($second / $hSec);
		$second = $second % $hSec;
		$return.= $hours.' hours, ';
	}

	# GRAB MINUTES
	if($second > $mSec)
	{
		$mins = floor($second / $mSec);
		$second = $second % $mSec;
		$return.= $mins.' minutes ';

	}

	# RETURN ANSWER
	return $return;
}

[CTphpnwb]

Heh, since we're giving the answers away:

You don't need if statements or functions for a basic math problem.

<?php
$seconds = 90050;
$day = 3600*24;
$hour = 3600;
$minute = 60;


$d = $seconds/$day;
$days = (int)$d;
$seconds -= $days * $day;
$h = ($seconds/$hour);
$hours = (int)$h;
$seconds -= $hours * $hour;
$m = $seconds/$minute;
$minutes = (int)$m;
$seconds -= $minutes * $minute;


echo $days." day(s) ".$hours." hours ".$minutes." minutes ".$seconds." seconds";

?>

This post has been edited by CTphpnwb: 05 March 2009 - 12:40 PM

[AlienWebguy]

Sorry man didn't mean to break the rules. I just remember how frustrating it was when I was learning. I'll hold back next time.

[akozlik]

It's not necessarily a rule, we just try not to write other people's code for them. If you give a man a function, he'll program for a day. Teach a man to write his own functions, and he'll write his own programs for a lifetime.

[samoi]

Hello Back, I fixed some, but can work with values of dayes and so, but cannot work with less than day or a day !

here is me code

<?php

error_reporting(E_ALL & ~ E_NOTICE);
function caltime($time) // $time will be in seconds !

{

	$second = round($time);
	// day sec
	$day = 86400;
	// hour sec
	$hour = 3600;
	// minute sec
	$minute = 60;


	$mins = 60;
	$hrs = 24;


	if ($second >= $day) {
		$days = floor($second / $day);
		$remain = $second % $day;

		if ($remain >= $hour) {
			$hours = floor($remain / $hour);
			$remain = $remain % $hour;

			if ($remain >= $minute) {
				$minutes = floor($remain / $minute);
				$remain = $remain % $minute;
			}
		}

	}


	if ($second >= $hour) {
		$hours = floor($second / $hour);
		$remain = $second % $hour;
		if ($remain >= $minute) {
			$minute = floor($remain / $minute);
			$remain = $remain % $minute;
		}
	}

	if ($second >= $minute) {
		$minutes = floor($second / $hour);
		$remain = $second % $minute;
	}


	return "$days day(s), " . str_pad($hours, 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT) . ':' . str_pad($minutes,
		2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT) . ':' . str_pad($remain, 2, 0, STR_PAD_LEFT);
}


if (isset($_POST['submit'])) {
	$sec = $_POST['sec'];

	echo caltime($sec);
} else {

	echo '<form action="" method="post">
		how many? <input type="text" name="sec" />
		<br />
		<input type="submit" name="submit" value="Calculate" />
		</form>';

}

?>

I will reply to your replies guys

[samoi]

akozlik, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 11:03 AM, said:

RTFM

Be polite !

Help OR don't disturb !

I'm trying to learn and earn new experience ! with nice people around here like AlienWebguy and the others !

Shame !

[samoi]

AlienWebguy, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 11:25 AM, said:

Your problem has nothing to do with date(); since you're not trying to find a date, but rather a simple time duration conversion.

Maaaaaaaaaaaaan

I love your patient on me

I don't know, but roudard said "date doesn't only do time formatting... well for me time formatting is a byproduct of conversion between units."

so, I thought it has something to do with converting time!

AlienWebguy, on 5 Mar, 2009 - 11:25 AM, said:

Try this for your function.. you can format the output however you want:

function caltime($time) // $time will be in seconds !

{

	$second = round($time);
	// day sec
	$dSec = 86400;
	// hour sec
	$hSec = 3600;
	// minute sec
	$mSec = 60;

	# BUFFER OUTPUT
	$return = '';

	# GRAB DAYS
	if ($second > $dSec) {

		$days = floor($second / $dSec);
		$second = $second % $dSec;
		$return.= $days.' days, ';
	}

	# GRAB HOURS
	if ($second > $hSec) {

		$hours = floor($second / $hSec);
		$second = $second % $hSec;
		$return.= $hours.' hours, ';
	}

	# GRAB MINUTES
	if($second > $mSec)
	{
		$mins = floor($second / $mSec);
		$second = $second % $mSec;
		$return.= $mins.' minutes ';

	}

	# RETURN ANSWER
	return $return;
}

That's very smart ! I tried it and it works, but I won't never ever think of it this way loool since I'm a beginner.

Please look at my code, I'm making it harder and longer ! but it was similar though!

I swear I didn't take your idea, but I took the advice of roundard!

[akozlik]

1. RTFM is from people not looking at the manual. If you want to know what the function does, read the manual and see! Don't ask someone to explain something that's already online.

2. I did a google search for "php convert seconds to minutes" and got this article. Looks like it does exactly what you need it to.