Returns information about a particular calendar

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# cal_info

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

cal_info — 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

Example #1 cal_info() example

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

The above example will 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
    )