(PHP 7 >= 7.2.17/7.3.4, PHP 8)
DatePeriod::getRecurrences — Gets the number of recurrences
Object-oriented style
Get the number of recurrences.
This function has no parameters.
The number of recurrences as set by explicitly passing the
$recurrences
to the contructor of the
DatePeriod class, or null
otherwise.
Example #1 Different values for DatePeriod::getRecurrences()
<?php$start = new DateTime('2018-12-31 00:00:00');$end = new DateTime('2021-12-31 00:00:00');$interval = new DateInterval('P1M');$recurrences = 5;// recurrences explicitly set through the constructor$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $recurrences, DatePeriod::EXCLUDE_START_DATE);echo $period->getRecurrences(), "\n";$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $recurrences);echo $period->getRecurrences(), "\n";$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $recurrences, DatePeriod::INCLUDE_END_DATE);echo $period->getRecurrences(), "\n\n";// recurrences not set in the constructor$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $end);var_dump($period->getRecurrences());$period = new DatePeriod($start, $interval, $end, DatePeriod::EXCLUDE_START_DATE);var_dump($period->getRecurrences());?>
The above example will output: