php-doc-en/reference/datetime/dateinterval/createfromdatestring.xml
Adam Harvey d8fc668de6 Give the DateInterval documentation a bit of a freshen up; in particular,
provide a set of examples of the sort of format
DateInterval::createFromDateString() expects.


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<refentry xml:id="dateinterval.createfromdatestring" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
<refnamediv>
<refname>DateInterval::createFromDateString</refname>
<refpurpose>Sets up a DateInterval from the relative parts of the string</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsect1 role="description">
&reftitle.description;
<methodsynopsis role="oop">
<modifier>public</modifier> <modifier>static</modifier> <type>DateInterval</type><methodname>DateInterval::createFromDateString</methodname>
<methodparam><type>string</type><parameter>time</parameter></methodparam>
</methodsynopsis>
<para>
Uses the normal date parsers and sets up a DateInterval from the relative
parts of the parsed string.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="parameters">
&reftitle.parameters;
<para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>time</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
A date with relative parts. Specifically, the
<link linkend="datetime.formats.relative">relative formats</link>
supported by the parser used for <function>strtotime</function> and
<classname>DateTime</classname> will be used to construct the
DateInterval.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="examples">
&reftitle.examples;
<para>
<example>
<title>Parsing valid date intervals</title>
<programlisting role="php">
<![CDATA[
<?php
// Each set of intervals is equal.
$i = new DateInterval('P1D');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 day');
$i = new DateInterval('P2W');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('2 weeks');
$i = new DateInterval('P3M');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('3 months');
$i = new DateInterval('P4Y');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('4 years');
$i = new DateInterval('P1Y1D');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 year + 1 day');
$i = new DateInterval('P1DT12H');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('1 day + 12 hours');
$i = new DateInterval('PT3600S');
$i = DateInterval::createFromDateString('3600 seconds');
?>
]]>
</programlisting>
</example>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 role="returnvalues">
&reftitle.returnvalues;
<para>
Returns a new <classname>DateInterval</classname> instance.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>
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