days on countdown

[shocker-z]

How can i change a number to list years, months, weeks, days? e.g. "It is your birthday in 1year 2 months and 3 days" instead of it just showing 424days?

Thanks in advance

regards
Liam

[Barand]

Is this for people born on Feb 29 who only have a birthday every 4 years? Otherwise the next birthday isn't going to be more than 365 days away.

[shocker-z]

Haha

sorry that was bad example.. basicaly they can create countdowns for anything i just did the example to show like 1 year and months and weeks and days.. so basicaly need it to convert days into years, months, weeks and days.. if this is possible?


Liam

[paul2463]

Hi shocker

Try this
[code]
<?PHP
function NoOfDays($Num){

  $years = 0;
  $months = 0;
  $weeks = 0;
  $days = 0;

  $test = floor($Num/365.25);
  if($test > 0){
  $years = $test;
  $difference = $Num - ($years*365.25);
  }

  $test = floor($difference/30.4);
  if($test > 0){
  $months = $test;
  $difference = $difference - ($months*30.4);
  }

  $test = floor($difference/7);
  if($test > 0){
  $weeks = $test;
  $difference = $difference - ($weeks*7);

  }
  if ($difference >= 1){
  $days = $difference;
  }

  $output = "You have to wait $years Years, $months Months, $weeks Weeks, $days Days until this Day";

  return $output;
}

echo NoOfDays(424);

?>[/code]
it works on the principle that each year has 365.25 days (to take into account the extra day every 4 years), every month has 30.4 days in it (to take into account that for 365.25 days divided by 12 months = 30.4), each week has seven days ( all weeks have seven days I know but...) and so on..

the above code entered with you posted number of 424 returns

[code] You have to wait 1 Years, 1 Months, 4 Weeks, 0 Days until this Day[/code]

[shocker-z]

only 1 minor problem with that.. it doesn't work if you input a date less than a year (365.25) Any mods that can be done? im stumped on this one..

Thanks for the help :)

[shocker-z]

JACKPOT :D

[code]<?PHP
function NoOfDays($Num){

  $years = 0;
  $months = 0;
  $weeks = 0;
  $days = 0;
  $difference=$Num;

  $test = floor($Num/365.25);
  if($test > 0){
  $years = $test;
  $difference = $Num - ($years*365.25);
  }

  $test = floor($difference/30.4);
  if($test > 0){
  $months = $test;
  $difference = $difference - ($months*30.4);
  }

  $test = floor($difference/7);
  if($test > 0){
  $weeks = $test;
  $difference = $difference - ($weeks*7);

  }
  if ($difference >= 1){
  $days = $difference;
  }

  $output = "You have to wait $years Years, $months Months, $weeks Weeks, $days Days until this Day";

  return $output;
}

echo NoOfDays(424);

?>[/code]

I added $difference=$Num; as if no years it wasn't created so of course there is no difference

Thanks Paul :)

[paul2463]

[code]
  $days = floor($difference);
  [/code]

this part needs adjusting to or you get responses like 3.8 days in the printout

and you are welcome