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cal_info

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(PHP 4 >= 4.1.0, PHP 5, PHP 7, PHP 8)

Returns information about a particular calendar

Description

cal_info(int $calendar = -1): array

cal_info() returns information on the specified calendar.

Calendar information is returned as an array containing the elements calname, calsymbol, month, abbrevmonth and maxdaysinmonth. The names of the different calendars which can be used as calendar are as follows:

0 or CAL_GREGORIAN - Gregorian Calendar
1 or CAL_JULIAN - Julian Calendar
2 or CAL_JEWISH - Jewish Calendar
3 or CAL_FRENCH - French Revolutionary Calendar

If no calendar is specified information on all supported calendars is returned as an array.

Parameters

calendar: Calendar to return information for. If no calendar is specified information about all calendars is returned.

Return Values

Examples

cal_info() example

php

<?php
$info = cal_info(0);
print_r($info);
?>

The above example will output:

output

Array
(
    [months] => Array
        (
            [1] => January
            [2] => February
            [3] => March
            [4] => April
            [5] => May
            [6] => June
            [7] => July
            [8] => August
            [9] => September
            [10] => October
            [11] => November
            [12] => December
        )

    [abbrevmonths] => Array
        (
            [1] => Jan
            [2] => Feb
            [3] => Mar
            [4] => Apr
            [5] => May
            [6] => Jun
            [7] => Jul
            [8] => Aug
            [9] => Sep
            [10] => Oct
            [11] => Nov
            [12] => Dec
        )

    [maxdaysinmonth] => 31
    [calname] => Gregorian
    [calsymbol] => CAL_GREGORIAN
)

Source: reference/calendar/functions/cal-info.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)