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Convert Seconds into Time String in PHP

This function returns the duration of the given time period in days, hours, minutes and seconds. For example: echo convertSecToStr('654321'); would return "7 days, 13 hours, 45 minutes, 21 seconds"

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<?php
function convertSecToStr($secs){
$output = '';
if($secs >= 86400) {
$days = floor($secs/86400);
$secs = $secs%86400;
$output = $days.' day';
if($days != 1) $output .= 's';
if($secs > 0) $output .= ', ';
}
if($secs>=3600){
$hours = floor($secs/3600);
$secs = $secs%3600;
$output .= $hours.' hour';
if($hours != 1) $output .= 's';
if($secs > 0) $output .= ', ';
}
if($secs>=60){
$minutes = floor($secs/60);
$secs = $secs%60;
$output .= $minutes.' minute';
if($minutes != 1) $output .= 's';
if($secs > 0) $output .= ', ';
}
$output .= $secs.' second';
if($secs != 1) $output .= 's';
return $output;
}
?>

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Convert Seconds into Time String in PHP