<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8"> <title>Parse string to a timestamp value</title> </head> <body><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="intldateformatter.localtime.html">IntlDateFormatter::localtime</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="intldateformatter.setcalendar.html">IntlDateFormatter::setCalendar</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.intldateformatter.html">IntlDateFormatter</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div><hr /><div id="intldateformatter.parse" class="refentry"> <div class="refnamediv"> <h1 class="refname">IntlDateFormatter::parse</h1> <h1 class="refname">datefmt_parse</h1> <p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">IntlDateFormatter::parse</span> -- <span class="refname">datefmt_parse</span> — <span class="dc-title">Parse string to a timestamp value</span></p> </div> <div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.parse-description"> <h3 class="title">Description</h3> <p class="para"> Object oriented style </p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>IntlDateFormatter::parse</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter reference">&$position</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Procedural style </p> <div class="methodsynopsis dc-description"> <span class="type">int</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>datefmt_parse</strong></span> ( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.intldateformatter.html" class="type IntlDateFormatter">IntlDateFormatter</a></span> <code class="parameter">$fmt</code></span> , <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$value</code></span> [, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">int</span> <code class="parameter reference">&$position</code></span> ] )</div> <p class="para rdfs-comment"> Converts string $value to an incremental time value, starting at $parse_pos and consuming as much of the input value as possible. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.parse-parameters"> <h3 class="title">Parameters</h3> <p class="para"> <dl> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">fmt</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> The formatter resource </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">value</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> string to convert to a time </p> </dd> </dt> <dt> <span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">position</code></em></span> <dd> <p class="para"> 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. </p> </dd> </dt> </dl> </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.parse-returnvalues"> <h3 class="title">Return Values</h3> <p class="para"> timestamp parsed value, or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> if value can't be parsed. </p> </div> <div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.parse-examples"> <h3 class="title">Examples</h3> <div class="example" id="example-2653"> <p><strong>Example #1 OO example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'en_US'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'America/Los_Angeles'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">GREGORIAN<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'First parsed output is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">parse</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'de-DE'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'America/Los_Angeles'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">GREGORIAN<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <div class="example" id="example-2654"> <p><strong>Example #2 <span class="function"><strong>datefmt_parse()</strong></span> example</strong></p> <div class="example-contents"> <div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000"> <span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_create</span><span style="color: #007700">(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'en_US'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'America/Los_Angeles'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">GREGORIAN<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'First parsed output is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_parse</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Wednesday, December 20, 1989 4:00:00 PM PT'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt </span><span style="color: #007700">= </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_create</span><span style="color: #007700">(<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'de-DE'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">FULL</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'America/Los_Angeles'</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">IntlDateFormatter</span><span style="color: #007700">::</span><span style="color: #0000BB">GREGORIAN<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Second parsed output is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_parse</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Mittwoch, 20. Dezember 1989 16:00 Uhr GMT-08:00'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />?</span> </span> </code></div> </div> </div> <p class="para">The above example will output:</p> <div class="example-contents screen"> <div class="cdata"><pre> First parsed output is 630201600 Second parsed output is 630201600 </pre></div> </div> </div> <div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.parse-seealso"> <h3 class="title">See Also</h3> <p class="para"> <ul class="simplelist"> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="intldateformatter.create.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">datefmt_create()</a> - Create a date formatter</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="intldateformatter.format.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">datefmt_format()</a> - Format the date/time value as a string</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="intldateformatter.localtime.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">datefmt_localtime()</a> - Parse string to a field-based time value</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="intldateformatter.geterrorcode.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">datefmt_get_error_code()</a> - Get the error code from last operation</span></li> <li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="intldateformatter.geterrormessage.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">datefmt_get_error_message()</a> - Get the error text from the last operation.</span></li> </ul> </p> </div> </div><hr /><div class="manualnavbar" style="text-align: center;"> <div class="prev" style="text-align: left; float: left;"><a href="intldateformatter.localtime.html">IntlDateFormatter::localtime</a></div> <div class="next" style="text-align: right; float: right;"><a href="intldateformatter.setcalendar.html">IntlDateFormatter::setCalendar</a></div> <div class="up"><a href="class.intldateformatter.html">IntlDateFormatter</a></div> <div class="home"><a href="index.html">PHP Manual</a></div> </div></body></html>