Duration

Duration is a PHP library for converting between different types of durations.

For example, you might want to cache something for 2 days, but your cache configuration is in seconds. Duration makes this super easy to read in your code and does away with the magic numbers.

Installation

Install the package using Composer:

composer require matthewdavis/duration

Usage

use MatthewDavis\Duration\Duration;

$seconds = Duration::days(3)->inSeconds(); // 259,200

The library has the following static constructors:

// Seconds
Duration::second();
Duration::seconds(int $seconds);

// Minutes
Duration::minute();
Duration::minutes(int $minutes);

// Hours
Duration::hour();
Duration::hours(int $hours);

// Days
Duration::day();
Duration::days(int $days);

// Weeks
Duration::week();
Duration::weeks(int $weeks);

You can convert between any of the units by using the getter methods:

$duration = Duration::week();

$duration->inSeconds(); // 604,800
$duration->inMinutes(); // 10,080
$duration->inHours();   // 168
$duration->inDays();    // 7
$duration->inWeeks();   // 1

You can also chain the call (as you would likely do when setting a config value):

// In some configuration file...
'cache_ttl' => Duration::days(2)->inSeconds(),

Contributing

Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

Please make sure to update tests as appropriate.

License

MIT