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# DateFormatter::setLenient

# datefmt_set_lenient

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datefmt_set_lenient — Set the leniency of the parser

### Description

Object oriented style

DateFormatter
boolean setLenient ( boolean `$lenient` )

Procedural style

boolean datefmt_set_lenient ( DateFormatter `$fmt` , boolean `$lenient` )

Define if the parser is strict or lenient in interpretting inputs that do not match the pattern exactly. Enabling lenient parsing allows the parser to accept otherwise flawed date or time patterns, parsing as much as possible to obtain a value. Extra space, unrecognized tokens, or invalid values ("Feburary 30th") are not accepted.

### Parameters

`fmt`

  The formatter resource

`lenient`

  Sets whether the parser is lenient or not, default is `FALSE` (strict).

### Return Values

Returns `TRUE` on success or `FALSE` on failure.

### Examples

Example#1 datefmt_set_lenient() example

`<?php
$fmt = datefmt_create( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GREGO
RIAN ,"dd/mm/yyyy");
echo "lenient of the formatter is : ";
if( $fmt->isLenient() ){
echo('TRUE');
}else{
echo('FALSE');
}
datefmt_parse($fmt,"35/13/1971");
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').Result is : " .datefmt_parse($fmt,"35/13/1971");
if( intl_get_error_code() !=0 ){
echo "Error_msg is : ".intl_get_error_message();
echo "Error_code is : ".intl_get_error_code();
}
datefmt_set_lenient($fmt,false);
echo "Now lenient of the formatter is : ";
if( $fmt->isLenient() ){
echo('TRUE');
}else{
echo('FALSE');
}
datefmt_parse($fmt,"35/13/1971");
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').Result is : " .datefmt_parse($fmt,"35/13/1971");
if( intl_get_error_code() !=0 ){
echo "Error_msg is : ".intl_get_error_message();
echo "Error_code is : ".intl_get_error_code();
}
?>`

Example#2 OO example

`<?php
$fmt = new DateFormatter( "en_US" ,DateFormatter::FULL,DateFormatter::FULL,'America/Los_Angeles',DateFormatter::GRE
GORIAN,"dd/mm/yyyy" );
echo "lenient of the formatter is : ";
if( $fmt->isLenient() ){
echo('TRUE');
}else{
echo('FALSE');
}
$fmt->parse("35/13/1971");
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').Result is : " .$fmt->parse("35/13/1971");
if( intl_get_error_code() !=0 ){
echo "Error_msg is : ".intl_get_error_message();
echo "Error_code is : ".intl_get_error_code();
}
$fmt->setLenient(FALSE);
echo "Now lenient of the formatter is : ";
if( $fmt->isLenient() ){
echo('TRUE');
}else{
echo('FALSE');
}
$fmt->parse("35/13/1971");
echo "\n Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').Result is : " .$fmt->parse("35/13/1971");
if( intl_get_error_code() !=0 ){
echo "Error_msg is : ".intl_get_error_message();
echo "Error_code is : ".intl_get_error_code();
}
?>`

The above example will output:

    lenient of the formatter is : TRUE
    Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').
    Result is : -2147483
    Now lenient of the formatter is : FALSE
    Trying to do parse('35/13/1971').
    Result is : Error_msg is : Date parsing failed: U_PARSE_ERROR Error_code is : 9

### See Also

- datefmt_is_lenient()
- datefmt_create()

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