IntlDateFormatter::setPattern

datefmt_set_pattern

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::setPattern -- datefmt_set_pattern — Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object oriented style

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 ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt->setPattern('yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo "Now pattern of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getPattern();
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 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

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