IntlDateFormatter
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IntlDateFormatter::setPattern

datefmt_set_pattern

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IntlDateFormatter::setPattern -- datefmt_set_patternSet the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Object oriented style

boolean IntlDateFormatter::setPattern ( string $pattern )

Procedural style

boolean 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.

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

See Also


IntlDateFormatter
PHP Manual