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^IntlCalendarLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026

IntlCalendar::getErrorMessage

intlcal_get_error_message

(PHP 5 >= 5.5.0, PHP 7, PHP 8, PECL >= 3.0.0a1)

IntlCalendar::getErrorMessage -- intlcal_get_error_message — Get last error message on the object

Description

Object-oriented style (method):

public function IntlCalendar::getErrorMessage(): string|false

Procedural style:

function intlcal_get_error_message(IntlCalendar $calendar): string|false

Returns the error message (if any) associated with the error reported by IntlCalendar::getErrorCode() or intlcal_get_error_code(). If there is no associated error message, only the string representation of the name of the error constant will be returned. Otherwise, the message also includes a message set on the side of the PHP binding.

Parameters

calendar

The calendar object, on the procedural style interface.

Return Values

The error message associated with last error that occurred in a function call on this object, or a string indicating the non-existence of an error. Returns false on failure.

Examples

Example #1 IntlCalendar::getErrorMessage()

<?php
$cal = IntlCalendar::createInstance('UTC', 'en_US');
var_dump($cal->getErrorMessage());

$cal->getWeekendTransition(IntlCalendar::DOW_WEDNESDAY);
var_dump($cal->getErrorMessage());

The above example will output:

string(12) "U_ZERO_ERROR"
string(82) "intlcal_get_weekend_transition: Error calling ICU method: U_ILLEGAL_ARGUMENT_ERROR"


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^IntlCalendarLast updated: Mon, 26 Oct 2026