PHP cal_info() Function

The PHP cal_info() function returns information on the specified calendar. 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, this function returns information on all supported calendars as an array.

Syntax

cal_info(calendar)

Parameters

calendar Optional. Specify the calendar to return information for. If no calendar is specified information on all calendars is returned.

Return Value

Returns an array containing calendar information which are listed below:

month
abbrevmonth
maxdaysinmonth
calname
calsymbol

Exceptions

NA.

Example:

The example below shows the usage of cal_info() function.

<?php
//displaying information about 
//Gregorian calendar
print_r(cal_info(0));
?>

The output of the above code will be:

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
)

Example:

Consider one more example where information about Jewish calendar is fetched.

<?php
//displaying information about 
//Jewish calendar
print_r(cal_info(CAL_JEWISH));
?>

The output of the above code will be:

Array
(
    [months] => Array
        (
            [1] => Tishri
            [2] => Heshvan
            [3] => Kislev
            [4] => Tevet
            [5] => Shevat
            [6] => Adar I
            [7] => Adar II
            [8] => Nisan
            [9] => Iyyar
            [10] => Sivan
            [11] => Tammuz
            [12] => Av
            [13] => Elul
        )

    [abbrevmonths] => Array
        (
            [1] => Tishri
            [2] => Heshvan
            [3] => Kislev
            [4] => Tevet
            [5] => Shevat
            [6] => Adar I
            [7] => Adar II
            [8] => Nisan
            [9] => Iyyar
            [10] => Sivan
            [11] => Tammuz
            [12] => Av
            [13] => Elul
        )

    [maxdaysinmonth] => 30
    [calname] => Jewish
    [calsymbol] => CAL_JEWISH
)

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