IntlCalendar::getType
PHP function
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(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)
Get the calendar type
Description
Oop
IntlCalendar::getType(): string
Procedural
intlcal_get_type(IntlCalendar $calendar): string
A string describing the type of this calendar. This is one of the valid values for the calendar keyword value 'calendar'.
Parameters
calendarIntl-calendar
Return Values
A string representing the calendar type, such as 'gregorian', 'islamic', etc.
Examples
php
<?php
ini_set('date.timezone', 'Europe/Lisbon');
ini_set('intl.default_locale', 'en_US');
$cal = IntlCalendar::createInstance(NULL, '@calendar=ethiopic-amete-alem');
var_dump($cal->getType());
$cal = new IntlGregorianCalendar();
var_dump($cal->getType());The above example will output:
output
string(19) "ethiopic-amete-alem"
string(9) "gregorian"