date_format

Function • Params and return types changed in PHP 8.0

Alias of DateTime::format.

PHP 5
PHP 7
PHP 8.0
Improved
PHP 8.1
PHP 8.2-8.3
PHP 8.4
PHP 8.5
PHP 8.6

date_format Function synopsis

date_format(DateTimeInterface $object, string $format): string

Parameters

$object

TypeDateTimeInterface

$format

Typestring

Return value

Typestring

Changes to the date_format Function

PHP 8.0

  • Return type added: string
  • Parameter type added for parameter #1 ($object): DateTimeInterface
  • Parameter type added for parameter #2 ($format): string
- date_format($object, $format)
+ date_format(DateTimeInterface $object, string $format): string

date_format Function Availability

PHP VersionAvailability
PHP 8.6Upcoming Release Yes
PHP 8.5Supported (Latest) Yes
PHP 8.4Supported Yes
PHP 8.3Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.2Security-Fixes Only Yes
PHP 8.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 8.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.3Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.2Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.1Unsupported Yes
PHP 7.0Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.6Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.5Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.4Unsupported Yes
PHP 5.3Unsupported Yes