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IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar

datefmt_get_calendar

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar -- datefmt_get_calendarGet the calendar type used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar(): int|false

Procedural style

datefmt_get_calendar(IntlDateFormatter $formatter): int|false

Parameters

formatter

The formatter resource

Return Values

The calendar type being used by the formatter. Either IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL or IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN. Returns false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 datefmt_get_calendar() example

<?php
$fmt
= datefmt_create(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo
'calendar of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_calendar($fmt);
datefmt_set_calendar($fmt, IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL);
echo
'Now calendar of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_calendar($fmt);
?>

Example #2 OO example

<?php
$fmt
= new IntlDateFormatter(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo
'calendar of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getCalendar();
$fmt->setCalendar(IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL);
echo
'Now calendar of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getCalendar();

?>

Example #3 Example of invalid locale handling

<?php
try {
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'invalid_locale',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'dunno',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
);
$cal = $fmt->getCalendar();
} catch (
\Error $e) {
// ...
}
?>

The above example will output:

calendar of the formatter is : 1
Now calendar of the formatter is : 0

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