php-doc-en/reference/intl/dateformatter/get-pattern.xml

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<refentry xml:id="intldateformatter.getpattern" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
 <refnamediv>
  <refname>IntlDateFormatter::getPattern</refname>
  <refname>datefmt_get_pattern</refname>
  <refpurpose>Get the pattern used for the IntlDateFormatter</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>
 <refsect1 role="description">
  &reftitle.description;
  <para>
	Object oriented style
  </para>
   <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>IntlDateFormatter::getPattern</methodname>
      <void />
   </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
	Procedural style
  </para>
  <methodsynopsis>
   <type>string</type><methodname>datefmt_get_pattern</methodname>
  <methodparam><type>IntlDateFormatter</type><parameter>fmt</parameter></methodparam>
  </methodsynopsis>
  <para>
  	Get pattern used by the formatter.
  </para> 
  </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="parameters">
  &reftitle.parameters;
  <para>
   <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
     <term><parameter>fmt</parameter></term>
     <listitem>
      <para>
	  The formatter resource.      
      </para>
     </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
   
 
 <refsect1 role="returnvalues">
  &reftitle.returnvalues;
  <para>
   The pattern string being used to format/parse.  
  </para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1 role="examples">
  &reftitle.examples;
   <example>
    <title><function>datefmt_get_pattern</function> example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create(  "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN  ,"MM/dd/yyyy");
echo "pattern of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_pattern($fmt);
echo "First Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
datefmt_set_pattern($fmt,'yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo "Now pattern of the formatter is : ".datefmt_get_pattern($fmt);
echo "Second Formatted output with pattern is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);

?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
   <example>
    <title>OO example</title>
    <programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
$fmt = new IntlDateFormatter( "en_US" ,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,IntlDateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',IntlDateFormatter::GREGORIAN,"MM/dd/yyyy"  );
echo "pattern of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getPattern();
echo "First Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
$fmt->setPattern('yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z');
echo "Now pattern of the formatter is : ".$fmt->getPattern();
echo "Second Formatted output is ".datefmt_format( $fmt , 0);
?>
]]>
    </programlisting>
   </example>
     &example.outputs;
     <screen>
         <![CDATA[
pattern of the formatter is : MM/dd/yyyy
First Formatted output is 12/31/1969
Now pattern of the formatter is : yyyymmdd hh:mm:ss z
Second Formatted output is 19690031 04:00:00 PST
]]>
     </screen>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1 role="seealso">
  &reftitle.seealso;
  <para>
    <simplelist>
    <member><function>datefmt_set_pattern</function></member>
    <member><function>datefmt_create</function></member>
    </simplelist>
  </para>
 </refsect1>
</refentry>

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