IntlDateFormatter::parse
datefmt_parse
(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)
IntlDateFormatter::parse -- datefmt_parse — Parse string to a timestamp value
Description
Object-oriented style
$string, int &$offset = null): int|float|falseProcedural style
Converts string to an incremental time value, starting at
offset and consuming as much of the input value as possible.
Parameters
-
formatter -
The formatter resource
-
string -
string to convert to a time
-
offset -
Position at which to start the parsing in
string(zero-based). If no error occurs beforestringis consumed,offsetwill contain -1 otherwise it will contain the position at which parsing ended (and the error occurred). This variable will contain the end position if the parse fails. Ifoffset>strlen($string), the parse fails immediately.
Return Values
Timestamp of parsed value, or false if value cannot be parsed.
Examples
Example #1 OO example
<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'First parsed output is ' . $fmt->parse('Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT');
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
'de-DE',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
?>
Example #2 datefmt_parse() example
<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
'en_US',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'First parsed output is ' . datefmt_parse($fmt, 'Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT');
$fmt = datefmt_create(
'de-DE',
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
'America/Los_Angeles',
IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
);
echo 'Second parsed output is ' . datefmt_parse($fmt, 'Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 1989 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00');
?>
The above example will output:
First parsed output is 630201600 Second parsed output is 630201600
See Also
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter
- datefmt_format() - Format the date/time value as a string
- datefmt_localtime() - Parse string to a field-based time value
- datefmt_get_error_code() - Get the error code from last operation
- datefmt_get_error_message() - Get the error text from the last operation
