Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter (original) (raw)

IntlDateFormatter::setPattern

datefmt_set_pattern

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::setPattern -- datefmt_set_pattern — Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::setPattern ( string $pattern ) : bool

datefmt_set_pattern ( IntlDateFormatter $fmt , string $pattern ) : bool

Return Values

Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. Bad formatstrings are usually the cause of the failure.

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_set_pattern() example

<?php $fmt = datefmt_create( 'en_US', IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL, 'America/Los_Angeles', IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN, 'MM/dd/yyyy' ); echo 'pattern of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_pattern($fmt); echo 'First Formatted output with pattern is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0); datefmt_set_pattern($fmt, 'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z'); echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_pattern($fmt); echo 'Second Formatted output with pattern is ' . datefmt_format($fmt, 0);?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( 'en_US', IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL, 'America/Los_Angeles', IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN, 'MM/dd/yyyy' ); echo 'pattern of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getPattern(); echo 'First Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0); $fmt->setPattern('yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z'); echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getPattern(); echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(0);?>

The above example will output: