Get the calendar type used for the IntlDateFormatter

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# IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar

# datefmt_get_calendar

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

IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar -- datefmt_get_calendar — Get the calendar type used for the IntlDateFormatter

### Description

Object-oriented style

public IntlDateFormatter::getCalendar(): int|false

Procedural style

datefmt_get_calendar(IntlDateFormatter `$formatter`): int|false

### Parameters

`formatter`

  The formatter resource

### Return Values

The calendar type being used by the formatter. Either `IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL` or `IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN`. Returns `false` on failure.

### Examples

Example #1 datefmt_get_calendar() example

    <?php
    $fmt = datefmt_create(
        'en_US',
        IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
        IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
        'America/Los_Angeles',
        IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
    );
    echo 'calendar of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_calendar($fmt);
    datefmt_set_calendar($fmt, IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL);
    echo 'Now calendar of the formatter is : ' . datefmt_get_calendar($fmt);
    ?>

Example #2 OO example

    <?php
    $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
        'en_US',
        IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
        IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
        'America/Los_Angeles',
        IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN
    );
    echo 'calendar of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getCalendar();
    $fmt->setCalendar(IntlDateFormatter::TRADITIONAL);
    echo 'Now calendar of the formatter is : ' . $fmt->getCalendar();

    ?>

Example #3 Example of invalid locale handling

    <?php
    try {
        $fmt = new IntlDateFormatter(
            'invalid_locale',
            IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
            IntlDateFormatter::FULL,
            'dunno',
            IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,
        );
        $cal = $fmt->getCalendar();
    } catch (\Error $e) {
        // ...
    }
    ?>

The above example will output:

    calendar of the formatter is : 1
    Now calendar of the formatter is : 0

### See Also

- datefmt_get_calendar_object() - Get copy of formatterʼs calendar object
- datefmt_set_calendar() - Sets the calendar type used by the formatter
- datefmt_create() - Create a date formatter