Displaying same time passed in while through time_passed function - php

Question

I'm doing a while() and in it I use a function to display a prettier "time since posted", but for some reason, all of the results end up in the same "time passed" (the last result) when echoing it out
only the time will become the same, not the other content. Here's my code, trimmed down a bit:
<?php
$result = $db->query("SELECT * FROM $dbboardname WHERE replyto = '' AND hidden = '' ORDER BY bump ASC LIMIT $pagenum, 20") OR die($db->error);
while($rowaaa = $result->fetch_assoc()){
$id = $rowaaa['id'];
$textcontent = $rowaaa['textcontent'];
$imageurl = $rowaaa['imageurl'];
$name = $rowaaa['nameyes'];
$timestamps = $rowaaa['timestamp'];
$timestamps = time_passed($timestamps);
$tripcode = $rowaaa['tripcode'];
?>
<div class="post-index" data-postid="<?php echo($id); ?>" name="<?php echo($id); ?>" id="<?php echo($id); ?>">
<div class="image-container-index">
<?php if(!empty($imageurl)){ ?>
<img src="<?php echo($imageurl); ?>" alt="image <?php echo($id); ?>" />
<?php }else{
?>
<img src="/images/noimage.png" alt="no image" />
<?php
}
?>
</div>
<div class="post-info">
<span class="post-info-left">
#<?php echo($id); ?> by <?php if (!empty($name)){
echo(substr($name, 0, 8));
}else{
echo("norseman");
}
?>
</span>
<span class="post-info-right">
<?php echo($timestamps); ?>
</span>
<div class="clear"></div>
</div>
<div class="post-preview">
<?php echo(substr($textcontent, 0, 150)); ?>
</div>
</div>
<?php
}
?>
<div class="clear"></div>
And here is the time_passed() function:
function time_passed($datetime, $full = false) {
$now = new DateTime;
$ago = new DateTime($datetime);
$diff = $now->diff($ago);
$diff->w = floor($diff->d / 7);
$diff->d -= $diff->w * 7;
$string = array(
'y' => 'year',
'm' => 'month',
'w' => 'week',
'd' => 'day',
'h' => 'hour',
'i' => 'minute',
's' => 'second',
);
foreach ($string as $k => &$v) {
if ($diff->$k) {
$v = $diff->$k . ' ' . $v . ($diff->$k > 1 ? 's' : '');
} else {
unset($string[$k]);
}
}
if (!$full) $string = array_slice($string, 0, 1);
return $string ? implode(', ', $string) . ' ago' : 'just now';
}
So my guess is that for every new "while", it edits all of the timestamps. I just don't know how to fix this, considering the string is inside an while() statement.
EDIT:
I noticed my timestamp updated because I altered the bump row on every post each time a new thread was posted, this way all the timestamps were updated. I fixed the timestamp row now.

Answer 1

It looks like your time_passed routine is expecting a datetime - not a timestamp, perhaps that is the error.
function time_passed($datetime, $full = false) {
Try to change this line:
$ago = new DateTime($datetime);
to this:
$ago = new DateTime(date('r',$datetime));
I hope that helps.

Answer 2

Let's try this again ... since they are all coming out the same, it sounds like the value you are passing to the function is wrong then - try putting a a test around the timestamp assignment:
$timestamps = $rowaaa['timestamp'];
echo "Made |$timestamps| from |{$rowaaa['timestamp']}<br/>\n";
$timestamps = time_passed($timestamps);
echo "Now timestamps is |$timestamps| from time_passed() function<br/>\n";
If they are all the same, the problem is in your data.
You can also show the entire content of the array by doing this:
echo "Full Details<pre>\n".print_r($rowaaa,1)."\n</pre>\n";