I want to target the 'upload_date' and find the difference between that date and now. I was thinking that I could do something like this:
$today = time(); // Get the current time
$uploaded = strtotime($pictures['upload_date']); // Convert the date to a timestamp
$days_ago = ($today - $uploaded) / 60 / 60 / 24; // Subtract the date from the current time and display as days
... but it turns out that there is an Undefined index: upload_date. I just can't seem to figure out what's wrong with the code.
I'm assuming you mean to have a "pictures" array that contains multiple "picture" arrays with the three data items you have as key value pairs.
Your problem is twofold -
1 ) You didn't give the "picture" array a key name
2) You aren't feeding the array a proper multi-dimensional index.
The below code worked for me, slightly commented.
<?php
$pictures = array (
'picture1' => array ( // Add a key name for indexing
'title' => "Mount Everest",
'filename' => "everest.jpg",
'upload_date' => "12-02-2013"
)
);
$today = time(); // Get the current time
$uploaded = strtotime($pictures['picture1']['upload_date']); // use the new key name to access a particular array + value
$days_ago = ($today - $uploaded) / 60 / 60 / 24; // Subtract the date from the current time and display as days
?>
<h1>Posted <?php echo(floor($days_ago)); // Floor it out ot make it look nice?> days ago</h1>
Hello beautiful people.
I'm searching for a way to display a difference between two dates using PHP. I want it to output "X days ago" whereas the X will be the number.
I have an array where I put the date:
<?php $pictures = array( array( 'title' => "Mount Everest", 'filename' => "everest.jpg", 'upload_date' => "14-02-2013" ) ); ?>I want to target the 'upload_date' and find the difference between that date and now. I was thinking that I could do something like this:
... but it turns out that there is an Undefined index: upload_date. I just can't seem to figure out what's wrong with the code.
Thanks in advance, Kralle
I'm assuming you mean to have a "pictures" array that contains multiple "picture" arrays with the three data items you have as key value pairs.
Your problem is twofold - 1 ) You didn't give the "picture" array a key name 2) You aren't feeding the array a proper multi-dimensional index.
The below code worked for me, slightly commented.
Thanks a lot for your help, sir! That worked out pretty well.