IntlDateFormatter
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IntlDateFormatter::setPattern

datefmt_set_pattern

Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object oriented style

public bool IntlDateFormatter::setPattern ( string $pattern )

Procedural style

bool datefmt_set_pattern ( IntlDateFormatter $fmt , string $pattern )

Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter.

Parameters

fmt

The formatter resource.

pattern

New pattern string to use. Possible patterns are documented at » http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime.

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:

pattern of the formatter is : MM/dd/yyyy
First Formatted output with pattern is 12/31/1969
Now pattern of the formatter is : yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z
Second Formatted output with pattern is 19690031 04:00:00 PST

See Also

  • datefmt_get_pattern
  • datefmt_create