Parse Time to something normal

[sblake161189]

Hi All,

 

I am using an eBay API to display some results in a table on a PHP page.

 

I am currently using the following code to display 'Time Left' until the auction ends.

 

<?php echo $item->sellingStatus->timeLeft ?>

 

And this outputs something similar to "P0DT0H4M14S" ie. 0 Days, 0 Hours, 4 Mins, 14 Seconds.

 

Is there any easy way to make this look more normal like

 

4m, 4s - using substr() doesnt work becuase it depends on whether the values are single or double figure values...

 

Any ideas im stuck... ive read somewhere its ISO-8601...

 

Cheers

[ManiacDan]

It's not 8601.

 

You can use substr for this, or a regular expression:

$string = 'P0DT0H4M14S';

preg_match('/P(\d+)DT(\d+)H(\d+)M(\d+)S/', $string, $foo );

echo "{$foo[2]} Hours, {$foo[3]} Minutes, {$foo[4]} seconds.";

-Dan

[Psycho]

Since the string appears to always contain values for each time period (even if it is 0) you could also you a simpler regex expression:

preg_match_all("#\d+#", $string, $foo);
list($days, $hours, $minutes, $seconds) = $foo[0];
echo "{$days} Days, {$hours} Hours, {$minutes} Minutes, {$seconds} seconds.";

 

Not sure if that is more efficient or not, just providing an alternative solution as it helps to think differently when trying to solve problems.

[AbraCadaver]

Or different again:

 

// you can also have arg references instead of returning or return an array
list($d, $h, $m, $s) = sscanf('P0DT0H4M14S', 'P%dDT%dH%dM%dS');
echo "{$d} Days, {$h} Hours, {$m} Minutes, {$s} seconds.";

[sblake161189]

Thanks guys - it all works B-E-A-UTIFULLY!