wip: a macro to extend Carbon\Carbon with a nice interval

src/app/Providers/CarbonServiceProvider.php

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+<?php
+
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use Carbon\Carbon;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+
+class CarbonServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Register services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+        //
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Bootstrap services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        Carbon::macro('getHumanInterval', function ($other) {
+            $isNow = $other === null;
+
+            if ($isNow) {
+                $other = static::now($this->tz);
+            }
+
+            $diffInMinutes = $this->diffInMinutes($other);
+
+            $minutes = $diffInMinutes % 60;
+
+            $diffInHours = $diffInMinutes / 60;
+            $hours = $diffInHours % 60;
+
+            $diffInDays = $diffInHours / 24;
+            $days = $diffInDays % 24;
+
+            $diffInWeeks = $diffInDays / 24;
+            $weeks = $diffInWeeks % 24;
+
+            $diffInMonths = $diffInWeeks / 7;
+            $months = $diffInMonths % 7;
+
+            $diffInYears = $diffInMonths / 12;
+            $years = $diffInYears % 12;
+
+            $outputArray = [];
+            if ($years > 0) {
+                $outputArray['years'] = "$years years";
+            }
+            if ($months > 0) {
+                $outputArray['months'] = "$months months";
+            }
+            if ($weeks > 0 && $days === 0) {
+                $outputArray['weeks'] = "$weeks weeks";
+            }
+            if ($days > 0) {
+                $outputArray['days'] = "$days days";
+            }
+            if ($hours > 0) {
+                $outputArray['hours'] = "$hours hours";
+            }
+            if ($minutes > 0) {
+                $outputArray['minutes'] = "$minutes minutes";
+            }
+
+            return implode(', ', $outputArray);
+        });
+    }
+}

src/config/app.php

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+<?php
+
+...
+
+return [
+
+    ...
+
+    'providers' => [
+
+        ...
+
+        /*
+         * Application Service Providers...
+         */
+        ...
+        App\Providers\CarbonServiceProvider::class,
+    ],
+
+    ...
+
+];