PHP Manual: Whether a certain date/time is in the weekend

Description

Object oriented style

public bool IntlCalendar::isWeekend ([ float $date = NULL ] )

Procedural style

bool intlcal_is_weekend ( IntlCalendar $cal [, float $date = NULL ] )

Returns whether either the obejctʼs current time or the provided timestamp occur during a weekend in this objectʼs calendar system.

This function requires ICU 4.4 or later.

Parameters

cal: The IntlCalendar resource.
date: An optional timestamp representing the number of milliseconds since the epoch, excluding leap seconds. If NULL, this objectʼs current time is used instead.

Return Values

A bool indicating whether the given or this objectʼs time occurs in a weekend.

The value FALSE may also be returned on failure, for instance after giving a date out of bounds on non-lenient mode; use exceptions or query intl_get_error_code to disambiguate.

Examples

Example #1 IntlCalendar::isWeekend


<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Lisbon');

$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(NULL, 'en_US');
$cal->set(2013, 6 /* July */, 7); // a Sunday 

var_dump($cal->isWeekend()); // true
var_dump($cal->isWeekend(strtotime('2013-07-01 00:00:00'))); // false, Monday

$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar(NULL, 'ar_SA');
$cal->set(2013, 6 /* July */, 7); // a Sunday 
var_dump($cal->isWeekend()); // false, Sunday not in weekend in this calendar

IntlCalendar::isWeekend

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