DatePeriod::__construct

(PHP 5 >= 5.3.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

DatePeriod::__construct — Creates a new DatePeriod object

Description

public DatePeriod::__construct(
    DateTimeInterface $start,
    DateInterval $interval,
    int $recurrences,
    int $options = 0
)
public DatePeriod::__construct(
    DateTimeInterface $start,
    DateInterval $interval,
    DateTimeInterface $end,
    int $options = 0
)
public DatePeriod::__construct(string $isostr, int $options = 0)

Creates a new DatePeriod object.

Parameters

start

The start date of the period.

interval

The interval between recurrences within the period.

recurrences

The number of recurrences. Must be greater than 0.

end

The end date of the period.

isostr

An » ISO 8601 repeating interval specification. Zero occurrences (R0/) are not supported.

options

Can be set to DatePeriod::EXCLUDE_START_DATE to exclude the start date from the set of recurring dates within the period.

Changelog

Version Description
7.2.19, 7.3.6, 7.4.0 recurrences must be greater than 0 now.

Examples

Example #1 DatePeriod example

<?php
$start = new DateTime('2012-07-01');
$interval = new DateInterval('P7D');
$end = new DateTime('2012-07-31');
$recurrences = 4;
$iso = 'R4/2012-07-01T00:00:00Z/P7D';

// All of these periods are equivalent.
$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $recurrences);
$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $end);
$period = new DatePeriod($iso);

// By iterating over the DatePeriod object, all of the
// recurring dates within that period are printed.
foreach ($period as $date) {
    echo $date->format('Y-m-d')."\n";
}
?>

The above example will output:

2012-07-01
2012-07-08
2012-07-15
2012-07-22
2012-07-29

Example #2 DatePeriod example with DatePeriod::EXCLUDE_START_DATE

<?php
$start = new DateTime('2012-07-01');
$interval = new DateInterval('P7D');
$end = new DateTime('2012-07-31');

$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $end,
                         DatePeriod::EXCLUDE_START_DATE);

// By iterating over the DatePeriod object, all of the
// recurring dates within that period are printed.
// Note that, in this case, 2012-07-01 is not printed.
foreach ($period as $date) {
    echo $date->format('Y-m-d')."\n";
}
?>

The above example will output:

2012-07-08
2012-07-15
2012-07-22
2012-07-29

Notes

Unbound numbers of repetitions as specified by ISO 8601 section 4.5 "Recurring time interval" are not supported, i.e. neither passing "R/..." as isostr nor passing null as end would work.