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<h1 class="refname">IntlDateFormatter::setPattern</h1>
<h1 class="refname">datefmt_set_pattern</h1>
<p class="verinfo">(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)</p><p class="refpurpose"><span class="refname">IntlDateFormatter::setPattern</span> -- <span class="refname">datefmt_set_pattern</span> — <span class="dc-title">Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter</span></p>
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<div class="refsect1 description" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.setpattern-description">
<h3 class="title">Description</h3>
<p class="para">
Object oriented style
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<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="modifier">public</span> <span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>IntlDateFormatter::setPattern</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Procedural style
</p>
<div class="methodsynopsis dc-description">
<span class="type">bool</span> <span class="methodname"><strong>datefmt_set_pattern</strong></span>
( <span class="methodparam"><span class="type"><a href="class.intldateformatter.html" class="type IntlDateFormatter">IntlDateFormatter</a></span> <code class="parameter">$fmt</code></span>
, <span class="methodparam"><span class="type">string</span> <code class="parameter">$pattern</code></span>
)</div>
<p class="para rdfs-comment">
Set the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter.
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<div class="refsect1 parameters" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.setpattern-parameters">
<h3 class="title">Parameters</h3>
<p class="para">
<dl>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">fmt</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
The formatter resource.
</p>
</dd>
</dt>
<dt>
<span class="term"><em><code class="parameter">pattern</code></em></span>
<dd>
<p class="para">
New pattern string to use.
Possible patterns are documented at <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime" class="link external">» http://userguide.icu-project.org/formatparse/datetime</a>.
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</dd>
</dt>
</dl>
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<div class="refsect1 returnvalues" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.setpattern-returnvalues">
<h3 class="title">Return Values</h3>
<p class="para">
Returns <strong><code>TRUE</code></strong> on success or <strong><code>FALSE</code></strong> on failure.
Bad formatstrings are usually the cause of the failure.
</p>
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<div class="refsect1 examples" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.setpattern-examples">
<h3 class="title">Examples</h3>
<div class="example" id="example-2660">
<p><strong>Example #1 <span class="function"><strong>datefmt_set_pattern()</strong></span> example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$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">,</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</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'MM/dd/yyyy'<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'pattern of the formatter is : ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_get_pattern</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'First Formatted output with pattern is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_set_pattern</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_get_pattern</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Second Formatted output with pattern is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">datefmt_format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">, </span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<div class="example" id="example-2661">
<p><strong>Example #2 OO example</strong></p>
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<div class="phpcode"><code><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"><?php<br />$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">,</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</span><span style="color: #007700">,<br /> </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'MM/dd/yyyy'<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'pattern of the formatter is : ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPattern</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'First Formatted output is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">setPattern</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #DD0000">'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z'</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Now pattern of the formatter is : ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">getPattern</span><span style="color: #007700">();<br />echo </span><span style="color: #DD0000">'Second Formatted output is ' </span><span style="color: #007700">. </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$fmt</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">format</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">0</span><span style="color: #007700">);<br /><br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">?></span>
</span>
</code></div>
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<p class="para">The above example will output:</p>
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<div class="cdata"><pre>
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
</pre></div>
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<div class="refsect1 seealso" id="refsect1-intldateformatter.setpattern-seealso">
<h3 class="title">See Also</h3>
<p class="para">
<ul class="simplelist">
<li class="member"> <span class="function"><a href="intldateformatter.getpattern.html" class="function" rel="rdfs-seeAlso">datefmt_get_pattern()</a> - Get the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter</span></li>
<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>
</ul>
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