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IntlDateFormatter::isLenient

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(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL intl >= 1.0.0)

Get the lenient used for the IntlDateFormatter

Description

Oop

IntlDateFormatter::isLenient(): bool

Procedural

datefmt_is_lenient(IntlDateFormatter $formatter): bool

Check if the parser is strict or lenient in interpreting inputs that do not match the pattern exactly.

Parameters

formatter

The formatter resource.

Return Values

true if parser is lenient, false if parser is strict. By default the parser is lenient.

Examples

datefmt_is_lenient() example

php
<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
    'dd/mm/yyyy'
);
echo 'lenient of the formatter is : ';
if ($fmt->isLenient()) {
    echo 'TRUE';
} else {
    echo 'FALSE';
}
datefmt_parse($fmt, '35/13/1971');
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').\nResult is : " . datefmt_parse($fmt, '35/13/1971');
if (intl_get_error_code() != 0) {
    echo "\nError_msg is : " . intl_get_error_message();
    echo "\nError_code is : " . intl_get_error_code();
}
datefmt_set_lenient($fmt,false);
echo 'Now lenient of the formatter is : ';
if ($fmt->isLenient()) {
    echo 'TRUE';
} else {
    echo 'FALSE';
}
datefmt_parse($fmt, '35/13/1971');
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').Result is : " . datefmt_parse($fmt, '35/13/1971');
if (intl_get_error_code() != 0) {
    echo "\nError_msg is : " . intl_get_error_message();
    echo "\nError_code is : " . intl_get_error_code();
}

?>

OO example

php
<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
    'en_US',
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
    'America/Los_Angeles',
    IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
    "dd/mm/yyyy"
);
echo "lenient of the formatter is : ";
if ($fmt->isLenient()) {
    echo 'TRUE';
} else {
    echo 'FALSE';
}
$fmt->parse('35/13/1971');
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').\nResult is : " . $fmt->parse('35/13/1971');
if (intl_get_error_code() != 0){
    echo "\nError_msg is : " . intl_get_error_message();
    echo "\nError_code is : " . intl_get_error_code();
}

$fmt->setLenient(FALSE);
echo 'Now lenient of the formatter is : ';
if ($fmt->isLenient()) {
    echo 'TRUE';
} else {
    echo 'FALSE';
}
$fmt->parse('35/13/1971');
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').\nResult is : " . $fmt->parse('35/13/1971');
if (intl_get_error_code() != 0) {
    echo "\nError_msg is : " . intl_get_error_message();
    echo "\nError_code is : " . intl_get_error_code();
}

?>

The above example will output:

output
lenient of the formatter is : TRUE
Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').
Result is : -2147483
Now lenient of the formatter is : FALSE
Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').
Result is : 
Error_msg is : Date parsing failed: U_PARSE_ERROR 
Error_code is : 9

See Also

Source: reference/intl/dateformatter/is-lenient.xml · from the official PHP manual (php/doc-en)