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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<refentry xml:id="dateinterval.format" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>DateInterval::format</refname>
<refpurpose>Formats the interval</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis role="DateInterval">
<modifier>public</modifier> <type>string</type><methodname>DateInterval::format</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>format</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Formats the interval.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>format</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<table>
<title>
The following characters are recognized in the
<parameter>format</parameter> parameter string.
Each format character must be prefixed by a percent sign
(<literal>%</literal>).
</title>
<tgroup cols="3">
<thead>
<row>
<entry><parameter>format</parameter> character</entry>
<entry>Description</entry>
<entry>Example values</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><literal>%</literal></entry>
<entry>Literal <literal>%</literal></entry>
<entry><literal>%</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>Y</literal></entry>
<entry>Years, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0</entry>
<entry><literal>01</literal>, <literal>03</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>y</literal></entry>
<entry>Years, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>1</literal>, <literal>3</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>M</literal></entry>
<entry>Months, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0</entry>
<entry><literal>01</literal>, <literal>03</literal>, <literal>12</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>m</literal></entry>
<entry>Months, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>1</literal>, <literal>3</literal>, <literal>12</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>D</literal></entry>
<entry>Days, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0</entry>
<entry><literal>01</literal>, <literal>03</literal>, <literal>31</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>d</literal></entry>
<entry>Days, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>1</literal>, <literal>3</literal>, <literal>31</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>a</literal></entry>
<entry>Total number of days as a result of a <methodname>DateTime::diff</methodname> or <literal>(unknown)</literal> otherwise</entry>
<entry><literal>4</literal>, <literal>18</literal>, <literal>8123</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>H</literal></entry>
<entry>Hours, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0</entry>
<entry><literal>01</literal>, <literal>03</literal>, <literal>23</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>h</literal></entry>
<entry>Hours, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>1</literal>, <literal>3</literal>, <literal>23</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>I</literal></entry>
<entry>Minutes, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0</entry>
<entry><literal>01</literal>, <literal>03</literal>, <literal>59</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>i</literal></entry>
<entry>Minutes, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>1</literal>, <literal>3</literal>, <literal>59</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>S</literal></entry>
<entry>Seconds, numeric, at least 2 digits with leading 0</entry>
<entry><literal>01</literal>, <literal>03</literal>, <literal>57</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>s</literal></entry>
<entry>Seconds, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>1</literal>, <literal>3</literal>, <literal>57</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>F</literal></entry>
<entry>Microseconds, numeric, at least 6 digits with leading
0</entry>
<entry><literal>007701</literal>, <literal>052738</literal>, <literal>428291</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>f</literal></entry>
<entry>Microseconds, numeric</entry>
<entry><literal>7701</literal>, <literal>52738</literal>, <literal>428291</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>R</literal></entry>
<entry>Sign "<literal>-</literal>" when negative, "<literal>+</literal>" when positive</entry>
<entry><literal>-</literal>, <literal>+</literal></entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry><literal>r</literal></entry>
<entry>Sign "<literal>-</literal>" when negative, empty when positive</entry>
<entry><literal>-</literal>, <literal/></entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns the formatted interval.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="changelog">
&reftitle.changelog;
<para>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="2">
<thead>
<row>
<entry>&Version;</entry>
<entry>&Description;</entry>
</row>
</thead>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry>7.2.12</entry>
<entry>The <literal>F</literal> and <literal>f</literal> format
will now always be positive.</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>7.1.0</entry>
<entry>The <literal>F</literal> and <literal>f</literal> format
characters were added.</entry>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title><classname>DateInterval</classname> example</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$interval = new DateInterval('P2Y4DT6H8M');
echo $interval->format('%d days');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
4 days
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title><classname>DateInterval</classname> and carry over points</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$interval = new DateInterval('P32D');
echo $interval->format('%d days');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
32 days
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
<para>
<example>
<title>
<classname>DateInterval</classname> and
<methodname>DateTime::diff</methodname> with the %a and %d modifiers
</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$january = new DateTime('2010-01-01');
$february = new DateTime('2010-02-01');
$interval = $february->diff($january);
// %a will output the total number of days.
echo $interval->format('%a total days')."\n";
// While %d will only output the number of days not already covered by the
// month.
echo $interval->format('%m month, %d days');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
&example.outputs;
<screen role="php">
<![CDATA[
31 total days
1 month, 0 days
]]>
</screen>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="notes">
&reftitle.notes;
<note>
<para>
The <methodname>DateInterval::format</methodname> method does not
recalculate carry over points in time strings nor in date segments. This
is expected because it is not possible to overflow values like <literal>"32 days"</literal>
which could be interpreted as anything from <literal>"1 month and 4 days"</literal>
to <literal>"1 month and 1 day"</literal>.
</para>
</note>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="seealso">
&reftitle.seealso;
<para>
<simplelist>
<member><methodname>DateTime::diff</methodname></member>
</simplelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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