IntlCalendar::createInstance
(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)
IntlCalendar::createInstance — Create a new IntlCalendar
Description
Object-oriented style
$timezone = null, ?string $locale = null): ?IntlCalendarProcedural style
$timezone = null, ?string $locale = null): ?IntlCalendarGiven a timezone and locale, this method creates an IntlCalendar object. This factory method may return a subclass of IntlCalendar.
The calendar created will represent the time instance at which it was created, based on the system time. The fields can all be cleared by calling IntCalendar::clear() with no arguments. See also IntlGregorianCalendar::__construct().
Parameters
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timezone -
The timezone to use.
-
null, in which case the default timezone will be used, as specified in the ini setting date.timezone or through the function date_default_timezone_set() and as returned by date_default_timezone_get(). -
An IntlTimeZone, which will be used directly.
-
A DateTimeZone. Its identifier will be extracted and an ICU timezone object will be created; the timezone will be backed by ICUʼs database, not PHPʼs.
-
A string, which should be a valid ICU timezone identifier. See IntlTimeZone::createTimeZoneIDEnumeration(). Raw offsets such as
"GMT+08:30"are also accepted.
-
-
locale -
A locale to use or
nullto use the default locale.
Return Values
The created IntlCalendar instance or null on
failure.
Examples
Example #1 IntlCalendar::createInstance()
<?php
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'es_ES');
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Madrid');
$cal = IntlCalendar::createInstance();
echo "No arguments\n";
var_dump(get_class($cal),
IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, IntlDateFormatter::FULL));
echo "\n";
echo "Explicit timezone\n";
$cal = IntlCalendar::createInstance(IntlTimeZone::getGMT());
var_dump(get_class($cal),
IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, IntlDateFormatter::FULL));
echo "\n";
echo "Explicit locale (with calendar)\n";
$cal = IntlCalendar::createInstance(NULL, 'es_ES@calendar=persian');
var_dump(get_class($cal),
IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, IntlDateFormatter::FULL));
The above example will output:
No arguments string(21) "IntlGregorianCalendar" string(68) "martes 18 de junio de 2013 14:11:02 Hora de verano de Europa Central" Explicit timezone string(21) "IntlGregorianCalendar" string(45) "martes 18 de junio de 2013 12:11:02 GMT+00:00" Explicit locale (with calendar) string(12) "IntlCalendar" string(70) "martes 28 de Khordad de 1392 14:11:02 Hora de verano de Europa Central"
