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<h1 class="refname">DateTimeZone::__construct</h1>
<h1 class="refname">timezone_open</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">DateTimeZone::__construct</span> -- <span class="refname">timezone_open</span> — <span class="dc-title">Creates new DateTimeZone object</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-datetimezone.construct-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">Object oriented style</p>
<div class="constructorsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>DateTimeZone::__construct()</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$timezone</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">Procedural style</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type"><a href="class.datetimezone.html" class="type DateTimeZone">DateTimeZone</a></span> <span class="methodname"><a href="function.timezone-open.html" class="methodname">timezone_open</a></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$timezone</code></span>
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<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Creates new DateTimeZone object.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-datetimezone.construct-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">timezone</code></em></span>
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One of <a href="timezones.html" class="link">timezones</a>.
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-datetimezone.construct-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
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Returns <a href="class.datetimezone.html" class="classname">DateTimeZone</a> on success.
Procedural style returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
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<div class="refsect1 errors" id="refsect1-datetimezone.construct-errors">
<h3 class="title">Errors/Exceptions</h3>
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This method throws <a href="class.exception.html" class="classname">Exception</a> if the timezone supplied is not
recognised as a valid timezone.
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-datetimezone.construct-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
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<p><strong>Example #1 Catching errors when instantiating <a href="class.datetimezone.html" class="classname">DateTimeZone</a></strong></p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Error handling by catching exceptions<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$timezones </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Europe/London'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Mars/Phobos'</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Jupiter/Europa'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br />foreach (</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$timezones </span><span style="color: #007700">as </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$tz</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> try {<br /> </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$mars </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">DateTimeZone</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$tz</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /> } catch(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">Exception $e</span><span style="color: #007700">) {<br /> echo </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$e</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getMessage</span><span style="color: #007700">() . </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'<br />'</span><span style="color: #007700">;<br /> }<br />}<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
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<div class="example-contents"><p>The above example will output:</p></div>
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DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Mars/Phobos)
DateTimeZone::__construct() [datetimezone.--construct]: Unknown or bad timezone (Jupiter/Europa)
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