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<h1 class="refname">IntlCalendar::before</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5.5.0, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">IntlCalendar::before</span> — <span class="dc-title">Whether this objectʼs time is before that of the passed object</span></p>
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<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>IntlCalendar::before</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.intlcalendar.html" class="type IntlCalendar">IntlCalendar</a></span> <code class="parameter">$calendar</code></span>
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Returns whether this objectʼs time precedes the argumentʼs time.
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<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">calendar</code></em></span>
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The calendar whose time will be checked against this objectʼs time.
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Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> if this objectʼs current time is before that of the
<em><code class="parameter">calendar</code></em> argumentʼs time. Returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> otherwise.
Also returns <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure. You can use <a href="intl.configuration.html#ini.intl.use-exceptions" class="link">exceptions</a> or
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