date_date_set()

date_date_set() — Alias of DateTime::setDate().

Built-in function of PHP 8.5. The manual lists it as available in PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8. This page is the reference card: signature, parameters and return value, plus the changelog and the example the manual provides.

date_date_set() is an alias of DateTime::setDate(): same parameters, same return value.

Signature

date_date_set(DateTime $object, int $year, int $month, int $day): DateTime

Parameters

ParameterTypeWhat it takes
$objectDateTimeProcedural style only: A DateTime object returned by date_create(). The function modifies this object.
$yearintYear of the date.
$monthintMonth of the date.
$dayintDay of the date.

Return value

Returns the modified DateTime object for method chaining.

Example

The PHP manual ships no example for date_date_set(); the signature and the parameter table above are the contract.

All PHP 8.5 built-in functions

Reference card built from the PHP manual page date_date_set() (PHP documentation, CC BY 3.0). The page is generated from the manual, so the wording of the parameter and return value text follows php.net.