PHP Time to Relative Time

I am trying to convert my already-implemented date format of:

$dateEntered = date('mdY');

To a relative time using this function:

function RelativeTime($dateEntered)

Now, the actual script that runs all of this looks like:

0) { // this was in the past $ending = "ago"; } else { // this was in the future $difference = -$difference; $ending = "to go"; } for($j = 0; array_key_exists($j,$lengths)&&$difference >= $lengths[$j]; $j++) { $difference /= $lengths[$j]; $difference = round($difference); if($difference != 1) $periods[$j].= "s"; $text = "$difference $periods[$j] $ending"; return $text; }}// Check Service Call Status & Mail if found Unpaid $query = "SELECT id, account, status, dateEntered FROM service WHERE status = 'Unpaid'";$result = mysql_query($query) or die(mysql_error());while($row = mysql_fetch_row($result)){ $account = $row[1]; $status = $row[2]; $dateEntered = $row[3]; $timeToSend = RelativeTime(strtotime($dateEntered)); // mailStatusUpdate($account, $status, $timeToSend);}?>

If I run the script, I get a return of "4 decades ago".

I have my service table with one record in it. The $dateEntered variable returns:

01302012

This is shown in the print_r output below. I basically want this to say "x days ago" or whatever the increment is.

Instead of returning the correct information (such as x days ago), it returns:

4 decades ago

Obviously this is wrong. Here is a print row so you see what I am working with:

Array ( [0] => 26 [1] => Example Client [2] => Unpaid [3] => 01302012 ) 1

(I don't know what that "1" at the end is, though.)

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