php man page for datefmt_parse

DATEFMT_PARSE(3)							 1							  DATEFMT_PARSE(3)

IntlDateFormatter::parse - Parse string to a timestamp value

	Object oriented style

SYNOPSIS
       public int IntlDateFormatter::parse (string  $value, [int  &$position])

DESCRIPTION
	Procedural style
       int datefmt_parse (IntlDateFormatter  $fmt, string  $value, [int  &$position])

	Converts string $value to an incremental time value, starting at $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible.

PARAMETERS
	      o $fmt
		- The formatter resource

	      o $value
		- string to convert to a time

	      o $position
		-  Position  at  which	to start the parsing in $value (zero-based). If no error occurs before $value is consumed, $parse_pos will
		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. If $parse_pos > strlen($value), the parse fails immediately.

RETURN VALUES
	timestamp parsed value, or FALSE if value can't 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(3) 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(3), datefmt_format(3), datefmt_localtime(3), datefmt_get_error_code(3), datefmt_get_error_message(3).

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