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 $formatter, string $pattern)

Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter.

Parameters

formatter

The formatter resource.

pattern

New pattern string to use. Possible patterns are documented at » https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/format_parse/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), PHP_EOL;
echo 'First Formatted output with pattern is ', datefmt_format($fmt, 0), PHP_EOL;
datefmt_set_pattern($fmt, 'yyyyMMdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ', datefmt_get_pattern($fmt), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Second Formatted output with pattern is ', datefmt_format($fmt, 0), PHP_EOL;
?>

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(), PHP_EOL;
echo 'First Formatted output is ', $fmt->format(0), PHP_EOL;
$fmt->setPattern('yyyyMMdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ', $fmt->getPattern(), PHP_EOL;
echo 'Second Formatted output is ', $fmt->format(0), PHP_EOL;
?>

The above example will output:

Pattern of the formatter is : MM/dd/yyyy
First Formatted output is 12/31/1969
Now pattern of the formatter is : yyyyMMdd hh:mm:ss z
Second Formatted output is 19691231 04:00:00 PST

See Also

  • datefmt_get_pattern
  • datefmt_create