IntlDateFormatter::formatObject

datefmt_format_object

Formats an object

Description

Object-oriented style

public static stringfalse IntlDateFormatter::formatObject(IntlCalendarDateTimeInterface $datetime, arrayintstringnull $format = null, stringnull $locale = null)

Procedural style

stringfalse datefmt_format_object(IntlCalendarDateTimeInterface $datetime, arrayintstringnull $format = null, stringnull $locale = null)

This function allows formatting an IntlCalendar or DateTime object without first explicitly creating a IntlDateFormatter object.

The temporary IntlDateFormatter that will be created will take the timezone from the passed in object. The timezone database bundled with PHP will not be used – ICU's will be used instead. The timezone identifier used in DateTime objects must therefore also exist in ICU's database.

Parameters

datetime: An object of type IntlCalendar or DateTime. The timezone information in the object will be used.
format: How to format the date/time. This can either be an array with two elements (first the date style, then the time style, these being one of the constants IntlDateFormatter::NONE, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, IntlDateFormatter::FULL), an int with the value of one of these constants (in which case it will be used both for the time and the date) or a string with the format described in » the ICU documentation. If null, the default style will be used.
locale: The locale to use, or null to use the default one.

Return Values

A string with result or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 IntlDateFormatter::formatObject examples

<?php
/* default timezone is irrelevant; timezone taken from the object */
ini_set('date.timezone', 'UTC');
/* default locale is taken from this ini setting */
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'fr_FR');

$cal = IntlCalendar::fromDateTime("2013-06-06 17:05:06 Europe/Dublin");
echo "default:\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal),
        "\n";

echo "long \$format (full):\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, IntlDateFormatter::FULL),
        "\n";

echo "array \$format (none, full):\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, array(
                IntlDateFormatter::NONE,
                IntlDateFormatter::FULL)),
        "\n";

echo "string \$format (d 'of' MMMM y):\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, "d 'of' MMMM y", 'en_US'),
        "\n";

echo "with DateTime:\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject(
                new DateTime("2013-09-09 09:09:09 Europe/Madrid"),
                IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
                'es_ES'),
        "\n";

The above example will output:

default:
    6 juin 2013 17:05:06
long $format (full):
    jeudi 6 juin 2013 17:05:06 heure d’été irlandaise
array $format (none, full):
    17:05:06 heure d’été irlandaise
string $format (d 'of' MMMM y):
    6 of June 2013
with DateTime:
    lunes, 9 de septiembre de 2013 09:09:09 Hora de verano de Europa central