[eluser]nuwanda[/eluser]
message_redirect combines the session flashdata and redirect in one go to make things a little easier in controllers.
time_ago is like the CI function but a little more customised. The $date is a datetime field from mysql.
print_object I use for debugging. It simply formats array or object output.
array_trim trims spaces from all array elements.
array_trim_str trims the given character from array elements.
Hope these help others.
Code:
<?php
function message_redirect($path='/', $message=''){
get_instance()->session->set_flashdata('message', $message);
redirect($path, 'location');
}
function time_ago($date){
$timestamp = strtotime($date);
$diff = time() - $timestamp;
if($diff < 60)
return $diff . ' second' . ((floor($diff) == 1)?'':'s') . ' ago';
if($diff < 3600)
return floor($diff / 60) . ' minute' . ((floor($diff / 60) == 1)?'':'s') . ' ago';
if($diff < 86400)
return floor($diff / 3600) . ' hour' . ((floor($diff / 3600) == 1)?'':'s') . ' ago';
if($diff < 172800)
return 'yesterday';
if($diff < 259200)
return '2 days ago';
else
//for years other than current year, show the year
$timestamp_year = date('Y', $timestamp);
$year = (date('Y') != $timestamp_year) ? ', ' . $timestamp_year : '';
return date('M j', $timestamp) . $year . date(' \a\t G:i', $timestamp);
}
function print_object($obj){
echo '<pre>';
print_r($obj);
echo '</pre>';
}
function array_trim($array){
return array_map('trim', $array);
}
function array_trim_str($array, $trim_str = ''){
if($trim_str == '') return $array;
$regex = '/^' . $trim_str . '+|' . $trim_str . '+$/';
return preg_replace($regex, '', $array);
}
//eof
