class countdownComponent extends Object {

function timeleft($until = ‘Dec 25 2012 00:00:00′) {
$now = strtotime(‘now’);
$deadline = strtotime($until);
$difference = $deadline – $now;

if ($difference > 0) {
$timeleft = array(
‘days’ => floor($difference/60/60/24),
‘hours’ => $difference/60/60%24,
‘minutes’ => $difference/60%60,
’seconds’ => $difference%60,
);
} else {
$timeleft = array(
‘days’ => 0,
‘hours’ => 0,
‘minutes’ => 0,
’seconds’ => 0
);
}

return $timeleft;
}

}