IntlDateFormatter::formatObject

datefmt_format_object

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 3.0.0)

IntlDateFormatter::formatObject -- datefmt_format_object — Formats an object

Description

Object-oriented style

Procedural style

This function allows formatting an IntlCalendar or DateTime object without first explicitly creating a IntlDateFormatter object.

The temporary IntlDateFormatter that will be created will take the timezone from the passed in object. The timezone database bundled with PHP will not be used – ICU's will be used instead. The timezone identifier used in DateTime objects must therefore also exist in ICU's database.

Parameters

datetime: An object of type IntlCalendar or DateTime. The timezone information in the object will be used.
format: How to format the date/time. This can either be an array with two elements (first the date style, then the time style, these being one of the constants IntlDateFormatter::NONE, IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, IntlDateFormatter::MEDIUM, IntlDateFormatter::LONG, IntlDateFormatter::FULL), an int with the value of one of these constants (in which case it will be used both for the time and the date) or a string with the format described in » the ICU documentation. If null, the default style will be used.
locale: The locale to use, or null to use the default one.

Return Values

A string with result or false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 IntlDateFormatter::formatObject() examples

<?php
/* default timezone is irrelevant; timezone taken from the object */
ini_set('date.timezone', 'UTC');
/* default locale is taken from this ini setting */
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'fr_FR');

$cal = IntlCalendar::fromDateTime("2013-06-06 17:05:06 Europe/Dublin");
echo "default:\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal),
        "\n";

echo "long \$format (full):\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, IntlDateFormatter::FULL),
        "\n";

echo "array \$format (none, full):\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, array(
                IntlDateFormatter::NONE,
                IntlDateFormatter::FULL)),
        "\n";

echo "string \$format (d 'of' MMMM y):\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($cal, "d 'of' MMMM y", 'en_US'),
        "\n";

echo "with DateTime:\n\t",
        IntlDateFormatter::formatObject(
                new DateTime("2013-09-09 09:09:09 Europe/Madrid"),
                IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
                'es_ES'),
        "\n";

The above example will output:

default:
    6 juin 2013 17:05:06
long $format (full):
    jeudi 6 juin 2013 17:05:06 heure d’été irlandaise
array $format (none, full):
    17:05:06 heure d’été irlandaise
string $format (d 'of' MMMM y):
    6 of June 2013
with DateTime:
    lunes, 9 de septiembre de 2013 09:09:09 Hora de verano de Europa central

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User Contributed Notes 4 notes

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Anonymous ¶

1 year ago

`format` vs static `formatObject`

** The `formatObject` is NOT slower!  (on PHP 5.5) **

Use either the `format` method or the static `formatObject`.

Since `formatObject` is doing the work of `new IntlDateFormatter` with the provided pattern, the instantiation line must be included in the loop!

Another debunked flawed false test!

php -v
PHP 5.5.26-1+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli) (built: Jun 15 2015 10:04:01)
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.3.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2015, by Derick Rethans

<?php
date_default_timezone_set('America/Los_Angeles');
$n = 3000;

$dt = new DateTime('2015-01-03 12:32:44');

$time[] = microtime(true);
for($i=0;$i<$n;$i++) {
    $a = IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($dt, 'MMMM dd', 'hu_HU');
}
echo "$a\n";
$time[] = microtime(true);
for($i=0;$i<$n;$i++) {
    $df = new IntlDateFormatter('hu_HU', IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, IntlDateFormatter::NONE, null, null, 'MMMM dd');
    $a = $df->format($dt);
}
echo "$a\n";
$time[] = microtime(true);

for($j=1;$j<count($time);$j++) {
    printf("%fs\n", $time[$j]-$time[$j-1]);
}
?>

`formatObject` : 0.336579s
`format` : 0.391158s

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raf at sns dot pm ¶

2 years ago

If you want to format a date according to a specific scheme and in a local language, here is the link to the reference of the formatting codes to use, I did not find it directly in the documentation:
https://unicode-org.github.io/icu/userguide/format_parse/datetime/#date-field-symbol-table
 Here is a test using a DateTime object :

<?php

// must be required by the server
date_default_timezone_set( 'Europe/Paris' );

// instantiate a new DateTime object
$dateTimeObj = new DateTime('now', new DateTimeZone('Europe/Paris'));

// format the date with a specific scheme
// the 3 parameters are [ DateTimeObject, ICU Scheme, locale code string ]
$dateFromatted = IntlDateFormatter::formatObject( $dateTimeObj, "eee d MMMM y à HH:mm", 'fr' );

// test :
echo ucwords($dateFromatted);
// output : Jeu. 7 Avril 2022 à 04:36 // formatted as i want 

?>

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ferenczi dot krisztian at gmail dot com ¶

9 years ago

`format` vs static `formatObject`

The `formatObject` is slower! `format` is more then 10-13 times faster! (on PHP 5.5) Use the `format` method instead of the static `formatObject`.

php -v
PHP 5.5.26-1+deb.sury.org~precise+1 (cli) (built: Jun 15 2015 10:04:01) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.5.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies
    with Zend OPcache v7.0.6-dev, Copyright (c) 1999-2015, by Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.3.2, Copyright (c) 2002-2015, by Derick Rethans

<?php
$n = 3000;

$dt = new \DateTime('2015-01-03 12:32:44');
$df = new IntlDateFormatter('hu_HU', IntlDateFormatter::SHORT, IntlDateFormatter::NONE);
$df->setPattern('MMMM dd');

$time[] = microtime(true);
for($i=0;$i<$n;$i++) {
    $a = IntlDateFormatter::formatObject($dt, 'MMMM dd', 'hu_HU');
}
echo "$a\n";
$time[] = microtime(true);
for($i=0;$i<$n;$i++) {
    $a = $df->format($dt);
}
echo "$a\n";
$time[] = microtime(true);

for($j=1;$j<count($time);$j++) {
    printf("%fs\n", $time[$j]-$time[$j-1]);
}
?>

`formatObject` : 0.458248 s
`format` : 0.033759 s

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sebastian at huehnerhose dot de ¶

7 years ago

It's still slower on php7.1, but not that dramatic anymore, here I got something around 5times slower

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