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Various options to format diffForHumans()

In Carbon, did you know you can add various options to format diffForHumans()? Read the docs for more examples.

$user->created_at->diffForHumans();

=> "17 hours ago"

$user->created_at->diffForHumans([
'parts' => 2
]);

=> "17 hours 54 minutes ago"

$user->created_at->diffForHumans([
'parts' => 3
'join' => ', ',
]);

=> "17 hours, 54 minutes, 50 seconds ago"

$user->created_at->diffForHumans([
'parts' => 3,
'join' => ', ',
'short' => true,
]);

=> "17h, 54m, 50s ago"

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