Calendar Function in PHP: Part 4

Introduction

In this tutorial you will learn how to use PHP calendar functions. The PHP calendar functions are used to implement various types of calendar formats. Here I will explain some calendar functions and I am also describing some PHP calendar functions in PART 1 and PART 2.

PHP Calendar JDMonthName function

It returns the current month name as a string.

Syntax

jdmonthname (jd, mode)

Parameters in JDMonthName function

It has two parameters and the jd parameter is required and the mode parameter is optional.

Parameter	Description
jd	It specifies Julian day.
day	It specifies which calendar to convert the Julian day count, it have different mode. 0 (zero)- means Gregorian (Jan , Feb, Mar etc) name will be returns. 1 (one )- means Gregorian (January , February, March etc) name will be returns. 2 (two )- means Julian (Jan , Feb, Mar etc) name will be returns. 3 (three)- means Julian (Jan , Feb, Mar etc) name will be returns. 4 (four)- means Jewish (Tishri , Heshvan, Kislev etc) name will be returns. 5 (five)- means French Republican (Vendemiaire , Brumarie, Frimarie etc) name will be returns.

Example of JDMonthName function

<?php

$jday=cal_to_jd(CAL_GREGORIAN,date("m"),date("d"),date("Y"));

echo(jdmonthname($jday,1))."</br>";

echo(jdmonthname($jday,4));

Output

PHP Calendar JDToFrench function

It converts a Julian day count to French Republican calendar date.

Syntax

jdtofrench (jd)

Parameters in JDToFrench function

It has one parameter.

Parameter	Description
jd	It specifies Julian day count as integer.

Example of JDMonthName function

<?php

$date=jdtofrench(2380211);

echo $date;

Output

PHP Calendar JDToGregorian function

It converts a Julian day count to a Gregorian calendar date.

Syntax

jdtogregorian (jd)

Parameters in JDToGregorian function

It contains one parameter.

Parameter	Description
jd	It specifies Julian day count as integer.

Example of JDToGregorian function

<?php

$jdays = gregoriantojd(12,24,2012);

echo($jdays . "<br />");

$gregorian = jdtogregorian($jdays);

echo($gregorian);

Output

PHP Calendar JDToJewish function

It converts a Julian day count to a Jewish calendar date.

Syntax

jdtojewish (jd, hebrew, fl)

Parameters in JDToJewish function

It has one parameter.

Parameter	Description
jd	It specifies Julian day count as integer.
hebrew	It it set true, returns string based format.
fl	It specifies hebrew output format. Available formats are: 1- CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM_GERESH 2- CAL_JEWISH_ADD_ALAFIM 3- CAL_JEWISH_ADD_GERESHAYIM

Example of JDToJewish function

<?php

echo(jdtojewish(gregoriantojd(12,24,2012)) . "<br />");

echo(jdtojewish(gregoriantojd(12,24,2012),true));

Output