Php/docs/intldateformatter.setpattern
IntlDateFormatter::setPattern
datefmt_set_pattern
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
IntlDateFormatter::setPattern -- datefmt_set_pattern — Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter
Description
Object oriented style
public IntlDateFormatter::setPattern
( string $pattern
) : bool
Procedural style
datefmt_set_pattern
( IntlDateFormatter $fmt
, string $pattern
) : bool
Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter.
Parameters
fmt- The formatter resource.
pattern- New pattern string to use. Possible patterns are documented at » http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime.
Return Values
Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure.
Bad formatstrings are usually the cause of the failure.
Examples
Example #1 datefmt_set_pattern() example
<?php$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() - Get the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter
