DATEFMT_SET_PATTERN(3) 1 DATEFMT_SET_PATTERN(3)
IntlDateFormatter::setPattern - Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter
Object oriented style
SYNOPSIS
public bool IntlDateFormatter::setPattern (string $pattern)
DESCRIPTION
Procedural style
bool datefmt_set_pattern (IntlDateFormatter $fmt, string $pattern)
Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter.
PARAMETERS
o $fmt
- The formatter resource.
o $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(3) 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 ' . $fmt->format(0);
$fmt->setPattern('yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo 'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getPattern();
echo 'Second Formatted output is ' . $fmt->format(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
datefmt_get_pattern(3), datefmt_create(3).
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