PHP | cal_days_in_month( ) Function

The cal_days_in_month( ) function in PHP is an inbuilt function which is used to return the number of days in a month for a specific year and according to a specific calendar such as Gregorian calendar, French calendar, Jewish calendar etc. The cal_days_in_month() function takes three parameters which are the calendar, month and year and returns the number of days according to a specified month, year and calendar. Syntax:

cal_days_in_month($calendar, $month, $year)

Parameters: The cal_days_in_month() function in PHP accepts three parameters as described below:

1. $calendar: It specifies the calendar you want to consider such as French, Gregorian, Jewish etc.
2. $month: It specifies the month in the calendar you have opted.
3. $year: It specifies the year in the calendar you have opted.

Return Value: It returns the number of days according to a specified month, year and calendar. Errors And Exception:

1. The cal_days-in_month function gives wrong output when the date used is before 1550.
2. The cal_days-in_month function gives wrong output for dates which were before the discovery of leap year.

Examples:

Input: cal_days_in_month(CAL_JEWISH, 2, 1966);
Output: 29
Explanation: February 1966 had 29 days.

Input: cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, 2, 2004);
Output: 29
Explanation: February 2004 had 29 days

Below programs illustrate the cal_days_in_month() function: Program 1: php

<?php

// Using cal_days_in_month() function to
// know the number of days in february, 1966
$days = cal_days_in_month(CAL_JEWISH, 2, 1966);

echo "February 1966 had $days days.<br>";

?>

Output:

February 1966 had 29 days.

Program 2: php

<?php

// Using cal_days_in_month() function to
// know the number of days in february, 2004
$days = cal_days_in_month(CAL_GREGORIAN, 2, 2004);

echo "February 2004 had $days days";

?>

Output:

February 2004 had 29 days

Reference: http://php.net/manual/en/function.cal-days-in-month.php