# cal_info

(PHP 4 >= 4.0.7, PHP 5)

cal_info — Returns information about a particular calendar

### Description

array cal_info ([ int `$calendar` ] )

cal_info() returns information on the specified `calendar` .

Calendar information is returned as an array containing the elements calname, calsymbol, month, abbrevmonth and maxdaysinmonth. The names of the different calendars which can be used as `calendar` are as follows:

- 0 or `CAL_GREGORIAN` - Gregorian Calendar
- 1 or `CAL_JULIAN` - Julian Calendar
- 2 or `CAL_JEWISH` - Jewish Calendar
- 3 or `CAL_FRENCH` - French Revolutionary Calendar

If no `calendar` is specified information on all supported calendars is returned as an array.

### Parameters

`calendar`

  Calendar to return information for. If no calendar is specified information about all calendars is returned.

### Return Values

### ChangeLog

Version | Description
--- | ---
Since 5.0 | The `calendar` parameter becomes optional and defaults to "all calendars" if omitted.

### Examples

Example#1 cal_info() example

`<?php
$info = cal_info(0);
print_r($info);
?>`

The above example will output:

    Array
    (
        [months] => Array
            (
                [1] => January
                [2] => February
                [3] => March
                [4] => April
                [5] => May
                [6] => June
                [7] => July
                [8] => August
                [9] => September
                [10] => October
                [11] => November
                [12] => December
            )

        [abbrevmonths] => Array
            (
                [1] => Jan
                [2] => Feb
                [3] => Mar
                [4] => Apr
                [5] => May
                [6] => Jun
                [7] => Jul
                [8] => Aug
                [9] => Sep
                [10] => Oct
                [11] => Nov
                [12] => Dec
            )

        [maxdaysinmonth] => 31
        [calname] => Gregorian
        [calsymbol] => CAL_GREGORIAN
    )