I get "Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF in /home6/xxx/public_html/mod/friendlytime/start.php on line 11"

whenever you get an unexpected T_* always look at the line right before it.  You're usually missing a semi-colon or something.

Is your code exactly what I posted, if not post it here if you can't find what's wrong.

I get a white page now

<?php

elgg_register_event_handler('init', 'system', 'friendlytime_init');

function friendlytime_init() {

elgg_register_plugin_hook_handler('format', 'friendly:time', 'friendlytime_hook_handler');

}

function friendlytime_hook_handler($hook, $type, $return, $params) {
  if($params['time'] > (time() - 60*60*48)){
    // this time is within the last 48 hours, so return the default value
    return $return;
  }
// everything below this happened longer than 2 days ago, so return a date & time

$old_time = $params['time'];

$mdy = date("M j, Y", $old_time);
$hm = date("g:ia", $old_time);

$new_time_readable = elgg_echo('friendly_time', array($mdy, $hm));

return $new_time_readable;

}

this is wrong --
$new_time_readable = elgg_echo('friendly_time', array($mdy, $hm));
read here -- http://php.net/manual/en/language.types.array.php to learn how to correct it.

Hi, I also have the same problem implementing different time format. Help will be much appreciated.

Hi Keiooz,

I'm going to upload the plugin this weekend, as of now it only changes the friendlytime to "Dec 27, 2011 at 8:01pm. Haven't correctly implemented the "just now", "earlier today", etc.

@Dhrup - What's wrong with array($mdy, $hm)? It should be equivalent to array(0 => $mdy, 1 => $hm)

Anyway, Chris - white page means php error - what do your logs say now?

@Matt -- nuffink wrong ;-oO I was reading that line + friendlyTime() call at the same time ! lolz ;-O sorry ;)

The error I am getting is [28-Dec-2011 09:18:32] PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_IF in /home6/xxx/public_html/mod/friendlytime/start.php on line 12

My start.php is posted above. Not sure what the problem could be, thanks

ran the code from above thru my php syntax checker...

1st run with start.php as-is ==>

Src_File = (C:/xampp/htdocs/FriendlyTime2.php)
Call PHP Syntax Checker::
::ShellExec::C:/xampp/php/php.exe -l C:/xampp/htdocs/FriendlyTime2.php > php_syntax_check_1.php.log]::
::EOF::
No syntax errors detected in C:/xampp/htdocs/FriendlyTime2.php

2nd run with start.php deliberately changed to introduce 1 error ==>

Src_File = (C:/xampp/htdocs/FriendlyTime2.php)
Call PHP Syntax Checker::
::ShellExec::C:/xampp/php/php.exe -l C:/xampp/htdocs/FriendlyTime2.php > php_syntax_check_1.php.log]::
::EOF::
Errors parsing C:/xampp/htdocs/FriendlyTime2.php