yii2-helper-time
Description
A useful helper function for time calculations - especially for durations - for Yii Framework 2. You can use the function Time::formatDuration
to convert seconds into human readable duration strings like: 5 days 8 hours 19 minutes 11 seconds, (*1)
How to install
Composer
The easiest way to install this package is to use composer. If you don't have composer get it here:, (*2)
https://getcomposer.org/download/, (*3)
Now you can run the following commands in your root project directory:, (*4)
composer require "juniq/yii2-helper-time" "*"
or (depending on your installation type), (*5)
php composer.phar require "juniq/yii2-helper-time" "*"
Manually download
Download the latest version here:, (*6)
https://github.com/juniq/yii2-helper-time/, (*7)
How to use it
To convert seconds into human readable duration strings, you can use the following function:, (*8)
Time::formatDuration($time, $length = 'short', $custom_units = false, $separator = ', ')
Parameter |
Type |
Required? |
Description |
$time |
Integer |
yes |
The time in seconds you want to format. |
$length |
String |
optional |
The display lenghts. Use "short" or "long". |
$custom_units |
Array/Boolean |
optional |
Time units to display. Pass "false" to use all time units. Possible values: y, m, w, d, h, i, s. |
$separator |
String |
optional |
The separator sign between time units. |
Examples
use juniq\helper\Time;
$time_in_seconds = 5781; // 1 hour 36 minutes, 21 seconds
echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds);
// ouput: 1 hour 36 minutes, 21 seconds
echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds, 'long', ['h','i','s'], 'long');
// ouput: 1 hour 36 minutes 21 seconds
echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds, 'short', ['h','i','s'], ',');
// output: 36 minutes, 21 seconds
echo Time::formatDuration($time_in_seconds, 'short', ['i','s'], ',');
// output: 96 m, 21 s
License
Look at 'LICENSE.md' file, (*9)
About & Copyright
Copyright by JUNIQ GmbH & Co. KG. Author: Richard Jung, (*10)